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Lexicon :: Strong's G2502 - iōsias

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Ἰωσίας
Transliteration
iōsias (Key)
Pronunciation
ee-o-see'-as
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Part of Speech
proper masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Of Hebrew origin יֹאשִׁיָּה (H2977)
mGNT
2x in 2 unique form(s) TR
2x in 2 unique form(s) LXX
35x in 4 unique form(s)
Strong’s Definitions

Ἰωσίας Iōsías, ee-o-see'-as; of Hebrew origin (H2977); Josias (i.e. Joshiah), an Israelite:—Josias.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 2x

The KJV translates Strong's G2502 in the following manner: Josias (2x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 2x
The KJV translates Strong's G2502 in the following manner: Josias (2x).

  1. Josiah = "whom Jehovah heals"

    1. king of Judah, who restored among the Jews the worship of the true God, and after a reign of thirty one years was slain in battle about 611 BC

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
Ἰωσίας Iōsías, ee-o-see'-as; of Hebrew origin (H2977); Josias (i.e. Joshiah), an Israelite:—Josias.
STRONGS G2502:
Ἰωσίας (L T Tr WH Ἰωσείας (see WH's Appendix, p. 155; under the word εἰ, ἰ)), Ιωσιου, ὁ (יֹאשִׁיָּהוּ i. e. whom 'Jehovah heals'), Josiah, king of Judah, who restored among the Jews the worship of the true God, and after a reign of thirty-one years was slain in battle circa (2 Kings 22; 2 Chronicles 34f): Matthew 1:10f.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

2 Kings
22
2 Chronicles
34
Matthew
1:10

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Strong's Number G2502 matches the Greek Ἰωσίας (iōsias),
which occurs 35 times in 31 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 13:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 13:2 - With the authority of the LORD he cried out against the altar, "O altar, altar! This is what the LORD says, 'Look, a son named Josiah will be born to the Davidic dynasty. He will sacrifice on you the priests of the high places who offer sacrifices on you. Human bones will be burned on you.'"

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 21:24

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 21:24 - The people of the land executed all those who had conspired against King Amon, and they made his son Josiah king in his place.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 21:26

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 21:26 - He was buried in his tomb in the garden of Uzzah, and his son Josiah replaced him as king.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 22:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 22:1 - Josiah was eight years old when he became king, and he reigned for thirty-one years in Jerusalem. His mother was Jedidah, daughter of Adaiah, from Bozkath.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 22:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 22:3 - In the eighteenth year of King Josiah's reign, the king sent the scribe Shaphan son of Azaliah, son of Meshullam, to the LORD's temple with these orders:

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 22:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 22:9 - Shaphan the scribe went to the king and reported, "Your servants melted down the silver in the temple and handed it over to the construction foremen assigned to the LORD's temple."

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 23:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:16 - When Josiah turned around, he saw the tombs there on the hill. So he ordered the bones from the tombs to be brought; he burned them on the altar and defiled it. This fulfilled the LORD's announcement made by the prophet while Jeroboam stood by the altar during a festival. King Josiah turned and saw the grave of the prophet who had foretold this.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 23:19

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:19 - Josiah also removed all the shrines on the high places in the cities of Samaria. The kings of Israel had made them and angered the LORD. He did to them what he had done to the high place in Bethel.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 23:23

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:23 - But in the eighteenth year of King Josiah's reign, such a Passover of the LORD was observed in Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 23:24

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:24 - Josiah also got rid of the ritual pits used to conjure up spirits, the magicians, personal idols, disgusting images, and all the detestable idols that had appeared in the land of Judah and in Jerusalem. In this way he carried out the terms of the law recorded on the scroll that Hilkiah the priest had discovered in the LORD's temple.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 23:28

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:28 - The rest of the events of Josiah's reign and all his accomplishments are recorded in the scroll called the Annals of the Kings of Judah.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 23:29

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:29 - During Josiah's reign Pharaoh Necho king of Egypt marched toward the Euphrates River to help the king of Assyria. King Josiah marched out to fight him, but Necho killed him at Megiddo when he saw him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 23:30

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:30 - His servants transported his dead body from Megiddo in a chariot and brought it to Jerusalem, where they buried him in his tomb. The people of the land took Josiah's son Jehoahaz, poured olive oil on his head, and made him king in his father's place.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 23:34

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:34 - Pharaoh Necho made Josiah's son Eliakim king in Josiah's place, and changed his name to Jehoiakim. He took Jehoahaz to Egypt, where he died.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 33:25

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 33:25 - The people of the land executed all who had conspired against King Amon, and they made his son Josiah king in his place.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 34:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 34:1 - Josiah was eight years old when he became king, and he reigned for thirty-one years in Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 34:33

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 34:33 - Josiah removed all the detestable idols from all the areas belonging to the Israelites and encouraged all who were in Israel to worship the LORD their God. Throughout the rest of his reign they did not turn aside from following the LORD God of their ancestors.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 35:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 35:1 - Josiah observed a Passover festival for the LORD in Jerusalem. They slaughtered the Passover lambs on the fourteenth day of the first month.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 35:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 35:7 - From his own royal flocks and herds, Josiah supplied the people with 30,000 lambs and goats for the Passover sacrifice, as well as 3,000 cattle.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 35:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 35:16 - So all the preparations for the LORD's service were made that day, as the Passover was observed and the burnt sacrifices were offered on the altar of the LORD, as prescribed by King Josiah.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 35:18

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 35:18 - A Passover like this had not been observed in Israel since the days of Samuel the prophet. None of the kings of Israel had observed a Passover like the one celebrated by Josiah, the priests, the Levites, all the people of Judah and Israel who were there, and the residents of Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 35:19

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 35:19 - This Passover was observed in the eighteenth year of Josiah's reign.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 35:20

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 35:20 - After Josiah had done all this for the temple, King Necho of Egypt marched up to do battle at Carchemish on the Euphrates River. Josiah marched out to oppose him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 35:22

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 35:22 - But Josiah did not turn back from him; he disguised himself for battle. He did not take seriously the words of Necho which he had received from God; he went to fight him in the Plain of Megiddo.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 35:23

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 35:23 - Archers shot King Josiah; the king ordered his servants, "Take me out of this chariot, for I am seriously wounded."

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 35:24

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 35:24 - So his servants took him out of the chariot, put him in another chariot that he owned, and brought him to Jerusalem, where he died. He was buried in the tombs of his ancestors; all the people of Judah and Jerusalem mourned Josiah.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 35:25

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 35:25 - Jeremiah composed laments for Josiah which all the male and female singers use to mourn Josiah to this very day. It has become customary in Israel to sing these; they are recorded in the Book of Laments.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 35:26

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 35:26 - The rest of the events of Josiah's reign, including the faithful acts he did in obedience to what is written in the law of the LORD

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 36:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 36:1 - The people of the land took Jehoahaz son of Josiah and made him king in his father's place in Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 36:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 36:4 - The king of Egypt made Jehoahaz's brother Eliakim king over Judah and Jerusalem, and changed his name to Jehoiakim. Necho seized his brother Jehoahaz and took him to Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zep 1:1

Unchecked Copy BoxZep 1:1 - This is the prophetic message that the LORD gave to Zephaniah son of Cushi, son of Gedaliah, son of Amariah, son of Hezekiah. Zephaniah delivered this message during the reign of King Josiah son of Amon of Judah:
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