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יְהוֹאָשׁ H3060
H3060 is the Hebrew word יְהוֹאָשׁ, transliterated Yᵉhôwʼâsh and said yeh-ho-awsh'. The King James Version most often renders it jehoash.
What it means
Jehoash, the name of two Israelite kings.
Where it comes from
from H3068 (יְהֹוָה) and (perhaps) H784 (אֵשׁ); Jehovah-fired.
How the King James Version translates it
Across 17 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.
Strong's own list of renderings: Jehoash. Compare H3101 (יוֹאָשׁ).
Verses using יְהוֹאָשׁ
All 16 verses, quoted in full.
2 Kings 11:21 · KJV
Seven years old was Jehoash when he began to reign.
2 Kings 12:1 · KJV
In the seventh year of Jehu Jehoash began to reign; and forty years reigned he in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Zibiah of Beersheba.
2 Kings 12:2 · KJV
And Jehoash did that which was right in the sight of the LORD all his days wherein Jehoiada the priest instructed him.
2 Kings 12:4 · KJV
And Jehoash said to the priests, All the money of the dedicated things that is brought into the house of the LORD, even the money of every one that passeth the account, the money that every man is set at, and all the money that cometh into any man’s heart to bring into the house of the LORD,
2 Kings 12:6 · KJV
But it was so, that in the three and twentieth year of king Jehoash the priests had not repaired the breaches of the house.
2 Kings 12:7 · KJV
Then king Jehoash called for Jehoiada the priest, and the other priests, and said unto them, Why repair ye not the breaches of the house? now therefore receive no more money of your acquaintance, but deliver it for the breaches of the house.
2 Kings 12:18 · KJV
And Jehoash king of Judah took all the hallowed things that Jehoshaphat, and Jehoram, and Ahaziah, his fathers, kings of Judah, had dedicated, and his own hallowed things, and all the gold that was found in the treasures of the house of the LORD, and in the king’s house, and sent it to Hazael king of Syria: and he went away from Jerusalem.
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 13:25 · 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 14:9 · KJV
And Jehoash the king of Israel sent to Amaziah king of Judah, saying, The thistle that was in Lebanon sent to the cedar that was in Lebanon, saying, Give thy daughter to my son to wife: and there passed by a wild beast that was in Lebanon, and trode down the thistle.
2 Kings 14:11 · KJV
But Amaziah would not hear. Therefore Jehoash king of Israel went up; and he and Amaziah king of Judah looked one another in the face at Bethshemesh, which belongeth to Judah.
2 Kings 14:13 · KJV
And Jehoash king of Israel took Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Jehoash the son of Ahaziah, at Bethshemesh, and came to Jerusalem, and brake down the wall of Jerusalem from the gate of Ephraim unto the corner gate, four hundred cubits.
2 Kings 14:15 · KJV
Now the rest of the acts of Jehoash which he did, and his might, and how he fought with Amaziah king of Judah, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
2 Kings 14:16 · KJV
And Jehoash slept with his fathers, and was buried in Samaria with the kings of Israel; and Jeroboam his son reigned in his stead.
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.
Common questions
What does Strong's H3060 mean?
H3060 is the Hebrew word יְהוֹאָשׁ (Yᵉhôwʼâsh), meaning Jehoash, the name of two Israelite kings.
How is H3060 translated in the King James Version?
The King James translators rendered it jehoash (15 times), began jehoash (1 time), therefore jehoash (1 time).
How many times does H3060 appear in the Bible?
יְהוֹאָשׁ (Yᵉhôwʼâsh) is tagged in 16 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.
Where does H3060 come from?
Strong's gives its derivation as: from H3068 (יְהֹוָה) and (perhaps) H784 (אֵשׁ); Jehovah-fired.
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