yoach · Joah

What it means

yoach (יוֹאָח) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “Joah”.

A name meaning "YHWH is brother" (that is, near). Borne by the son of Asaph, Hezekiah's recorder (2 Kings 18:18), and by several Levites (1 Chronicles 6:21; 2 Chronicles 29:12).

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

• 2 Kings×3
• 1 Chronicles×2
• 2 Chronicles×3
• Isaiah×3

• 2 Kings 18:18

  They called to the king, and there came out to them Eliakim son of Hilkiah, who was over the house, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah son of Asaph, the recorder.

• 2 Kings 18:26

  Eliakim son of Hilkiah, Shebna, and Joah said to the Rabshakeh, “Speak, please, to your servants in Aramaic, for we understand it; and do not speak with us in the language of Judah in the ears of the people who are on the wall.”

• 2 Kings 18:37

  Eliakim son of Hilkiah, who was over the house, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah son of Asaph, the recorder, came to Hezekiah with their clothes torn, and they told him the words of the Rabshakeh.

• 1 Chronicles 6:21

  Joah, his son; Iddo, his son; Zerah, his son; Jeatherai, his son.

• 1 Chronicles 26:4

  Obed-edom had sons: Shemaiah the firstborn, Jehozabad the second, Joah the third, Sachar the fourth, Nethanel the fifth,

• 2 Chronicles 29:12

  Then the Levites arose: Mahath son of Amasai and Joel son of Azariah, of the sons of the Kohathites; and of the sons of Merari, Kish son of Abdi and Azariah son of Jehallelel; and of the Gershonites, Joah son of Zimmah and Eden son of Joah;

• 2 Chronicles 34:8

  In the eighteenth year of his reign, when he had cleansed the land and the house, he sent Shaphan son of Azaliah, and Maaseiah the official of the city, and Joah son of Jehoahaz, the recorder, to repair the house of YHWH his Elohim.

• Isaiah 36:3

  And there came out to him Eliakim son of Hilkiah, who was over the house, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah son of Asaph, the recorder.

• Isaiah 36:11

  Eliakim, Shebna, and Joah said to the Rabshakeh, “Speak, please, to your servants in Aramaic, for we understand it; and do not speak to us in the language of Judah in the ears of the people who are on the wall.”

• Isaiah 36:22

  Eliakim son of Hilkiah, who was over the house, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah son of Asaph, the recorder, came to Hezekiah with their clothes torn, and they told him the words of the Rabshakeh.

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