Strong H3089יְהוֹשֶׁבַע
Jehosheba
- Transliteration
- yehôsheba‛
- Pronunciation
- yeh-ho-sheh'-bah
- Morphology
- Proper Name (Feminine) of a Person
Definition
Meaning of the name
Jehosheba = "Jehovah has sworn"
Detailed definition
A woman of the tribe of Judah living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at 2Ki.11.2;
daughter of: Jehoram (H3088) and Athaliah (H6271);
sister of: Ahaziah (H274H); married to Jehoiada (H3077H); also called Jehoshabeath at 2Ch.22.11;
Also named: ye.ho.shav.at (יְהוֹשַׁבְעַת "Jehoshabeath" H3090)
daughter of: Jehoram (H3088) and Athaliah (H6271);
sister of: Ahaziah (H274H); married to Jehoiada (H3077H); also called Jehoshabeath at 2Ch.22.11;
Also named: ye.ho.shav.at (יְהוֹשַׁבְעַת "Jehoshabeath" H3090)
In the biblical story
Jehosheba
Daughter of Jehoram, saved Joash from Athaliah's massacre.
Jehosheba, also known as Jehoshabeath, was the daughter of King Jehoram and the wife of Jehoiada the priest; she saved the infant Joash from Athaliah's massacre of the royal family.
In the Bible
Strong H3089 appears in 1 verse of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- jehosheba1
First verses
- 2 Kings 11:2But Jehosheba, the daughter of king Joram, sister of Ahaziah, took Joash the son of Ahaziah, and stole him from among the king’s sons which were slain; and they hid him, even him and his nurse, in the bedchamber from Athaliah, so that he was not slain.