יוֹשָׁפָטYôwshâphâṭ
proper name, masculine: hath judged
Pronunciation: yo-shaw-fawt' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H3146
Meanings
1. king of Judah, son of Asa (1 Kings 15:24; 1 Kings 22:2; 2 Kings 1:17)
2. father of Jehu king of Israel (2 Kings 9:2; 2 Kings 9:14)
3. chronicler under David & Solomon, son of Ahilud (2 Samuel 8:16; 1 Kings 4:3; 1 Chronicles 18:15)
4. one of Solomon's 12 officers who provided victuals for the royal household (1 Kings 4:17)
5. one of David's heroes (1 Chronicles 11:43)
6. a priest & trumpeter in David's time (1 Chronicles 15:24)
7. symbolical name of a valley near Jerusalem, place of ultimate judgement (1 Chronicles 4:2; 1 Chronicles 4:12)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 2 times in the Bible.
- 1 Chronicles 11:43 Hanan son of Maacah; Joshaphat from Mithna;
- 1 Chronicles 15:24 Shebaniah, Joshaphat, Nethanel, Amasai, Zechariah, Benaiah, and Eliezer—all of whom were priests—were chosen to blow the trumpets as they marched in front of the Ark of God. Obed-edom and Jehiah were chosen to guard the Ark.
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).