Yôʼshîyâh — H2977

Definition

masculine proper noun

Joshijah, the name of two Israelites

1. Josiah = "whom Jehovah heals"
2. son of Amon by Jedidah who succeeded his father to the throne of Judah and reigned for 31 years; his reign is noteworthy for the great revivals back to the worship of Jehovah which he led
3. a returned exile and son of Zephaniah at whose house took place the solemn and symbolical crowning of Joshua the high priest in the time of Zechariah the prophet

Usually translated as

Josiah

Origin

or Yôʼshîyâhûw; from the same root as H803 and H3050; founded of Jah

• Derived from ʼăshûwyâh (H803)
• Derived from Yâhh (H3050)

Greek equivalents

• Iōsías (G2502)

Occurrences

Yôʼshîyâh occurs 53 times in 48 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: 1 Kings (1), 2 Kings (12), 1 Chronicles (2), 2 Chronicles (15), Jeremiah (16), Zephaniah (1), Zechariah (1)

• 1 Kings 13:2 — And he cried against the altar in the word of the LORD, and said, O altar, altar, thus saith the LORD; Behold, a child shall be born unto the house of David, Josiah (יֹאשִׁיָּ֣הוּ) by name; and upon thee shall he offer the priests of the high places that burn incense upon thee, and men’s bones shall be burnt upon thee.
• 2 Kings 21:24 — And the people of the land slew all them that had conspired against king Amon; and the people of the land made Josiah (יֹאשִׁיָּ֥הוּ) his son king in his stead.
• 2 Kings 21:26 — And he was buried in his sepulchre in the garden of Uzza: and Josiah (יֹאשִׁיָּ֥הוּ) his son reigned in his stead.
• 2 Kings 22:1 — Josiah (יֹאשִׁיָּ֣הוּ) was eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned thirty and one years in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Jedidah, the daughter of Adaiah of Boscath.
• 2 Kings 22:3 — And it came to pass in the eighteenth year of king Josiah (יֹאשִׁיָּ֑הוּ), that the king sent Shaphan the son of Azaliah, the son of Meshullam, the scribe, to the house of the LORD, saying,
• 2 Kings 23:16 — And as Josiah (יֹאשִׁיָּ֗הוּ) turned himself, he spied the sepulchres that were there in the mount, and sent, and took the bones out of the sepulchres, and burned them upon the altar, and polluted it, according to the word of the LORD which the man of God proclaimed, who proclaimed these words.
• 2 Kings 23:19 — And all the houses also of the high places that were in the cities of Samaria, which the kings of Israel had made to provoke the Lord to anger, Josiah (יֹֽאשִׁיָּ֑הוּ) took away, and did to them according to all the acts that he had done in Beth-el.
• 2 Kings 23:23 — But in the eighteenth year of king Josiah (יֹֽאשִׁיָּ֑הוּ), wherein this passover was holden to the LORD in Jerusalem.
• 2 Kings 23:24 — Moreover the workers with familiar spirits, and the wizards, and the images, and the idols, and all the abominations that were spied in the land of Judah and in Jerusalem, did Josiah (יֹֽאשִׁיָּ֑הוּ) put away, that he might perform the words of the law which were written in the book that Hilkiah the priest found in the house of the LORD.
• 2 Kings 23:28 — Now the rest of the acts of Josiah (יֹאשִׁיָּ֖הוּ), and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
• 2 Kings 23:29 — In his days Pharaoh-nechoh king of Egypt went up against the king of Assyria to the river Euphrates: and king Josiah (יֹאשִׁיָּ֙הוּ֙) went against him; and he slew him at Megiddo, when he had seen him.
• 2 Kings 23:30 — And his servants carried him in a chariot dead from Megiddo, and brought him to Jerusalem, and buried him in his own sepulchre. And the people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah (יֹ֣אשִׁיָּ֔הוּ), and anointed him, and made him king in his father’s stead.
• 2 Kings 23:34 — And Pharaoh-nechoh made Eliakim the son of Josiah (יֹאשִׁיָּ֗הוּ) king in the room of Josiah his father, and turned his name to Jehoiakim, and took Jehoahaz away: and he came to Egypt, and died there.
