Strong H3090יְהוֹשַׁבְעַת

Jehoshabeath

Transliteration
yehôshab‛ath
Pronunciation
yeh-ho-shab-ath'
Morphology
Proper Name (Feminine) of a Person

Definition

A form of H3089; {Jehoshabath} an Israelitess: - Jehoshabeath.

Meaning of the name

Jehoshabeath = "Jehovah is an oath"

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;
Another name of ye.ho.she.va (יְהוֹשֶׁבַע "Jehosheba" H3089)

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 H3090 appears in 1 verse of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • jehoshabeath1

First verses

  1. 2 Chronicles 22:11
    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.
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