יְהוֹיָדָעYᵉhôwyâdâʻ
proper name, masculine: knoweth
Pronunciation: yeh-ho-yaw-daw' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H3077
Meanings
1. father of Benaiah (David's time) (2 Samuel 23:30; 2 Samuel 20:23; 2 Samuel 8:18)
2. (chief) priest at Jerusalem in time of Joash (2 Kings 11:4; 2 Kings 11:9; 2 Kings 11:15)
Same root
- יְהֹוָהYᵉhôvâh · H3068Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
- יָדַעyâdaʻ · H3045to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including observation, care, recognition; and causatively, instruction, designation, punishment, etc.)
- יוֹיָדָעYôwyâdâʻ · H3111Jojada, the name of two Israelites
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.
See every passage
- 2 Samuel 8:18, 20:23, 23:20, 23:22
- 1 Kings 1:8, 1:26, 1:32, 1:36, 1:38, 1:44, 2:25, 2:29, 2:34, 2:35, 2:46, 4:4
- 2 Kings 11:4, 11:9, 11:15, 11:17, 12:2, 12:7, 12:9
- 1 Chronicles 11:22, 11:24, 12:27, 18:17, 27:5, 27:34
- 2 Chronicles 22:11, 23:1, 23:8, 23:9, 23:11, 23:14, 23:16, 23:18, 24:2, 24:3, 24:6, 24:12, 24:14, 24:15, 24:17, 24:20, 24:22, 24:25
- Jeremiah 29:26
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).