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יְהוֹאָחָז H3059
H3059 is the Hebrew word יְהוֹאָחָז, transliterated Yᵉhôwʼâchâz and said yeh-ho-aw-khawz'. The King James Version most often renders it jehoahaz.
What it means
Jehoachaz, the name of three Israelites.
Where it comes from
from H3068 (יְהֹוָה) and H270 (אָחַז); Jehovah-seized.
How the King James Version translates it
Across 20 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.
Strong's own list of renderings: Jehoahaz. Compare H3099 (יוֹאָחָז).
Verses using יְהוֹאָחָז
All 19 verses, quoted in full.
2 Kings 10:35 · KJV
And Jehu slept with his fathers: and they buried him in Samaria. And Jehoahaz his son reigned in his stead.
2 Kings 13:1 · KJV
In the three and twentieth year of Joash the son of Ahaziah king of Judah Jehoahaz the son of Jehu began to reign over Israel in Samaria, and reigned seventeen years.
2 Kings 13:4 · KJV
And Jehoahaz besought the LORD, and the LORD hearkened unto him: for he saw the oppression of Israel, because the king of Syria oppressed them.
2 Kings 13:7 · KJV
Neither did he leave of the people to Jehoahaz but fifty horsemen, and ten chariots, and ten thousand footmen; for the king of Syria had destroyed them, and had made them like the dust by threshing.
2 Kings 13:8 · KJV
Now the rest of the acts of Jehoahaz, and all that he did, and his might, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
2 Kings 13:9 · KJV
And Jehoahaz slept with his fathers; and they buried him in Samaria: and Joash his son reigned in his stead.
2 Kings 13:10 · KJV
In the thirty and seventh year of Joash king of Judah began Jehoash the son of Jehoahaz to reign over Israel in Samaria, and reigned sixteen years.
2 Kings 13:22 · KJV
But Hazael king of Syria oppressed Israel all the days of Jehoahaz.
2 Kings 13:25 · KJV
And Jehoash the son of Jehoahaz took again out of the hand of Benhadad the son of Hazael the cities, which he had taken out of the hand of Jehoahaz his father by war. Three times did Joash beat him, and recovered the cities of Israel.
2 Kings 14:8 · KJV
Then Amaziah sent messengers to Jehoash, the son of Jehoahaz son of Jehu, king of Israel, saying, Come, let us look one another in the face.
2 Kings 14:17 · KJV
And Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah lived after the death of Jehoash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel fifteen years.
2 Kings 23:30 · KJV
And his servants carried him in a chariot dead from Megiddo, and brought him to Jerusalem, and buried him in his own sepulchre. And the people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah, and anointed him, and made him king in his father’s stead.
2 Kings 23:31 · KJV
Jehoahaz was twenty and three years old when he began to reign; and he reigned three months in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Hamutal, the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah.
2 Kings 23:34 · KJV
And Pharaohnechoh made Eliakim the son of Josiah king in the room of Josiah his father, and turned his name to Jehoiakim, and took Jehoahaz away: and he came to Egypt, and died there.
2 Chronicles 21:17 · KJV
And they came up into Judah, and brake into it, and carried away all the substance that was found in the king’s house, and his sons also, and his wives; so that there was never a son left him, save Jehoahaz, the youngest of his sons.
2 Chronicles 25:17 · KJV
Then Amaziah king of Judah took advice, and sent to Joash, the son of Jehoahaz, the son of Jehu, king of Israel, saying, Come, let us see one another in the face.
2 Chronicles 25:23 · KJV
And Joash the king of Israel took Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Joash, the son of Jehoahaz, at Bethshemesh, and brought him to Jerusalem, and brake down the wall of Jerusalem from the gate of Ephraim to the corner gate, four hundred cubits.
2 Chronicles 25:25 · KJV
And Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah lived after the death of Joash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel fifteen years.
2 Chronicles 36:1 · KJV
Then the people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah, and made him king in his father’s stead in Jerusalem.
Common questions
What does Strong's H3059 mean?
H3059 is the Hebrew word יְהוֹאָחָז (Yᵉhôwʼâchâz), meaning Jehoachaz, the name of three Israelites.
How is H3059 translated in the King James Version?
The King James translators rendered it jehoahaz (19 times), save jehoahaz (1 time).
How many times does H3059 appear in the Bible?
יְהוֹאָחָז (Yᵉhôwʼâchâz) is tagged in 19 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.
Where does H3059 come from?
Strong's gives its derivation as: from H3068 (יְהֹוָה) and H270 (אָחַז); Jehovah-seized.
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