Bible Names

Jehoiada: meaning of the name

Jehoiada means “knowledge of the Lord.”
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (1869)boy name

Jehoiada in Hebrew and Greek

יוֹיָדָע H3111

Yôwyâdâʻ (yo-yaw-daw') — Jojada, the name of two Israelites

a form of H3077 (יְהוֹיָדָע);

People named Jehoiada in the Bible

Jehoiada in Scripture

“Jehoiada” appears in 49 verses of the King James Version; here are the first 8.

  • 2 Samuel 8:18

    And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over both the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and David’s sons were chief rulers.

  • 2 Samuel 20:23

    Now Joab was over all the host of Israel: and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and over the Pelethites:

  • 2 Samuel 23:20

    And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the son of a valiant man, of Kabzeel, who had done many acts, he slew two lionlike men of Moab: he went down also and slew a lion in the midst of a pit in time of snow:

  • 2 Samuel 23:22

    These things did Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and had the name among three mighty men.

  • 1 Kings 1:8

    But Zadok the priest, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and Nathan the prophet, and Shimei, and Rei, and the mighty men which belonged to David, were not with Adonijah.

  • 1 Kings 1:26

    But me, even me thy servant, and Zadok the priest, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and thy servant Solomon, hath he not called.

  • 1 Kings 1:32

    And king David said, Call me Zadok the priest, and Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada. And they came before the king.

  • 1 Kings 1:36

    And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada answered the king, and said, Amen: the Lord God of my lord the king say so too.