yehu · Jehu

What it means

yehu (יֵהוּא) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “Jehu”.

A name meaning "YHWH is he." It is borne by several people, among them the prophet, son of Hanani, who spoke against Baasha (1 Kings 16), and the king of Israel anointed to put an end to the house of Ahab (2 Kings 9–10).

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• 1 Kings×6
• 2 Kings×41
• 1 Chronicles×4
• 2 Chronicles×6
• Hosea×1

• 1 Kings 16:1

  The word of YHWH came to Jehu son of Hanani against Baasha, saying,

• 1 Kings 16:7

  Also, through Jehu son of Hanani the prophet, the word of YHWH came to Baasha and to his house, because of all the evil that he did in the eyes of YHWH, provoking him to anger with the work of his hands, becoming like the house of Jeroboam, and because he struck him.

• 1 Kings 16:12

  Zimri destroyed all the house of Baasha, according to the word of YHWH that he spoke to Baasha through Jehu the prophet,

• 1 Kings 19:16

  and Jehu son of Nimshi you shall anoint as king over Israel; and Elisha son of Shaphat from Abel-meholah you shall anoint as prophet in your place.

• 1 Kings 19:17

  And it will be that whoever escapes from the sword of Hazael, Jehu will put to death; and whoever escapes from the sword of Jehu, Elisha will put to death.

• 2 Kings 9:2

  When you come there, look there for Jehu son of Jehoshaphat, son of Nimshi; go in and make him get up from among his brothers, and bring him into a room within a room.

• 2 Kings 9:5

  He came, and there were the commanders of the army, sitting. He said, “I have a word for you, commander.” Jehu said, “For which of all of us?” He said, “For you, commander.”

• 2 Kings 9:11

  Jehu went out to the servants of his master, and one said to him, “Is all well? Why did this madman come to you?” He said to them, “You know the man and his talk.”

• 2 Kings 9:13

  They hurried, and each man took his garment and they put it under him on the bare steps; and they blew the shofar and said, “Jehu is king!”

• 2 Kings 9:14

  Jehu son of Jehoshaphat, son of Nimshi, conspired against Joram. Now Joram had been guarding Ramoth Gilead, he and all Israel, against Hazael king of Aram;

• 2 Kings 9:15

  but King Joram had returned to be healed in Jezreel from the wounds that the Arameans had inflicted on him when he fought against Hazael king of Aram. And Jehu said, “If this is your will, let no survivor get out of the city to go and tell it in Jezreel.”

• 2 Kings 9:16

  Jehu mounted his chariot and went to Jezreel, for Joram was lying there; and Ahaziah king of Judah had come down to see Joram.

• 2 Kings 9:17

  The watchman was standing on the tower in Jezreel, and he saw the company of Jehu as he came, and said, “I see a company.” Joram said, “Take a horseman and send him to meet them, and let him say, ‘Is there peace?’”

• 2 Kings 9:18

  The rider on horseback went to meet him and said, “Thus says the king, ‘Is there peace?’” Jehu said, “What have you to do with peace? Turn behind me.” The watchman reported, saying, “The messenger came to them, but he has not come back.”

• 2 Kings 9:19

  He sent a second rider on horseback, and he came to them and said, “Thus says the king, ‘Peace?’” Jehu said, “What have you to do with peace? Turn behind me.”

• 2 Kings 9:20

  The watchman reported, saying, “He came to them, but he has not come back. And the driving is like the driving of Jehu son of Nimshi, for he drives like a madman.”

• 2 Kings 9:21

  Joram said, “Hitch up.” And his chariot was hitched up, and Joram king of Israel and Ahaziah king of Judah went out, each in his chariot, and they went out to meet Jehu, and they found him at the plot of Naboth the Jezreelite.

• 2 Kings 9:22

  And it happened, when Joram saw Jehu, that he said, “Is there peace, Jehu?” He said, “What peace, as long as the prostitutions of Jezebel your mother and her many sorceries go on?”

