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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.
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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 53 times in 48 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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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 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 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 1Ch 3:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 3:14 - Amon his son, Josiah his son.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 3:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 3:15 - The sons of Josiah: Johanan was the firstborn; Jehoiakim was born second; Zedekiah third; and Shallum fourth.

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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 Jer 1:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 1:2 - The LORD began to speak to him in the thirteenth year that Josiah son of Amon ruled over Judah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 1:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 1:3 - The LORD also spoke to him when Jehoiakim son of Josiah ruled over Judah, and he continued to speak to him until the fifth month of the eleventh year that Zedekiah son of Josiah ruled over Judah. That was when the people of Jerusalem were taken into exile.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 3:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 3:6 - When Josiah was king of Judah, the LORD said to me, "Jeremiah, you have no doubt seen what wayward Israel has done. You have seen how she went up to every high hill and under every green tree to give herself like a prostitute to other gods.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 22:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 22:11 - "'For the LORD has spoken about Shallum son of Josiah, who succeeded his father as king of Judah but was carried off into exile. He has said, "He will never return to this land.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 22:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 22:18 - So the LORD has this to say about Josiah's son, King Jehoiakim of Judah: People will not mourn for him, saying, "This makes me sad, my brother! This makes me sad, my sister!" They will not mourn for him, saying, "Poor, poor lord! Poor, poor majesty!"

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 25:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:1 - In the fourth year that Jehoiakim son of Josiah was king of Judah, the LORD spoke to Jeremiah concerning all the people of Judah. (That was the same as the first year that Nebuchadnezzar was king of Babylon.)

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 25:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:3 - "For the last twenty-three years, from the thirteenth year that Josiah son of Amon was ruling in Judah until now, the LORD has been speaking to me. I told you over and over again what he said. But you would not listen.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 26:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 26:1 - The LORD spoke to Jeremiah at the beginning of the reign of Josiah's son, King Jehoiakim of Judah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 27:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 27:1 - The LORD spoke to Jeremiah early in the reign of Josiah's son, King Zedekiah of Judah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 35:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 35:1 - The LORD spoke to Jeremiah when Jehoiakim son of Josiah was ruling over Judah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 36:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 36:1 - The LORD spoke to Jeremiah in the fourth year that Jehoiakim son of Josiah was ruling over Judah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 36:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 36:2 - "Get a scroll. Write on it everything I have told you to say about Israel, Judah, and all the other nations since I began to speak to you in the reign of Josiah until now.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 36:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 36:9 - All the people living in Jerusalem and all the people who came into Jerusalem from the towns of Judah came to observe a fast before the LORD. The fast took place in the ninth month of the fifth year that Jehoiakim son of Josiah was ruling over Judah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 37:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 37:1 - Zedekiah son of Josiah succeeded Jeconiah son of Jehoiakim as king. He was elevated to the throne of the land of Judah by King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 45:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 45:1 - The prophet Jeremiah spoke to Baruch son of Neriah while he was writing down in a scroll the words that Jeremiah spoke to him. This happened in the fourth year that Jehoiakim son of Josiah was ruling over Judah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 46:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 46:2 - He spoke about Egypt and the army of Pharaoh Necho king of Egypt which was encamped along the Euphrates River at Carchemish. Now this was the army that King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon defeated in the fourth year that Jehoiakim son of Josiah was ruling over Judah.

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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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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 6:10

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 6:10 - "Choose some people from among the exiles, namely, Heldai, Tobijah, and Jedaiah, all of whom have come from Babylon, and when you have done so go to the house of Josiah son of Zephaniah.
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