Yôwyâdâʻ — H3111

Definition

masculine proper noun

Jojada, the name of two Israelites

1. Joiada or Jehoiada = "Jehovah knows"
2. son of Paseah, who assisted to repair the old gate of Jerusalem
3. son of the high priest Eliashib in the time of Nehemiah

Usually translated as

Jehoiada, Joiada

Origin

a form of H3077

• Yᵉhôwyâdâʻ (H3077)

Occurrences

Yôwyâdâʻ occurs 9 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: 1 Chronicles (4), Nehemiah (5)

• 1 Chronicles 11:22 — Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the son of a valiant man of Kabzeel, who had done many acts; he slew two lionlike men of Moab: also he went down and slew a lion in a pit in a snowy day.
• 1 Chronicles 11:24 — These things did Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and had the name among the three mighties.
• 1 Chronicles 12:27 — And Jehoiada was the leader of the Aaronites, and with him were three thousand and seven hundred;
• 1 Chronicles 18:17 — And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and the sons of David were chief about the king.
• Nehemiah 3:6 — Moreover the old gate repaired Jehoiada (יֽוֹיָדָע֙) the son of Paseah, and Meshullam the son of Besodeiah; they laid the beams thereof, and set up the doors thereof, and the locks thereof, and the bars thereof.
• Nehemiah 12:10 — And Jeshua begat Joiakim, Joiakim also begat Eliashib, and Eliashib begat Joiada (יוֹיָדָֽע),
• Nehemiah 12:11 — And Joiada (וְיוֹיָדָע֙) begat Jonathan, and Jonathan begat Jaddua.
• Nehemiah 12:22 — The Levites in the days of Eliashib, Joiada (יוֹיָדָ֤ע), and Johanan, and Jaddua, were recorded chief of the fathers: also the priests, to the reign of Darius the Persian.
• Nehemiah 13:28 — And one of the sons of Joiada (יוֹיָדָ֤ע), the son of Eliashib the high priest, was son in law to Sanballat the Horonite: therefore I chased him from me.