• 2 Kings 23:34 — And Pharaoh-nechoh made Eliakim the son of Josiah king in the room of Josiah (יֹאשִׁיָּ֣הוּ) his father, and turned his name to Jehoiakim, and took Jehoahaz away: and he came to Egypt, and died there.
• 1 Chronicles 3:14 — Amon his son, Josiah (יֹאשִׁיָּ֥הוּ) his son.
• 1 Chronicles 3:15 — And the sons of Josiah (יֹאשִׁיָּ֔הוּ) were, the firstborn Johanan, the second Jehoiakim, the third Zedekiah, the fourth Shallum.
• 2 Chronicles 33:25 — But the people of the land slew all them that had conspired against king Amon; and the people of the land made Josiah his son king (יֹאשִׁיָּ֥הוּ) in his stead.
• 2 Chronicles 34:1 — Josiah (יֹאשִׁיָּ֣הוּ) was eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned in Jerusalem one and thirty years.
• 2 Chronicles 34:33 — And Josiah (יֹֽאשִׁיָּ֜הוּ) took away all the abominations out of all the countries that pertained to the children of Israel, and made all that were present in Israel to serve, even to serve the LORD their God. And all his days they departed not from following the LORD, the God of their fathers.
• 2 Chronicles 35:1 — Moreover Josiah (יֹאשִׁיָּ֧הוּ) kept a passover unto the LORD in Jerusalem: and they killed the passover on the fourteenth day of the first month.
• 2 Chronicles 35:7 — And Josiah (יֹאשִׁיָּ֣הוּ) gave to the people, of the flock, lambs and kids, all for the passover offerings, for all that were present, to the number of thirty thousand, and three thousand bullocks: these were of the king’s substance.
• 2 Chronicles 35:16 — So all the service of the LORD was prepared the same day, to keep the passover, and to offer burnt offerings upon the altar of the LORD, according to the commandment of king Josiah (יֹאשִׁיָּֽהוּ).
• 2 Chronicles 35:18 — And there was no passover like to that kept in Israel from the days of Samuel the prophet; neither did all the kings of Israel keep such a passover as Josiah (יֹֽ֠אשִׁיָּהוּ) kept, and the priests, and the Levites, and all Judah and Israel that were present, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
• 2 Chronicles 35:19 — In the eighteenth year of the reign of Josiah (יֹאשִׁיָּ֑הוּ) was this passover kept.
• 2 Chronicles 35:20 — After all this, when Josiah (יֹֽאשִׁיָּ֙הוּ֙) had prepared the temple, Necho king of Egypt came up to fight against Carchemish by Euphrates: and Josiah went out against him.
• 2 Chronicles 35:20 — After all this, when Josiah had prepared the temple, Necho king of Egypt came up to fight against Carchemish by Euphrates: and Josiah (יֹאשִׁיָּֽהוּ) went out against him.
• 2 Chronicles 35:22 — Nevertheless Josiah (יֹאשִׁיָּ֨הוּ) would not turn his face from him, but disguised himself, that he might fight with him, and hearkened not unto the words of Necho from the mouth of God, and came to fight in the valley of Megiddo.
• 2 Chronicles 35:23 — And the archers shot at king Josiah (יֹאשִׁיָּ֑הוּ); and the king said to his servants, Have me away; for I am sore wounded.
• 2 Chronicles 35:24 — His servants therefore took him out of that chariot, and put him in the second chariot that he had; and they brought him to Jerusalem, and he died, and was buried in one of the sepulchres of his fathers. And all Judah and Jerusalem mourned for Josiah (יֹאשִׁיָּֽהוּ).
• 2 Chronicles 35:25 — And Jeremiah lamented for Josiah (יֹאשִׁיָּהוּ֒): and all the singing men and the singing women spake of Josiah in their lamentations to this day, and made them an ordinance in Israel: and, behold, they are written in the lamentations.
• 2 Chronicles 35:25 — And Jeremiah lamented for Josiah: and all the singing men and the singing women spake of Josiah (יֹאשִׁיָּ֙הוּ֙) in their lamentations to this day, and made them an ordinance in Israel: and, behold, they are written in the lamentations.
• 2 Chronicles 35:26 — Now the rest of the acts of Josiah (יֹאשִׁיָּ֖הוּ), and his goodness, according to that which was written in the law of the LORD,
• 2 Chronicles 36:1 — Then the people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah (יֹאשִׁיָּ֑הוּ), and made him king in his father’s stead in Jerusalem.
