Lexical Definition

‎יְהוֹאָחָז‎ Yᵉhôwʼâchâz (yeh-ho-aw-khawz') Jehoahaz ^N:N-M-P
from ‎יְהֹוָה‎ and ‎אָחַז‎; Jehovah-seized

Jehoahaz. Compare ‎יוֹאָחָז‎.

• § Jehoahaz = "Jehovah has seized"
• Jehoachaz, the name of three Israelites

1) a king of Judah and son of Josiah
2) a king of the northern kingdom of Israel and son of Jehu
3) a king of Judah and son of Jehoram (Ahaziah)

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎יְהוֺאָחָז‎, ‎יְוֺאָחָז‎ proper name, masculine (‎׳‎‎י‎ hath grasped; ᵐ5 Ἰωαχας, & Ἰωαχαζ; compare also ‎אֲהַזְיָהוּ‎, & cuneiform Ia-u-—a-zi for Ahaz, see ‎אָחָז‎, and compare further Jäger^{BAS i. 467 f.}) —

1. ‎יְהוֺאָהָז‎ king of Judah, son of Josiah 2Kgs 23:30; 2Kgs 23:31; 2Kgs 23:34; 2Chr 36:1, = ‎יוֺאָהָז‎ v2Chr 36:2 v2Chr 36:4 (apparently = ‎יוֺהָנָן‎ 1Chr 3:15).

2. ‎יְהוֺאָחָז‎ king of Israel, son of Jehu 2Kgs 10:35; 2Kgs 13:1; 2Kgs 13:4; 2Kgs 13:7; 2Kgs 13:8; 2Kgs 13:9; 2Kgs 13:10; 2Kgs 13:22; 2Kgs 13:25 (twice in verse); 2Kgs 14:8; 2Kgs 14:17; 2Chr 25:17; 2Chr 25:25 = ‎יוֺאָחָז‎ 2Kgs 14:1.

3. ‎יְהוֺאָחָז‎ king of Judah, son of Jehoram of Judah 2Chr 21:17; 2Chr 25:23 = ‎אֲחַזְיָהוּ‎ (‎אֲחַזְיָה‎) 2, q. v.

4. ‎יוֺאָחָז‎ father of ‎יוֺאָח‎ Josiah's chronicler 2Chr 34:8.

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