יְהוֹזָבָדYᵉhôwzâbâd
proper name, masculine: hath bestowed
Pronunciation: yeh-ho-zaw-bawd' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H3075
Meanings
1. servant & murderer of Joash of Judah (2 Kings 12:22; 2 Chronicles 24:26)
2. three of David's mighty men
3. a Benjamite chief (2 Chronicles 17:18)
4. priests & Levites
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 4 times in the Bible.
- 2 Kings 12:21 The assassins were Jozacar son of Shimeath and Jehozabad son of Shomer—both trusted advisers. Joash was buried with his ancestors in the City of David. Then his son Amaziah became the next king.
- 1 Chronicles 26:4 The sons of Obed-edom, also gatekeepers, were Shemaiah (the oldest), Jehozabad (the second), Joah (the third), Sacar (the fourth), Nethanel (the fifth),
- 2 Chronicles 17:18 Next in command was Jehozabad, who commanded 180,000 armed men.
- 2 Chronicles 24:26 The assassins were Jozacar, the son of an Ammonite woman named Shimeath, and Jehozabad, the son of a Moabite woman named Shomer.
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).