Bible Names

Jehu: meaning of the name

Jehu means “himself who exists.”
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (1869)boy name

Jehu in Hebrew and Greek

יֵהוּא H3058

Yêhûwʼ (yay-hoo') — Jehu, the name of five Israelites

from H3068 (יְהֹוָה) and H1931 (הוּא); Jehovah (is) He;

People named Jehu in the Bible

Jehu in Scripture

“Jehu” appears in 55 verses of the King James Version; here are the first 8.

  • 1 Kings 16:1

    Then the word of the Lord came to Jehu the son of Hanani against Baasha, saying,

  • 1 Kings 16:7

    And also by the hand of the prophet Jehu the son of Hanani came the word of the Lord against Baasha, and against his house, even for all the evil that he did in the sight of the Lord, in provoking him to anger with the work of his hands, in being like the house of Jeroboam; and because he killed him.

  • 1 Kings 16:12

    Thus did Zimri destroy all the house of Baasha, according to the word of the Lord, which he spake against Baasha by Jehu the prophet,

  • 1 Kings 19:16

    And Jehu the son of Nimshi shalt thou anoint to be king over Israel: and Elisha the son of Shaphat of Abel–meholah shalt thou anoint to be prophet in thy room.

  • 1 Kings 19:17

    And it shall come to pass, that him that escapeth the sword of Hazael shall Jehu slay: and him that escapeth from the sword of Jehu shall Elisha slay.

  • 2 Kings 9:2

    And when thou comest thither, look out there Jehu the son of Jehoshaphat the son of Nimshi, and go in, and make him arise up from among his brethren, and carry him to an inner chamber;

  • 2 Kings 9:5

    And when he came, behold, the captains of the host were sitting; and he said, I have an errand to thee, O captain. And Jehu said, Unto which of all us? And he said, To thee, O captain.

  • 2 Kings 9:11

    Then Jehu came forth to the servants of his lord: and one said unto him, Is all well? wherefore came this mad fellow to thee? And he said unto them, Ye know the man, and his communication.