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Strong's H3077 יְהוֹיָדָע (yehoyada)

Yehoyada means “Jehojada” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Same number, other testament: Strong's G3077 — lype (“sadness”) in the Greek Bible.

Strong's Number H3077
Language Hebrew
Linked Usages 48
Books 6

Strong's H3077 Quick Answer

Strong's H3077 יְהוֹיָדָע (Yhowyada`) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. Yhowyada` (yeh-ho-yaw-daw') n/p. 1. Jehovah-known 2. Jehojada, the name of three Israelites It has 48 linked Bible usages across 6 books. Visible English usage signals include jehoiada, name, and three. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.

Meaning
Yhowyada` (yeh-ho-yaw-daw') n/p. 1. Jehovah-known 2. Jehojada, the name of three Israelites
Usage
48 linked usages
Books
6 indexed books
Corpus
Old Testament
Usage Words
jehoiada, name, and three

Meaning and Definition

Yhowyada` (yeh-ho-yaw-daw') n/p. 1. Jehovah-known 2. Jehojada, the name of three Israelites [from H3068 and H3045] KJV: Jehoiada. Root(s): H3068, H3045 Compare: H3111

Original Word
יְהוֹיָדָע
Transliteration
Yhowyada`
Derivation
Root: ידע First root strongs: 3068 Second root strongs: 3045
Morphology
name

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's H3077. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

Extended Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (Brown-Driver-Briggs based)

Jehoiada

Usage: A man living at the time of United Monarchy, first mentioned at 2Sa.8.18; father of: Benaiah (H1141) § Jehoiada = "Jehovah knows" 1) father of Benaiah, David's mighty warrior 2) leader of the priests who joined David at Hebron 3) high priest at the time of Athaliah's usurpation of the throne of Judah; hid Joash, the king's son, for six years and eventually replaced him on the throne of Judah 4) second priest, or sagan, to Seraiah the high priest

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How Strong's H3077 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render Yhowyada`, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.

Jehoiada 2 Samuel 8:18 45× name 2 Samuel 23:22 three 1 Chronicles 12:27

How Strong's H3077 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Old Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Old Testament with 48 linked usages.
  • The linked rows are Old Testament Hebrew usage, grouped by book for fast canonical scanning.

Strong's H3077 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's H3077 in the Old Testament

48 indexed usages in Old Testament.

2 Samuel 8:18 KJV

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 KJV

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 KJV

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:

Usage Excerpts

First 48 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H3077.

