יְהוֹיָדָעYᵉhôwyâdâʻ

proper name, masculine: knoweth

Pronunciation: yeh-ho-yaw-daw' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H3077

Meanings

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 51 times in the Bible.

  • 2 Samuel 8:18 Benaiah son of Jehoiada was captain of the king’s bodyguard. And David’s sons served as priestly leaders.
  • 2 Samuel 20:23 Now Joab was the commander of the army of Israel. Benaiah son of Jehoiada was captain of the king’s bodyguard.
  • 2 Samuel 23:20 There was also Benaiah son of Jehoiada, a valiant warrior from Kabzeel. He did many heroic deeds, which included killing two champions of Moab. Another time, on a snowy day, he chased a lion down into a pit and killed it.
  • 2 Samuel 23:22 Deeds like these made Benaiah as famous as the Three mightiest warriors.
  • 1 Kings 1:8 But Zadok the priest, Benaiah son of Jehoiada, Nathan the prophet, Shimei, Rei, and David’s personal bodyguard refused to support Adonijah.
  • 1 Kings 1:26 But he did not invite me or Zadok the priest or Benaiah or your servant Solomon.
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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).