Strong H3077H3077Jיְהוֹיָדָע
Jehoiada
One of the 4 senses of Strong H3077
- Transliteration
- yehôyâdâ‛
- Pronunciation
- yeh-ho-yaw-daw'
- Morphology
- Proper Name (Masculine) of a Person
Definition
A man living at the time of Divided Monarchy, only mentioned at Jer.29.26
Meaning of the name
Jehoiada = "Jehovah knows"
General definition
In the biblical story
Jehoiada
Overseer in the house of the Lord
Jehoiada was appointed as an overseer in the house of the Lord during the time of Jeremiah.
In the Bible
Strong H3077J appears in 1 verse of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- stead1
First verses
- Jeremiah 29:26The Lord hath made thee priest in the stead of Jehoiada the priest, that ye should be officers in the house of the Lord, for every man that is mad, and maketh himself a prophet, that thou shouldest put him in prison, and in the stocks.