2 Samuel 8:18 Old Testament, KJV
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 Old Testament, KJV
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 Old Testament, KJV
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 Old Testament, KJV
These things did Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and had the name among three mighty men.
1 Kings 1:8 Old Testament, KJV
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 Old Testament, KJV
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 Old Testament, KJV
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 Old Testament, KJV
And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada answered the king, and said, Amen: the LORD God of my lord the king say so too.
1 Kings 1:38 Old Testament, KJV
So Zadok the priest, and Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and the Cherethites, and the Pelethites, went down, and caused Solomon to ride upon king David's mule, and brought him to Gihon.
1 Kings 1:44 Old Testament, KJV
And the king hath sent with him Zadok the priest, and Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and the Cherethites, and the Pelethites, and they have caused him to ride upon the king's mule:
1 Kings 2:25 Old Testament, KJV
And king Solomon sent by the hand of Benaiah the son of Jehoiada; and he fell upon him that he died.
1 Kings 2:29 Old Testament, KJV
And it was told king Solomon that Joab was fled unto the tabernacle of the LORD; and, behold, he is by the altar. Then Solomon sent Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, saying, Go, fall upon him.
1 Kings 2:34 Old Testament, KJV
So Benaiah the son of Jehoiada went up, and fell upon him, and slew him: and he was buried in his own house in the wilderness.
1 Kings 2:35 Old Testament, KJV
And the king put Benaiah the son of Jehoiada in his room over the host: and Zadok the priest did the king put in the room of Abiathar.
1 Kings 2:46 Old Testament, KJV
So the king commanded Benaiah the son of Jehoiada; which went out, and fell upon him, that he died. And the kingdom was established in the hand of Solomon.
1 Kings 4:4 Old Testament, KJV
And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the host: and Zadok and Abiathar were the priests:
2 Kings 11:4 Old Testament, KJV
And the seventh year Jehoiada sent and fetched the rulers over hundreds, with the captains and the guard, and brought them to him into the house of the LORD, and made a covenant with them, and took an oath of them in the house of the LORD, and shewed them the king's son.
2 Kings 11:9 Old Testament, KJV
And the captains over the hundreds did according to all things that Jehoiada the priest commanded: and they took every man his men that were to come in on the sabbath, with them that should go out on the sabbath, and came to Jehoiada the priest.
2 Kings 11:15 Old Testament, KJV
But Jehoiada the priest commanded the captains of the hundreds, the officers of the host, and said unto them, Have her forth without the ranges: and him that followeth her kill with the sword. For the priest had said, Let her not be slain in the house of the LORD.
2 Kings 11:17 Old Testament, KJV
And Jehoiada made a covenant between the LORD and the king and the people, that they should be the LORD's people; between the king also and the people.
2 Kings 12:2 Old Testament, KJV
And Jehoash did that which was right in the sight of the LORD all his days wherein Jehoiada the priest instructed him.
2 Kings 12:7 Old Testament, KJV
Then king Jehoash called for Jehoiada the priest, and the other priests, and said unto them, Why repair ye not the breaches of the house? now therefore receive no more money of your acquaintance, but deliver it for the breaches of the house.
2 Kings 12:9 Old Testament, KJV
But Jehoiada the priest took a chest, and bored a hole in the lid of it, and set it beside the altar, on the right side as one cometh into the house of the LORD: and the priests that kept the door put therein all the money that was brought into the house of the LORD.
1 Chronicles 11:22 Old Testament, KJV
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: also he went down and slew a lion in a pit in a snowy day.
1 Chronicles 11:24 Old Testament, KJV
These things did Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and had the name among the three mighties.
1 Chronicles 12:27 Old Testament, KJV
And Jehoiada was the leader of the Aaronites, and with him were three thousand and seven hundred;
1 Chronicles 18:17 Old Testament, KJV
And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and the sons of David were chief about the king.
1 Chronicles 27:5 Old Testament, KJV
The third captain of the host for the third month was Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, a chief priest: and in his course were twenty and four thousand.
1 Chronicles 27:34 Old Testament, KJV
And after Ahithophel was Jehoiada the son of Benaiah, and Abiathar: and the general of the king's army was Joab.
2 Chronicles 22:11 Old Testament, KJV
But Jehoshabeath, the daughter of the king, took Joash the son of Ahaziah, and stole him from among the king's sons that were slain, and put him and his nurse in a bedchamber. So Jehoshabeath, the daughter of king Jehoram, the wife of Jehoiada the priest, (for she was the sister of Ahaziah,) hid him from Athaliah, so that she slew him not.
2 Chronicles 23:1 Old Testament, KJV
