Strong H3388יְרוּשָׁא, יְרוּשָׁה

Jerusha

Transliteration
yerûshâ' yerûshâh
Pronunciation
{yer-oo-shaw'} yer-oo-shaw'
Morphology
Proper Name (Feminine) of a Person

Definition

Feminine passive participle of H3423; possessed;
Jerusha or {Jerushah} an Israelitess: - {Jerusha} Jerushah.

Meaning of the name

Jerushah or Jerusha = "dispossessor"

Detailed definition

A woman living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at 2Ki.15.33;
daughter of: Zadok (H6659H); married to Uzziah (H5818);
mother of: Jotham (H3147H); also called Jerushah at 2Ch.27.1;

In the biblical story

Jerusha

Mother of King Jotham of Judah.

Jerusha was the mother of King Jotham of Judah and the daughter of Zadok.

In the Bible

Strong H3388 appears in 2 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • jerusha1
  • jerushah1

First verses

  1. 2 Kings 15:33
    Five and twenty years old was he when he began to reign, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Jerusha, the daughter of Zadok.
  2. 2 Chronicles 27:1
    Jotham was twenty and five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name also was Jerushah, the daughter of Zadok.
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