Strong's Hebrew Concordance

H3089: יְהוֹשֶׁבַע

Yᵉhôwshebaʻ · pronounced yeh-ho-sheh'-bah · “Jehosheba”

Definition

Jehosheba, an Israelitess

KJV translates it as: Jehosheba. Compare H3090 (יְהוֹשַׁבְעַת).

Word origin: from H3068 (יְהֹוָה) and H7650 (שָׁבַע); Jehovah-sworn;

Extended definition

A woman of the tribe of Judah living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at 2Ki.11.2;
daughter of: Jehoram (H3088) and Athaliah (H6271);
sister of: Ahaziah (H0274H); married to Jehoiada (H3077H); also called Jehoshabeath at 2Ch.22.11;
Also named: ye.ho.shav.at (יְהוֹשַׁבְעַת "Jehoshabeath" H3090)
§ Jehosheba = "Jehovah has sworn"
1) daughter of king Joram of Judah and wife of the high priest Jehoiada
1a) alternate spelling 'Jehoshabeath' - ye.ho.shav.at (יְהוֹשַׁבְעַת "Jehoshabeath" H3090)

Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).

How H3089 is translated

  • jehosheba ×1

Bible verses with H3089 (Yᵉhôwshebaʻ)

Yᵉhôwshebaʻ appears in 1 verse.

  • 2 Kings 11:2

    But Jehosheba, the daughter of king Joram, sister of Ahaziah, took Joash the son of Ahaziah, and stole him from among the king’s sons which were slain; and they hid him, even him and his nurse, in the bedchamber from Athaliah, so that he was not slain.

Words derived from H3089