Strong H3189H3189Kיַ֫חַת
Jahath
One of the 6 senses of Strong H3189
- Transliteration
- yachath
- Pronunciation
- yakh'-ath
- Morphology
- Proper Name (Masculine) of a Person
Definition
A man living at the time of Divided Monarchy, only mentioned at 2Ch.34.12
Meaning of the name
Jahath = "He will snatch up"
General definition
From H3161; unity;
{Jachath} the name of four Israelites: - Jahath.
{Jachath} the name of four Israelites: - Jahath.
In the biblical story
Jahath
Levite who supervised repairs in Josiah's temple restoration.
Jahath, along with Obadiah, were Levites from the Merarites who faithfully supervised the workmen repairing the temple during Josiah's reign (2Ch.34.12).
In the Bible
Strong H3189K appears in 1 verse of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- jahath1
First verses
- 2 Chronicles 34:12And the men did the work faithfully: and the overseers of them were Jahath and Obadiah, the Levites, of the sons of Merari; and Zechariah and Meshullam, of the sons of the Kohathites, to set it forward; and other of the Levites, all that could skill of instruments of musick.