• 2 Kings 9:24

  Jehu filled his hand with the bow and struck Joram between his arms, and the arrow came out from his heart, and he sank down in his chariot.

• 2 Kings 9:27

  Ahaziah king of Judah saw this and fled by the way of Beth-haggan. Jehu pursued him and said, “Him too! Strike him!” And they struck him in the chariot at the ascent of Gur, which is by Ibleam. And he fled to Megiddo and died there.

• 2 Kings 9:30

  Jehu came to Jezreel, and Jezebel heard of it; and she painted her eyes with antimony and adorned her head and looked down through the window.

• 2 Kings 9:31

  As Jehu entered the gate, she said, “Is there peace, Zimri, murderer of his master?”

• 2 Kings 10:1

  Ahab had seventy sons in Samaria. Jehu wrote letters and sent them to Samaria, to the commanders of Jezreel, the elders, and to the guardians of Ahab’s sons, saying,

• 2 Kings 10:5

  The one who was over the household, and the one who was over the city, and the elders and the guardians sent to Jehu, saying, “We are your servants, and all that you tell us we will do; we will not make anyone king; do what is good in your eyes.”

• 2 Kings 10:11

  Jehu struck all who remained of the house of Ahab in Jezreel, and all his great men and his close friends and his priests, until he left him no survivor.

• 2 Kings 10:13

  and Jehu found the brothers of Ahaziah king of Judah and said, “Who are you?” They said, “We are the brothers of Ahaziah, and we have come down to greet the sons of the king and the sons of the lady.”

• 2 Kings 10:18

  Jehu gathered all the people and said to them, “Ahab served Baal a little; Jehu will serve him much.

• 2 Kings 10:19

  Now call to me all the prophets of Baal, all his worshipers and all his priests; let no one be missing, for I have a great sacrifice for Baal; anyone who is missing will not live.” But Jehu was acting with cunning in order to destroy the worshipers of Baal.

• 2 Kings 10:20

  Jehu said, “Consecrate a solemn assembly for Baal.” And they proclaimed it.

• 2 Kings 10:21

  Jehu sent through all Israel, and all the worshipers of Baal came; there was not a man left who did not come. They went into the house of Baal, and the house of Baal was filled from one end to the other.

• 2 Kings 10:23

  Jehu and Jonadab son of Rechab went into the house of Baal, and he said to the worshipers of Baal, “Search and see that there is not here with you any of the servants of YHWH, but only the worshipers of Baal.”

• 2 Kings 10:24

  They went in to offer sacrifices and burnt offerings. Now Jehu had stationed for himself outside eighty men and had said, “The man who lets escape any of the men whom I am bringing into your hands, his life will go for his life.”

• 2 Kings 10:25

  And it happened, when he had finished offering the burnt offering, that Jehu said to the runners and to the captains, “Go in, strike them; let no one get out.” And they struck them with the edge of the sword, and the runners and the captains threw them out and went to the city of the house of Baal.

• 2 Kings 10:28

  So Jehu wiped out Baal from Israel.

• 2 Kings 10:29

  Only from the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat, by which he made Israel sin, Jehu did not turn away from following them: the golden calves that were in Bethel and that were in Dan.

• 2 Kings 10:30

  YHWH said to Jehu, “Because you have done well in doing what is right in my eyes, and according to all that was in my heart you have done to the house of Ahab, sons of the fourth generation will sit for you on the throne of Israel.”

• 2 Kings 10:31

  But Jehu was not careful to walk in the instruction of YHWH, the Elohim of Israel, with all his heart; he did not turn away from the sins of Jeroboam, by which he made Israel sin.

• 2 Kings 10:34

  The rest of the acts of Jehu, and all that he did, and all his might, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?

• 2 Kings 10:35

  Jehu lay down with his fathers, and they buried him in Samaria; and Jehoahaz his son reigned in his place.

• 2 Kings 10:36

  The days that Jehu reigned over Israel were twenty eight years in Samaria.

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