• Jeremiah 1:2 — To whom the word of the LORD came in the days of Josiah (יֹאשִׁיָּ֥הוּ) the son of Amon king of Judah, in the thirteenth year of his reign.
• Jeremiah 1:3 — It came also in the days of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah (יֹאשִׁיָּ֙הוּ֙) king of Judah, unto the end of the eleventh year of Zedekiah the son of Josiah king of Judah, unto the carrying away of Jerusalem captive in the fifth month.
• Jeremiah 1:3 — It came also in the days of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, unto the end of the eleventh year of Zedekiah the son of Josiah (יֹאשִׁיָּ֖הוּ) king of Judah, unto the carrying away of Jerusalem captive in the fifth month.
• Jeremiah 3:6 — The LORD said also unto me in the days of Josiah (יֹאשִׁיָּ֣הוּ) the king, Hast thou seen that which backsliding Israel hath done? she is gone up upon every high mountain and under every green tree, and there hath played the harlot.
• Jeremiah 22:11 — For thus saith the LORD touching Shallum the son of Josiah (יֹאשִׁיָּ֜הוּ) king of Judah, which reigned instead of Josiah his father, which went forth out of this place; He shall not return thither any more:
• Jeremiah 22:11 — For thus saith the LORD touching Shallum the son of Josiah king of Judah, which reigned instead of Josiah (יֹאשִׁיָּ֣הוּ) his father, which went forth out of this place; He shall not return thither any more:
• Jeremiah 22:18 — Therefore thus saith the LORD concerning Jehoiakim the son of Josiah (יֹאשִׁיָּ֙הוּ֙) king of Judah; They shall not lament for him, saying, Ah my brother! or, Ah sister! they shall not lament for him, saying, Ah lord! or, Ah his glory!
• Jeremiah 25:1 — The word that came to Jeremiah concerning all the people of Judah in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah (יֹאשִׁיָּ֖הוּ) king of Judah, that was the first year of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon;
• Jeremiah 25:3 — From the thirteenth year of Josiah (לְיֹאשִׁיָּ֣הוּ) the son of Amon king of Judah, even unto this day, that is the three and twentieth year, the word of the LORD hath come unto me, and I have spoken unto you, rising early and speaking; but ye have not hearkened.
• Jeremiah 26:1 — In the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah (יֹאשִׁיָּ֖הוּ) king of Judah came this word from the LORD, saying,
• Jeremiah 27:1 — In the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah (יֹאושִׁיָּ֖הוּ) king of Judah came this word unto Jeremiah from the LORD, saying,
• Jeremiah 35:1 — The word which came unto Jeremiah from the LORD in the days of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah (יֹאשִׁיָּ֛הוּ) king of Judah, saying,
• Jeremiah 36:1 — And it came to pass in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah (יֹאשִׁיָּ֖הוּ) king of Judah, that this word came unto Jeremiah from the LORD, saying,
• Jeremiah 36:2 — Take thee a roll of a book, and write therein all the words that I have spoken unto thee against Israel, and against Judah, and against all the nations, from the day I spake unto thee, from the days of Josiah (יֹאשִׁיָּ֔הוּ), even unto this day.
• Jeremiah 36:9 — And it came to pass in the fifth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah (יֹאשִׁיָּ֤הוּ) king of Judah, in the ninth month, that they proclaimed a fast before the LORD to all the people in Jerusalem, and to all the people that came from the cities of Judah unto Jerusalem.
• Jeremiah 37:1 — And king Zedekiah the son of Josiah (יֹֽאשִׁיָּ֑הוּ) reigned instead of Coniah the son of Jehoiakim, whom Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon made king in the land of Judah.
• Jeremiah 45:1 — The word that Jeremiah the prophet spake unto Baruch the son of Neriah, when he had written these words in a book at the mouth of Jeremiah, in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah (יֹאשִׁיָּ֛הוּ) king of Judah, saying,