יוֹצָדָק
yotsadak · Jozadak
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H3136 · appears 5 times in the Bible
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yotsadak (יוֹצָדָק) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “Jozadak”.
A proper name meaning "YHWH is righteous". He was the father of Jeshua, the high priest who returned from the exile with Zerubbabel. It is the short form of the name Jehozadak.
How to say it
yo·tsa·dak
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
- Ezra 3:2
And Jeshua the son of Jozadak rose up, and his brothers the priests, and Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel and his brothers, and they built the altar of the Elohim of Israel to offer burnt offerings on it, as it is written in the law of Moses the man of Elohim.
- Ezra 3:8
And in the second year of their coming to the house of Elohim at Jerusalem, in the second month, Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel and Jeshua the son of Jozadak and the rest of their brothers, the priests and the Levites, and all who had come from the captivity to Jerusalem, began; and they appointed the Levites, from twenty years old and upward, to direct the work of the house of YHWH.
- Ezra 5:2
Then Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel and Jeshua the son of Jozadak rose up and began to build the house of Elah which is in Jerusalem; and with them were the prophets of Elah, supporting them.
- Ezra 10:18
And there were found among the sons of the priests who had married foreign women: of the sons of Jeshua the son of Jozadak and his brothers: Maaseiah, Eliezer, Jarib, and Gedaliah.
- Nehemiah 12:26
These were in the days of Joiakim son of Jeshua, son of Jozadak, and in the days of Nehemiah the governor and of Ezra the priest, the scribe.