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יְהוֹיָדָע H3077
H3077 is the Hebrew word יְהוֹיָדָע, transliterated Yᵉhôwyâdâʻ and said yeh-ho-yaw-daw'. The King James Version most often renders it jehoiada.
What it means
Jehojada, the name of three Israelites.
Where it comes from
from H3068 (יְהֹוָה) and H3045 (יָדַע); Jehovah-known.
How the King James Version translates it
Across 51 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.
Strong's own list of renderings: Jehoiada. Compare H3111 (יוֹיָדָע).
Verses using יְהוֹיָדָע
The first 40 of 48 verses, quoted in full.
2 Samuel 8:18 · KJV
And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over both the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and David’s sons were chief rulers.
2 Samuel 20:23 · KJV
Now Joab was over all the host of Israel: and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and over the Pelethites:
2 Samuel 23:20 · KJV
And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the son of a valiant man, of Kabzeel, who had done many acts, he slew two lionlike men of Moab: he went down also and slew a lion in the midst of a pit in time of snow:
2 Samuel 23:22 · KJV
These things did Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and had the name among three mighty men.
1 Kings 1:8 · KJV
But Zadok the priest, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and Nathan the prophet, and Shimei, and Rei, and the mighty men which belonged to David, were not with Adonijah.
1 Kings 1:26 · KJV
But me, even me thy servant, and Zadok the priest, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and thy servant Solomon, hath he not called.
1 Kings 1:32 · KJV
And king David said, Call me Zadok the priest, and Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada. And they came before the king.
1 Kings 1:36 · KJV
And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada answered the king, and said, Amen: the LORD God of my lord the king say so too.
1 Kings 1:38 · KJV
So Zadok the priest, and Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and the Cherethites, and the Pelethites, went down, and caused Solomon to ride upon king David’s mule, and brought him to Gihon.
1 Kings 1:44 · KJV
And the king hath sent with him Zadok the priest, and Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and the Cherethites, and the Pelethites, and they have caused him to ride upon the king’s mule:
1 Kings 2:25 · KJV
And king Solomon sent by the hand of Benaiah the son of Jehoiada; and he fell upon him that he died.
1 Kings 2:29 · KJV
And it was told king Solomon that Joab was fled unto the tabernacle of the LORD; and, behold, he is by the altar. Then Solomon sent Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, saying, Go, fall upon him.
1 Kings 2:34 · KJV
So Benaiah the son of Jehoiada went up, and fell upon him, and slew him: and he was buried in his own house in the wilderness.
1 Kings 2:35 · KJV
And the king put Benaiah the son of Jehoiada in his room over the host: and Zadok the priest did the king put in the room of Abiathar.
1 Kings 2:46 · KJV
So the king commanded Benaiah the son of Jehoiada; which went out, and fell upon him, that he died. And the kingdom was established in the hand of Solomon.
1 Kings 4:4 · KJV
And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the host: and Zadok and Abiathar were the priests:
2 Kings 11:4 · KJV
And the seventh year Jehoiada sent and fetched the rulers over hundreds, with the captains and the guard, and brought them to him into the house of the LORD, and made a covenant with them, and took an oath of them in the house of the LORD, and shewed them the king’s son.
2 Kings 11:9 · KJV
And the captains over the hundreds did according to all things that Jehoiada the priest commanded: and they took every man his men that were to come in on the sabbath, with them that should go out on the sabbath, and came to Jehoiada the priest.
2 Kings 11:15 · KJV
But Jehoiada the priest commanded the captains of the hundreds, the officers of the host, and said unto them, Have her forth without the ranges: and him that followeth her kill with the sword. For the priest had said, Let her not be slain in the house of the LORD.
2 Kings 11:17 · KJV
And Jehoiada made a covenant between the LORD and the king and the people, that they should be the LORD’s people; between the king also and the people.
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 12:7 · 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 12:9 · KJV
But Jehoiada the priest took a chest, and bored a hole in the lid of it, and set it beside the altar, on the right side as one cometh into the house of the LORD: and the priests that kept the door put therein all the money that was brought into the house of the LORD.
