Yôwʼâch — H3098

H3098 · Hebrew — יואח

Pronunciation: yo-awkh'

Definition

masculine proper noun

Joach, the name of four Israelites

  1. Joah = "Jehovah is brother"
  2. son of Asaph and chronicler to Hezekiah
  3. a Gershonite son or grandson of Zimmah
  4. a Korhite, 3rd son of Obed-edom and doorkeeper in the time of David
  5. son of Joahaz and chronicler to king Josiah

Usually translated as

Joah

Origin

from H3068 and H251; Jehovahbrothered

Occurrences

Yôwʼâch occurs 11 times in 10 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: 2 Kings (3), 1 Chronicles (2), 2 Chronicles (2), Isaiah (3)

Strong's Lexicon — Y