יֵהוּאYêhûwʼ

יֵהוּא: proper name, masculine: is He, Ia-u-a

Pronunciation: yay-hoo' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H3058

Meanings

1. king of Israel who overthrew the dynasty of Omri (1 Kings 19:16; 1 Kings 19:17; 2 Kings 9:2)

2. prophet of Northern Israel in time of Baasha & Jehoshaphat (1 Kings 16:1; 1 Kings 16:7; 1 Kings 16:12)

3. one of David's heroes (1 Chronicles 12:3)

4. a Judaite (1 Chronicles 2:38)

5. a Simeonite prince (1 Chronicles 4:35)

יֵהוּא: proper name, masculine: see below יהוה above

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 58 times in the Bible.

  • 1 Kings 16:1 This message from the Lord was delivered to King Baasha by the prophet Jehu son of Hanani:
  • 1 Kings 16:7 The message from the Lord against Baasha and his family came through the prophet Jehu son of Hanani. It was delivered because Baasha had done what was evil in the Lord’s sight (just as the family of Jeroboam had done), and also because Baasha had destroyed the family of Jeroboam. The Lord’s anger was provoked by Baasha’s sins.
  • 1 Kings 16:12 So Zimri destroyed the dynasty of Baasha as the Lord had promised through the prophet Jehu.
  • 1 Kings 19:16 Then anoint Jehu grandson of Nimshi to be king of Israel, and anoint Elisha son of Shaphat from the town of Abel-meholah to replace you as my prophet.
  • 1 Kings 19:17 Anyone who escapes from Hazael will be killed by Jehu, and those who escape Jehu will be killed by Elisha!
  • 2 Kings 9:2 and find Jehu son of Jehoshaphat, son of Nimshi. Call him into a private room away from his friends,
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Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).