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יוֹאָשׁ

yoash · Joash

Hebrew word · Strong’s number H3101 · appears 47 times in the Bible

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What it means

yoash (יוֹאָשׁ) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “Joash”.

The father of Gideon. Other people in the Bible bear this name, among them two kings (2 Kings 11-13). It means "YHWH has given."

How to say it

yo·ash

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.

Where it appears

  • Judges 6:11

    The angel of YHWH came and sat under the oak that is in Ophrah, which belonged to Joash the Abiezrite, while Gideon his son was beating out wheat in the winepress to hide it from Midian.

  • Judges 6:29

    They said to one another, “Who has done this thing?” They inquired and searched, and they said, “Gideon son of Joash has done this thing.”

  • Judges 6:30

    The men of the city said to Joash, “Bring out your son, so that he may die, for he has torn down the altar of Baal and has cut down the Asherah that was beside it.”

  • Judges 6:31

    Joash said to all who stood around him, “Are you going to contend for Baal? Or are you going to save him? Whoever contends for him shall be put to death by morning. If he is a god, let him contend for himself, because someone has torn down his altar.”

  • Judges 7:14

    His companion answered and said, “This is nothing other than the sword of Gideon son of Joash, a man of Israel; Elohim has given into his hand Midian and all the camp.”

  • Judges 8:13

    Gideon son of Joash returned from the war by the ascent of Heres.

  • Judges 8:29

    Jerubbaal son of Joash went and lived in his house.

  • Judges 8:32

    Gideon son of Joash died at a good old age and was buried in the tomb of Joash his father, in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.

  • 1 Kings 22:26

    The king of Israel said, “Take Micaiah and bring him back to Amon, the governor of the city, and to Joash, the king’s son,

  • 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.

  • 2 Kings 12:19

    The rest of the acts of Joash and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?

  • 2 Kings 12:20

    His servants rose up and made a conspiracy and struck Joash at the house of Millo, which goes down to Silla.

  • 2 Kings 13:1

    In year twenty-three of Joash son of Ahaziah, king of Judah, Jehoahaz son of Jehu became king over Israel in Samaria and reigned seventeen years.

  • 2 Kings 13:9

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

  • 2 Kings 13:10

    In year thirty-seven of Joash king of Judah, Joash son of Jehoahaz became king over Israel in Samaria and reigned sixteen years.

  • 2 Kings 13:12

    The rest of the acts of Joash, and all that he did, and his might with which he fought against Amaziah king of Judah, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?

  • 2 Kings 13:13

    Joash lay down with his fathers, and Jeroboam sat on his throne; and Joash was buried in Samaria with the kings of Israel.

  • 2 Kings 13:14

    Now Elisha fell sick with the sickness of which he would die, and Joash king of Israel went down to him and wept over his face and said, “My father, my father, the chariot of Israel and its horsemen!”

  • 2 Kings 13:25

    Then Joash son of Jehoahaz again took the cities from the hand of Ben-hadad son of Hazael that he had taken from the hand of Jehoahaz his father in war. Three times Joash struck him, and he brought back the cities of Israel.

  • 2 Kings 14:1

    In year two of Joash son of Jehoahaz, king of Israel, Amaziah son of Joash, king of Judah, became king.

  • 2 Kings 14:3

    He did what was right in the eyes of YHWH, only not like David his father; he did according to all that Joash his father had done.

  • 2 Kings 14:17

    Amaziah son of Joash, king of Judah, lived after the death of Joash son of Jehoahaz, king of Israel, fifteen years.

  • 2 Kings 14:23

    In year fifteen of Amaziah son of Joash, king of Judah, Jeroboam son of Joash, king of Israel, became king in Samaria and reigned forty-one years.

  • 2 Kings 14:27

    But YHWH had not spoken of blotting out the name of Israel from under the heavens, so he saved them through Jeroboam son of Joash.

  • 1 Chronicles 3:11

    Joram, his son; Ahaziah, his son; Joash, his son;

  • 1 Chronicles 4:22

    and Jokim, and the men of Cozeba, and Joash and Saraph, who ruled in Moab, and Jashubi-lehem. And the things are ancient.

  • 1 Chronicles 12:3

    The head, Ahiezer, and Joash, sons of Shemaah the Gibeathite; and Jeziel and Pelet, sons of Azmaveth; and Beracah, and Jehu the Anathothite;

  • 2 Chronicles 18:25

    The king of Israel said, “Take Micaiah and bring him back to Amon, the governor of the city, and to Joash, the king’s son,

  • 2 Chronicles 22:11

    But Jehoshabeath, the daughter of the king, took Joash son of Ahaziah and stole him from among the king’s sons who were being put to death, and she put him and his nurse in the room of the beds. So Jehoshabeath, the daughter of King Joram, the wife of Jehoiada the priest —for she was the sister of Ahaziah— hid him from Athaliah, and she did not put him to death.

  • 2 Chronicles 24:1

    Joash was seven years old when he began to reign, and he reigned forty years in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Zibiah of Beersheba.

  • 2 Chronicles 24:2

    Joash did what was right in the eyes of YHWH all the days of Jehoiada the priest.

  • 2 Chronicles 24:4

    And it happened after this that it was in the heart of Joash to renew the house of YHWH.

  • 2 Chronicles 24:22

    Joash the king did not remember the loyal love that Jehoiada, Zechariah’s father, had shown him, and he killed his son. And as he died, he said, “May YHWH see and call to account!”

  • 2 Chronicles 24:24

    For with a few men the force of Aram came, and YHWH gave into their hand a very great force, because they had abandoned YHWH, Elohim of their fathers. And on Joash they executed judgments.

  • 2 Chronicles 25:17

    Amaziah king of Judah took counsel and sent to Joash son of Jehoahaz son of Jehu, king of Israel, saying, “Come, let us look each other in the face.”

  • 2 Chronicles 25:18

    Joash king of Israel sent to Amaziah king of Judah, saying, “The thistle that is in Lebanon sent to the cedar that is in Lebanon, saying, ‘Give your daughter to my son as wife.’ Then an animal of the field that is in Lebanon passed by and trampled the thistle.

  • 2 Chronicles 25:21

    So Joash king of Israel went up, and they looked each other in the face, he and Amaziah king of Judah, at Beth-shemesh, which belongs to Judah.

  • 2 Chronicles 25:23

    And Amaziah king of Judah, son of Joash son of Jehoahaz, Joash king of Israel seized at Beth-shemesh, and brought him to Jerusalem and made a breach in the wall of Jerusalem from the Gate of Ephraim to the Corner Gate, four hundred cubits.

  • 2 Chronicles 25:25

    Amaziah son of Joash, king of Judah, lived after the death of Joash son of Jehoahaz, king of Israel, fifteen years.

  • Hosea 1:1

    The word of YHWH that came to Hosea son of Beeri, in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam son of Joash, king of Israel.

And 7 more times.