יוֹאָחYôwʼâch

proper name, masculine: is brother

Pronunciation: yo-awkh' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H3098

Meanings

1. son of Asaph the chronicler in Hezekiah's time (2 Kings 18:18; 2 Kings 18:26; 2 Kings 18:37)

2. Levites

3. son of Joahaz the chronicles in Josiah's time (2 Chronicles 34:8)

4. a Levite, son of Obed-edom (1 Chronicles 26:4)

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 11 times in the Bible.

  • 2 Kings 18:18 They summoned King Hezekiah, but the king sent these officials to meet with them: Eliakim son of Hilkiah, the palace administrator; Shebna the court secretary; and Joah son of Asaph, the royal historian.
  • 2 Kings 18:26 Then Eliakim son of Hilkiah, Shebna, and Joah said to the Assyrian chief of staff, “Please speak to us in Aramaic, for we understand it well. Don’t speak in Hebrew, for the people on the wall will hear.”
  • 2 Kings 18:37 Then Eliakim son of Hilkiah, the palace administrator; Shebna the court secretary; and Joah son of Asaph, the royal historian, went back to Hezekiah. They tore their clothes in despair, and they went in to see the king and told him what the Assyrian chief of staff had said.
  • 1 Chronicles 6:21 Joah, Iddo, Zerah, and Jeatherai.
  • 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 29:12 Then these Levites got right to work: From the clan of Kohath: Mahath son of Amasai and Joel son of Azariah. From the clan of Merari: Kish son of Abdi and Azariah son of Jehallelel. From the clan of Gershon: Joah son of Zimmah and Eden son of Joah.
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