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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 53 times in 48 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 13:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 13:2 - and he calleth against the altar, by the word of Jehovah, and saith, 'Altar! altar! thus said Jehovah, Lo, a son is born to the house of David -- Josiah his name -- and he hath sacrificed on thee the priests of the high places who are making perfume on thee, and bones of man are burnt on thee.'

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 21:24

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 21:24 - and the people of the land smite all those conspiring against king Amon, and the people of the land cause Josiah his son to reign in his stead.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 21:26

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 21:26 - and one burieth him in his burying-place in the garden of Uzza, and reign doth Josiah his son in his stead.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 22:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 22:1 - A son of eight years is Josiah in his reigning, and thirty and one years he hath reigned in Jerusalem, and the name of his mother is Jedidah daughter of Adaiah of Boskath,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 22:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 22:3 - And it cometh to pass, in the eighteenth year of king Josiah, the king hath sent Shaphan son of Azaliah, son of Meshullam, the scribe, to the house of Jehovah, saying,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 23:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:16 - And Josiah turneth, and seeth the graves that are there in the mount, and sendeth and taketh the bones out of the graves, and burneth them on the altar, and defileth it, according to the word of Jehovah that the man of God proclaimed, who proclaimed these things.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 23:19

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:19 - And also all the houses of the high places that are in the cities of Samaria, that the kings of Israel made to provoke to anger, hath Josiah turned aside, and doth to them according to all the deeds that he did in Beth-El.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 23:23

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:23 - but in the eighteenth year of king Josiah, hath this passover been made to Jehovah in Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 23:24

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:24 - And also, those having familiar spirits, and the wizards, and the teraphim, and the idols, and all the abominations that were seen in the land of Judah, and in Jerusalem, hath Josiah put away, in order to establish the words of the law that are written on the book that Hilkiah the priest hath found in the house of Jehovah.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 23:28

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:28 - And the rest of the matters of Josiah, and all that he did, are they not written on the book of the Chronicles of the kings of Judah?

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 23:29

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:29 - In his days hath Pharaoh-Nechoh king of Egypt come up against the king of Asshur, by the river Phrat, and king Josiah goeth out to meet him, and he putteth him to death in Megiddo, when he seeth him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 23:30

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:30 - And his servants cause him to ride dying from Megiddo, and bring him in to Jerusalem, and bury him in his own grave, and the people of the land take Jehoahaz son of Josiah, and anoint him, and cause him to reign instead of his father.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 23:34

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:34 - And Pharaoh-Nechoh causeth Eliakim son of Josiah to reign instead of Josiah his father, and turneth his name to Jehoiakim, and Jehoahaz he hath taken away, and he cometh in to Egypt, and dieth there.

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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 - And sons of Josiah: the first-born Johanan, the second Jehoiakim, the third Zedekiah, the fourth Shallum.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 33:25

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 33:25 - and the people of the land smite all those conspiring against king Amon, and the people of the land cause Josiah his son to reign in his stead.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 34:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 34:1 - A son of eight years is Josiah in his reigning, and thirty and one years he hath reigned in Jerusalem,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 34:33

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 34:33 - And Josiah turneth aside all the abominations out of all the lands that the sons of Israel have, and causeth every one who is found in Israel to serve, to serve Jehovah their God; all his days they turned not aside from after Jehovah, God of their fathers.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 35:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 35:1 - And Josiah maketh in Jerusalem a passover to Jehovah, and they slaughter the passover-offering on the fourteenth of the first month,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 35:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 35:7 - And Josiah lifteth up to the sons of the people a flock of lambs and young goats, the whole for passover-offerings, for every one who is found, to the number of thirty thousand, and oxen three thousand: these are from the substance of the king.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 35:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 35:16 - And all the service of Jehovah is prepared on that day, to keep the passover, and to cause to ascend burnt-offering upon the altar of Jehovah, according to the command of king Josiah.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 35:18

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 35:18 - And there hath not been made a passover like it in Israel from the days of Samuel the prophet, and none of the kings of Israel made such a passover as Josiah hath made, and the priests, and the Levites, and all Judah and Israel who are found, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 35:19

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 35:19 - In the eighteenth year of the reign of Josiah hath this passover been made.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 35:20

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 35:20 - After all this, when Josiah hath prepared the house, come up hath Necho king of Egypt, to fight against Carchemish by Phrat, and Josiah goeth forth to meet him;

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 35:22

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 35:22 - And Josiah hath not turned round his face from him, but to fight against him hath disguised himself, and hath not hearkened unto the words of Necho, from the mouth of God, and cometh in to fight in the valley of Megiddo;

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 35:23

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 35:23 - and the archers shoot at king Josiah, and the king saith to his servants, 'Remove me, for I have become very sick.'