And in the seventh year Jehoiada strengthened himself, and took the captains of hundreds, Azariah the son of Jeroham, and Ishmael the son of Jehohanan, and Azariah the son of Obed, and Maaseiah the son of Adaiah, and Elishaphat the son of Zichri, into covenant with him.
2 Chronicles 23:8 Old Testament, KJV
So the Levites and all Judah did according to all things that Jehoiada the priest had commanded, and took every man his men that were to come in on the sabbath, with them that were to go out on the sabbath: for Jehoiada the priest dismissed not the courses.
2 Chronicles 23:9 Old Testament, KJV
Moreover Jehoiada the priest delivered to the captains of hundreds spears, and bucklers, and shields, that had been king David's, which were in the house of God.
2 Chronicles 23:11 Old Testament, KJV
Then they brought out the king's son, and put upon him the crown, and gave him the testimony, and made him king. And Jehoiada and his sons anointed him, and said, God save the king.
2 Chronicles 23:14 Old Testament, KJV
Then Jehoiada the priest brought out the captains of hundreds that were set over the host, and said unto them, Have her forth of the ranges: and whoso followeth her, let him be slain with the sword. For the priest said, Slay her not in the house of the LORD.
2 Chronicles 23:16 Old Testament, KJV
And Jehoiada made a covenant between him, and between all the people, and between the king, that they should be the LORD's people.
2 Chronicles 23:18 Old Testament, KJV
Also Jehoiada appointed the offices of the house of the LORD by the hand of the priests the Levites, whom David had distributed in the house of the LORD, to offer the burnt offerings of the LORD, as it is written in the law of Moses, with rejoicing and with singing, as it was ordained by David.
2 Chronicles 24:2 Old Testament, KJV
And Joash did that which was right in the sight of the LORD all the days of Jehoiada the priest.
2 Chronicles 24:3 Old Testament, KJV
And Jehoiada took for him two wives; and he begat sons and daughters.
2 Chronicles 24:6 Old Testament, KJV
And the king called for Jehoiada the chief, and said unto him, Why hast thou not required of the Levites to bring in out of Judah and out of Jerusalem the collection, according to the commandment of Moses the servant of the LORD, and of the congregation of Israel, for the tabernacle of witness?
2 Chronicles 24:12 Old Testament, KJV
And the king and Jehoiada gave it to such as did the work of the service of the house of the LORD, and hired masons and carpenters to repair the house of the LORD, and also such as wrought iron and brass to mend the house of the LORD.
2 Chronicles 24:14 Old Testament, KJV
And when they had finished it, they brought the rest of the money before the king and Jehoiada, whereof were made vessels for the house of the LORD, even vessels to minister, and to offer withal, and spoons, and vessels of gold and silver. And they offered burnt offerings in the house of the LORD continually all the days of Jehoiada.
2 Chronicles 24:15 Old Testament, KJV
But Jehoiada waxed old, and was full of days when he died; an hundred and thirty years old was he when he died.
2 Chronicles 24:17 Old Testament, KJV
Now after the death of Jehoiada came the princes of Judah, and made obeisance to the king. Then the king hearkened unto them.
2 Chronicles 24:20 Old Testament, KJV
And the Spirit of God came upon Zechariah the son of Jehoiada the priest, which stood above the people, and said unto them, Thus saith God, Why transgress ye the commandments of the LORD, that ye cannot prosper? because ye have forsaken the LORD, he hath also forsaken you.
2 Chronicles 24:22 Old Testament, KJV
Thus Joash the king remembered not the kindness which Jehoiada his father had done to him, but slew his son. And when he died, he said, The LORD look upon it, and require it.
2 Chronicles 24:25 Old Testament, KJV
And when they were departed from him, (for they left him in great diseases,) his own servants conspired against him for the blood of the sons of Jehoiada the priest, and slew him on his bed, and he died: and they buried him in the city of David, but they buried him not in the sepulchres of the kings.
Jeremiah 29:26 Old Testament, KJV
The LORD hath made thee priest in the stead of Jehoiada the priest, that ye should be officers in the house of the LORD, for every man that is mad, and maketh himself a prophet, that thou shouldest put him in prison, and in the stocks.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's H3077, grouped by book.

2 Samuel 4 usages, Old Testament
1 Kings 12 usages, Old Testament
2 Kings 7 usages, Old Testament
1 Chronicles 6 usages, Old Testament
2 Chronicles 18 usages, Old Testament
Jeremiah 1 usage, Old Testament

Strong's H3077 FAQ

What does yehoyada (יְהוֹיָדָע) mean?

Yehoyada (Strong's H3077) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "Jehojada". Yhowyada` (yeh-ho-yaw-daw') n/p. 1. Jehovah-known 2. Jehojada, the name of three Israelites

How many times is yehoyada (יְהוֹיָדָע) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 48 linked usages for Strong's H3077 across 6 books.

Where can I study yehoyada (יְהוֹיָדָע) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H3077 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.

What English words translate yehoyada (יְהוֹיָדָע)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as jehoiada, name, and three. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.