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Lexicon :: Strong's H2977 - yō'šîyâ

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יֹאשִׁיָּה
Transliteration
yō'šîyâ
Pronunciation
yo-shee-yaw'
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Part of Speech
proper masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From the same root as אָשְׁיָה (H803) and יָהּ (H3050)
Strong’s Definitions

יֹאשִׁיָּה Yôʼshîyâh, yo-shee-yaw'; or יֹאשִׁיָּהוּ Yôʼshîyâhûw; from the same root as H803 and H3050; founded of Jah; Joshijah, the name of two Israelites:—Josiah.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 53x

The KJV translates Strong's H2977 in the following manner: Josiah (53x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 53x
The KJV translates Strong's H2977 in the following manner: Josiah (53x).

  1. Josiah = "whom Jehovah heals"

    1. son of Amon by Jedidah who succeeded his father to the throne of Judah and reigned for 31 years; his reign is noteworthy for the great revivals back to the worship of Jehovah which he led

    2. a returned exile and son of Zephaniah at whose house took place the solemn and symbolical crowning of Joshua the high priest in the time of Zechariah the prophet

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
יֹאשִׁיָּה Yôʼshîyâh, yo-shee-yaw'; or יֹאשִׁיָּהוּ Yôʼshîyâhûw; from the same root as H803 and H3050; founded of Jah; Joshijah, the name of two Israelites:—Josiah.
STRONGS H2977: Abbreviations
יאֹשִׁיָּ֫הוּ, יאֹשִׁיָּה proper name, masculine (י׳ supporteth).
1. יאֹשִׁיָּהוּ king of Judah, son of Amon 1 Kings 13:2; 2 Kings 21:24, 26 + 11 times Kings, + 19 times Chronicles, + 17 times Jeremiah + Zephaniah 1:1; also יאֹו֯שִׁיָּהוּ Jeremiah 27:1.
2. יאֹשִׁיָּה a returned exile Zechariah 6:10.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
Copyright © 2002, 2003, 2006 by Biblesoft, Inc.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

1 Kings

13:2

2 Kings

21:24; 21:26

Jeremiah

27:1

Zephaniah

1:1

Zechariah

6:10

H2977

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H2977 matches the Hebrew יֹאשִׁיָּה (yō'šîyâ),
which occurs 17 times in 15 verses in '2Ch' in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 33:25

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 33:25 - But the people of the land slew all them that had conspired against king Amon; and the people of the land made Josiah H2977 his son king in his stead.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 34:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 34:1 - Josiah H2977 was eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned in Jerusalem one and thirty years.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 34:33

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 34:33 - And Josiah H2977 took away all the abominations out of all the countries that pertained to the children of Israel, and made all that were present in Israel to serve, even to serve the LORD their God. And all his days they departed not from following the LORD, the God of their fathers.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 35:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 35:1 - Moreover Josiah H2977 kept a passover unto the LORD in Jerusalem: and they killed the passover on the fourteenth day of the first month.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 35:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 35:7 - And Josiah H2977 gave to the people, of the flock, lambs and kids, all for the passover offerings, for all that were present, to the number of thirty thousand, and three thousand bullocks: these were of the king's substance.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 35:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 35:16 - So all the service of the LORD was prepared the same day, to keep the passover, and to offer burnt offerings upon the altar of the LORD, according to the commandment of king Josiah. H2977

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 35:18

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 35:18 - And there was no passover like to that kept in Israel from the days of Samuel the prophet; neither did all the kings of Israel keep such a passover as Josiah H2977 kept, and the priests, and the Levites, and all Judah and Israel that were present, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 35:19

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 35:19 - In the eighteenth year of the reign of Josiah H2977 was this passover kept.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 35:20

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 35:20 - After all this, when Josiah H2977 had prepared the temple, Necho king of Egypt came up to fight against Carchemish by Euphrates: and Josiah H2977 went out against him.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 35:22

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 35:22 - Nevertheless Josiah H2977 would not turn his face from him, but disguised himself, that he might fight with him, and hearkened not unto the words of Necho from the mouth of God, and came to fight in the valley of Megiddo.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 35:23

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 35:23 - And the archers shot at king Josiah; H2977 and the king said to his servants, Have me away; for I am sore wounded.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 35:24

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 35:24 - His servants therefore took him out of that chariot, and put him in the second chariot that he had; and they brought him to Jerusalem, and he died, and was buried in one of the sepulchres of his fathers. And all Judah and Jerusalem mourned for Josiah. H2977

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 35:25

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 35:25 - And Jeremiah lamented for Josiah: H2977 and all the singing men and the singing women spake of Josiah H2977 in their lamentations to this day, and made them an ordinance in Israel: and, behold, they are written in the lamentations.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 35:26

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 35:26 - Now the rest of the acts of Josiah, H2977 and his goodness, according to that which was written in the law of the LORD,

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 36:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 36:1 - Then the people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah, H2977 and made him king in his father's stead in Jerusalem.
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