Yᵉhôwʻaddîyn — H3086

Definition

feminine proper noun

Jehoaddin or Jehoaddan, an Israelitess

1. Jehoaddan = "Jehovah delights"
2. wife of king Joash and mother of king Amaziah of Judah

Usually translated as

Jehoaddan

Origin

or Yᵉhôwʻaddân; from H3068 and H5727; Jehovahpleased

• Derived from Yᵉhôvâh (H3068)
• Derived from ʻâdan (H5727)

Occurrences

Yᵉhôwʻaddîyn occurs 2 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: 2 Kings (1), 2 Chronicles (1)

• 2 Kings 14:2 — He was twenty and five years old when he began to reign, and reigned twenty and nine years in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Jehoaddan (יְהֽוֹעַדָּ֖ן) of Jerusalem.
• 2 Chronicles 25:1 — Amaziah was twenty and five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned twenty and nine years in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Jehoaddan (יְהוֹעַדָּ֖ן) of Jerusalem.