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 35:24

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 35:24 - And his servants remove him from the chariot, and cause him to ride on the second chariot that he hath, and cause him to go to Jerusalem, and he dieth, and is buried in the graves of his fathers, and all Judah and Jerusalem are mourning for Josiah,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 35:25

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 35:25 - and Jeremiah lamenteth for Josiah, and all the singers and the songstresses speak in their lamentations of Josiah unto this day, and set them for a statute on Israel, and lo, they are written beside the lamentations.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 35:26

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 35:26 - And the rest of the matters of Josiah, and his kind acts, according as it is written in the law of Jehovah,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 36:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 36:1 - And the people of the land take Jehoahaz son of Josiah, and cause him to reign instead of his father in Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 1:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 1:2 - unto whom the word of Jehovah hath been in the days of Josiah son of Amon, king of Judah, in the thirteenth year of his reign,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 1:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 1:3 - and it is in the days of Jehoiakim son of Josiah, king of Judah, till the completion of the eleventh year of Zedekiah son of Josiah, king of Judah, till the removal of Jerusalem in the fifth month.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 3:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 3:6 - And Jehovah saith unto me, in the days of Josiah the king, 'Hast thou seen that which backsliding Israel hath done? She is going on every high mountain, and unto the place of every green tree, and committeth fornication there.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 22:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 22:11 - For thus said Jehovah concerning Shallum son of Josiah king of Judah, who is reigning instead of Josiah his father, who hath gone forth from this place: He doth not turn back hither again;

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 22:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 22:18 - Therefore, thus said Jehovah concerning Jehoiakim son of Josiah king of Judah: They do not lament for him, Ah, my brother, and Ah, sister, They do not lament for him, Ah, lord, and Ah, his honour.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 25:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:1 - The word that hath been unto Jeremiah concerning all the people of Judah, in the fourth year of Jehoiakim son of Josiah king of Judah, -- it is the first year of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, --

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 25:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:3 - 'From the thirteenth year of Josiah son of Amon king of Judah, and unto this day -- this three and twentieth year -- hath the word of Jehovah been unto me, and I speak unto you, rising early and speaking, and ye have not hearkened;

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 26:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 26:1 - In the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim son of Josiah, king of Judah, hath this word been from Jehovah, saying:

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 27:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 27:1 - In the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim son of Josiah, king of Judah, hath this word been unto Jeremiah from Jehovah, saying,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 35:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 35:1 - The word that hath been unto Jeremiah from Jehovah, in the days of Jehoiakim son of Josiah king of Judah, saying:

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 36:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 36:1 - And it cometh to pass, in the fourth year of Jehoiakim son of Josiah king of Judah, this word hath been unto Jeremiah from Jehovah, saying:

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 36:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 36:2 - 'Take to thee a roll of a book, and thou hast written on it all the words that I have spoken unto thee concerning Israel, and concerning Judah, and concerning all the nations, from the day I spake unto thee, from the days of Josiah, even unto this day;

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 36:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 36:9 - And it cometh to pass, in the fifth year of Jehoiakim son of Josiah king of Judah, in the ninth month, proclaimed a fast before Jehovah have all the people in Jerusalem, and all the people who are coming in from cities of Judah to Jerusalem;

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 37:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 37:1 - And reign doth king Zedekiah son of Josiah instead of Coniah son of Jehoiakim whom Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon had caused to reign in the land of Judah,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 45:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 45:1 - The word that Jeremiah the prophet hath spoken unto Baruch son of Neriah, in his writing these words on a book from the mouth of Jeremiah, in the fourth year of Jehoiakim son of Josiah king of Judah, saying:

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 46:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 46:2 - For Egypt, concerning the force of Pharaoh-Necho king of Egypt, that hath been by the river Phrat, in Carchemish, that Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon hath smitten, in the fourth year of Jehoiakim son of Josiah king of Judah:

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Unchecked Copy Box Zep 1:1

Unchecked Copy BoxZep 1:1 - A word of Jehovah that hath been unto Zephaniah son of Cushi, son of Gedaliah, son of Amariah, son of Hezikiah, in the days of Josiah son of Amoz, king of Judah:

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 6:10

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 6:10 - to take of the captivity (who came from Babylon) from Heldai, from Tobijah, and from Jedaiah, 'and thou hast come in -- thou, in that day, yea, thou hast come into the house of Josiah son of Zephaniah,
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