Bible Names

Joah: meaning of the name

Joah means “fraternity; brother of the Lord.”
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (1869)boy name

Joah in Hebrew and Greek

יוֹאָח H3098

Yôwʼâch (yo-awkh') — Joach, the name of four Israelites

from H3068 (יְהֹוָה) and H251 (אָח); Jehovahbrothered;

People named Joah in the Bible

Joah in Scripture

“Joah” appears in 10 verses of the King James Version; here are the first 8.

  • 2 Kings 18:18

    And when they had called to the king, there came out to them Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, which was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah the son of Asaph the recorder.

  • 2 Kings 18:26

    Then said Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, and Shebna, and Joah, unto Rab–shakeh, Speak, I pray thee, to thy servants in the Syrian language; for we understand it: and talk not with us in the Jews’ language in the ears of the people that are on the wall.

  • 2 Kings 18:37

    Then came Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, which was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah the son of Asaph the recorder, to Hezekiah with their clothes rent, and told him the words of Rab–shakeh.

  • 1 Chronicles 6:21

    Joah his son, Iddo his son, Zerah his son, Jeaterai his son.

  • 1 Chronicles 26:4

    Moreover the sons of Obed–edom were, Shemaiah the firstborn, Jehozabad the second, Joah the third, and Sacar the fourth, and Nethaneel the fifth,

  • 2 Chronicles 29:12

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

  • 2 Chronicles 34:8

    Now in the eighteenth year of his reign, when he had purged the land, and the house, he sent Shaphan the son of Azaliah, and Maaseiah the governor of the city, and Joah the son of Joahaz the recorder, to repair the house of the Lord his God.

  • Isaiah 36:3

    Then came forth unto him Eliakim, Hilkiah’s son, which was over the house, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah, Asaph’s son, the recorder.