Strong H3136H3136Aיוֹצָדָק

Jozadak

Transliteration: yôtsâdâq
Pronunciation: yo-tsaw-dawk'
Morphology: Proper Name (Masculine) of a Person

Definition

A man of the tribe of Levi living at the time of Exile and Return, first mentioned at 1Ch.6.14;
son of: Seraiah (H8304H);
brother of: Ezra (H5830);
father of: Joshua (H3091J); also called Jozadak at Ezr.3.2,8; 5.2; 1x
Another name of ye.ho.tsa.daq (יְהוֹצָדָק "Jehozadak" H3087)

Meaning of the name

Jozadak = "Jehovah is righteous"

General definition

A form of H3087; {Jotsadak} an Israelite: - Jozadak.

In the biblical story

Jehozadak

Father of Joshua the high priest during the exile.

Jehozadak (or Jozadak) was the father of Joshua, the high priest who returned from the Babylonian exile and helped rebuild the temple.

In the Bible

Strong H3136A appears in 3 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

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First verses

Ezra 3:2
Then stood up Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and his brethren the priests, and Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and his brethren, and builded the altar of the God of Israel, to offer burnt offerings thereon, as it is written in the law of Moses the man of God.
Ezra 3:8
Now in the second year of their coming unto the house of God at Jerusalem, in the second month, began Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and the remnant of their brethren the priests and the Levites, and all they that were come out of the captivity unto Jerusalem; and appointed the Levites, from twenty years old and upward, to set forward the work of the house of the Lord.
Nehemiah 12:26
These were in the days of Joiakim the son of Jeshua, the son of Jozadak, and in the days of Nehemiah the governor, and of Ezra the priest, the scribe.