יְהוֹשֶׁבַע
yehosheva · Jehosheba
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H3089 · appears 1 time in the Bible
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yehosheva (יְהוֹשֶׁבַע) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “Jehosheba”.
A personal name meaning "YHWH is an oath." Daughter of King Joram and sister of Ahaziah; she hid the child Joash so that Athaliah would not kill him (2 Kings 11:2). In 2 Chronicles 22:11 she appears with another form of the name.
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ye·ho·she·va
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.
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Where it appears
- 2 Kings 11:2
But Jehosheba, the daughter of King Joram, sister of Ahaziah, took Joash son of Ahaziah and stole him from among the king’s sons who were being put to death, him and his nurse, and put them in the room of the beds; and they hid him from Athaliah, and he was not put to death.