Lexical Definition

‎יְהוֹיָדָע‎ Yᵉhôwyâdâʻ (yeh-ho-yaw-daw') Jehoiada ^N:N-M-P
from ‎יְהֹוָה‎ and ‎יָדַע‎; Jehovah-known

Jehoiada. Compare ‎יוֹיָדָע‎.

• § Jehoiada = "Jehovah knows"
• Jehojada, the name of three Israelites

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

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎יְהוֺיָדָע‎, ‎יוֺיָדָע‎ proper name, masculine (‎׳‎‎י‎ knoweth; compare ‎יְדַעְיָה‎, ‎אֶלְיָדָע‎ & references, ‎בְּעֶלְיָדָע‎) —

1. ‎׳‎‎יְהוֺ‎; ᵐ5 usually Ἰωδαε, A sometimes Ἰωιαδαε (2Sam 23:30 + ), ᵐ5^L Ἰωαδ (2Sam 20:23 ὠαδδαι), father of Benaiah (David's time), in combination ‎׳‎‎בְּנָיָהוּ בֶּןיְֿהוֺ‎ 2Sam 8:18; 2Sam 20:23; 2Sam 23:20; 2Sam 23:22; 1Kgs 1:8; 1Kgs 1:26; 1Kgs 1:32; 1Kgs 1:36; 1Kgs 1:38; 1Kgs 1:44; 1Kgs 2:25; 1Kgs 2:29; 1Kgs 2:34; 1Kgs 2:35; 1Kgs 2:46; 1Kgs 4:4; 1Chr 11:22; 1Chr 11:24; 1Chr 18:17; 1Chr 27:5 ‎יְהוֺיָדָע בֶּןבְּֿנָיָהוּ‎ 1Chr 27:34 is probably erroneous inversion of the usual order; ‎׳‎‎יְהוֺ‎ alone only 1Chr 12:28* (where called ‎הַנָּגִיד לְאַחֲרֹן‎).

2. ‎׳‎‎יְהוֺ‎, ᵐ5 usually Ἰωδαε A sometimes Ἰωιαδαε etc., (chief) priest at Jerusalem in time of Joash 2Kgs 11:4; 2Kgs 11:9 (twice in verse); 2Kgs 11:15; 2Kgs 11:17; 2Kgs 12:3*; 2Kgs 12:8*; 2Kgs 12:10*; 2Chr 22:11; 2Chr 23:1; 2Chr 23:8 (twice in verse); 2Chr 23:9; 2Chr 23:11; 2Chr 23:14; 2Chr 23:16; 2Chr 23:18; 2Chr 24:2; 2Chr 24:3; 2Chr 24:6; 2Chr 24:12; 2Chr 24:14 (twice in verse); 2Chr 24:15; 2Chr 24:17; 2Chr 24:20; 2Chr 24:22; 2Chr 24:25; Jer 29:26.

3. ‎יוֺיָדָע‎ a builder at wall of Jerusalem, with Nehemiah, Neh 3:6 (ᵐ5 Ἰοειαα, Ἰοειδα, Ἰωδαε etc.)

4. ‎׳‎‎יוֺ‎ son of high priest Eliashib Neh 12:10; Neh 12:11; Neh 12:22; Neh 13:28 (ᵐ5 Ἰωδα, Ἰωαδαε, Ἰωιαδα).

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