Yôwʼâchâz — H3099

Definition

masculine proper noun

Joachaz, the name of two Israelites

1. Joahaz or Jehoahaz = "Jehovah has grasped"
2. the father of Joah, Josiah's chronicler

Usually translated as

Joahaz, Jehoahaz

Origin

a form of H3059

• Yᵉhôwʼâchâz (H3059)

Occurrences

Yôwʼâchâz occurs 1 time in the King James.

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

• 2 Chronicles 34:8 — Now in the eighteenth year of his reign, when he had purged the land, and the house, he sent Shaphan the son of Azaliah, and Maaseiah the governor of the city, and Joah the son of Joahaz (יֽוֹאָחָז֙) the recorder, to repair the house of the LORD his God.