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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 18 times in 16 verses in 'Jer' in the WLC Hebrew.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 1:2 - to whom the word of [fn]Yahweh came in the days of Josiah H2977 the son of Amon, king of Judah, in the thirteenth year of his reign.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 1:3 - And it came in the days of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah H2977, king of Judah, until the end of the eleventh year of Zedekiah the son of Josiah H2977, king of Judah, until the exile of Jerusalem in the fifth month.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 3:6 -

Then Yahweh said to me in the days of Josiah H2977 the king, “Have you seen what faithless Israel did? She went up on every high hill and under every green tree, and she was a harlot there.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 22:11 -

For thus says Yahweh in regard to [fn]Shallum the son of Josiah H2977, king of Judah, who became king in the place of Josiah H2977 his father, who went forth from this place, “He will never return there;

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 22:18 -

Therefore thus says Yahweh in regard to Jehoiakim the son of Josiah H2977, king of Judah,

“They will not lament for him:

‘Alas, my brother!’ or, ‘Alas, sister!’

They will not lament for him:

‘Alas for the master!’ or, ‘Alas for his splendor!’

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:1 -

The word that came to Jeremiah concerning all the people of Judah in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah H2977, king of Judah (that was the first year of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon),

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:3 - “From the thirteenth year of Josiah H2977 the son of Amon, king of Judah, even to this day, [fn]these twenty-three years the word of Yahweh has come to me, and I have spoken to you, [fn]rising up early and speaking, but you have not listened.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 26:1 -

In the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah H2977, king of Judah, this word came from Yahweh, saying,

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 27:1 -

In the beginning of the reign of [fn]Zedekiah the son of Josiah H2977, king of Judah, this word came to Jeremiah from Yahweh, saying

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 35:1 -

The word which came to Jeremiah from Yahweh in the days of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah H2977, king of Judah, saying,

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 36:1 -

Now it happened that in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah H2977, king of Judah, this word came to Jeremiah from Yahweh, saying,

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 36:2 - “Take a scroll of a book and write on it all the words which I have spoken to you concerning Israel and concerning Judah and concerning all the nations, from the day I first spoke to you, from the days of Josiah H2977, even to this day.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 36:9 -

Now it happened in the fifth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah H2977, king of Judah, in the ninth month, that all the people in Jerusalem and all the people who came from the cities of Judah to Jerusalem called for a fast before Yahweh.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 37:1 -

Now Zedekiah the son of Josiah H2977, whom Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had made king in the land of Judah, reigned as king in place of Coniah the son of Jehoiakim.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 45:1 -

This is the message which Jeremiah the prophet spoke to Baruch the son of Neriah, when he had written down these words in a book [fn]at Jeremiah’s dictation, in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah H2977, king of Judah, saying:

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 46:2 -

To Egypt, concerning the military force of Pharaoh Neco king of Egypt, which was by the Euphrates River at Carchemish, which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon struck down in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah H2977, king of Judah:

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