Yᵉhôwtsâdâq — H3087

H3087 · Hebrew — יהוצדק

Pronunciation: yeh-ho-tsaw-dawk'

Definition

masculine proper noun

Jehotsadak, an Israelite

  1. Jehozadak or Josedech = "Jehovah is righteous"
  2. grandson of the high priest Hilkiah; son of the high priest Seraiah; and father of the high priest Joshua; he never attained the office of high priest himself because he was carried captive to Babylon by Nebuchadnezzar

Usually translated as

Josedech, Jehozadek

Origin

from H3068 and H6663; Jehovah-righted

Occurrences

Yᵉhôwtsâdâq occurs 8 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: 1 Chronicles (2), Haggai (5), Zechariah (1)

Strong's Lexicon — Y