1 Chronicles 11:22 · KJV
Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the son of a valiant man of Kabzeel, who had done many acts; he slew two lionlike men of Moab: also he went down and slew a lion in a pit in a snowy day.
1 Chronicles 11:24 · KJV
These things did Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and had the name among the three mighties.
1 Chronicles 12:27 · KJV
And Jehoiada was the leader of the Aaronites, and with him were three thousand and seven hundred;
1 Chronicles 18:17 · KJV
And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and the sons of David were chief about the king.
1 Chronicles 27:5 · KJV
The third captain of the host for the third month was Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, a chief priest: and in his course were twenty and four thousand.
1 Chronicles 27:34 · KJV
And after Ahithophel was Jehoiada the son of Benaiah, and Abiathar: and the general of the king’s army was Joab.
2 Chronicles 22:11 · KJV
But Jehoshabeath, the daughter of the king, took Joash the son of Ahaziah, and stole him from among the king’s sons that were slain, and put him and his nurse in a bedchamber. So Jehoshabeath, the daughter of king Jehoram, the wife of Jehoiada the priest, (for she was the sister of Ahaziah,) hid him from Athaliah, so that she slew him not.
2 Chronicles 23:1 · KJV
And in the seventh year Jehoiada strengthened himself, and took the captains of hundreds, Azariah the son of Jeroham, and Ishmael the son of Jehohanan, and Azariah the son of Obed, and Maaseiah the son of Adaiah, and Elishaphat the son of Zichri, into covenant with him.
2 Chronicles 23:8 · KJV
So the Levites and all Judah did according to all things that Jehoiada the priest had commanded, and took every man his men that were to come in on the sabbath, with them that were to go out on the sabbath: for Jehoiada the priest dismissed not the courses.
2 Chronicles 23:9 · KJV
Moreover Jehoiada the priest delivered to the captains of hundreds spears, and bucklers, and shields, that had been king David’s, which were in the house of God.
2 Chronicles 23:11 · KJV
Then they brought out the king’s son, and put upon him the crown, and gave him the testimony, and made him king. And Jehoiada and his sons anointed him, and said, God save the king.
2 Chronicles 23:14 · KJV
Then Jehoiada the priest brought out the captains of hundreds that were set over the host, and said unto them, Have her forth of the ranges: and whoso followeth her, let him be slain with the sword. For the priest said, Slay her not in the house of the LORD.
2 Chronicles 23:16 · KJV
And Jehoiada made a covenant between him, and between all the people, and between the king, that they should be the LORD’s people.
2 Chronicles 23:18 · KJV
Also Jehoiada appointed the offices of the house of the LORD by the hand of the priests the Levites, whom David had distributed in the house of the LORD, to offer the burnt offerings of the LORD, as it is written in the law of Moses, with rejoicing and with singing, as it was ordained by David.
2 Chronicles 24:2 · KJV
And Joash did that which was right in the sight of the LORD all the days of Jehoiada the priest.
2 Chronicles 24:3 · KJV
And Jehoiada took for him two wives; and he begat sons and daughters.
2 Chronicles 24:6 · KJV
And the king called for Jehoiada the chief, and said unto him, Why hast thou not required of the Levites to bring in out of Judah and out of Jerusalem the collection, according to the commandment of Moses the servant of the LORD, and of the congregation of Israel, for the tabernacle of witness?
Common questions
What does Strong's H3077 mean?
H3077 is the Hebrew word יְהוֹיָדָע (Yᵉhôwyâdâʻ), meaning Jehojada, the name of three Israelites.
How is H3077 translated in the King James Version?
The King James translators rendered it jehoiada (45 times), things that jehoiada (2 times), wherein jehoiada (1 time), moreover jehoiada (1 time), also jehoiada (1 time), among others.
How many times does H3077 appear in the Bible?
יְהוֹיָדָע (Yᵉhôwyâdâʻ) is tagged in 48 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.
Where does H3077 come from?
Strong's gives its derivation as: from H3068 (יְהֹוָה) and H3045 (יָדַע); Jehovah-known.
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