Yôwʻâsh — H3135

Definition

masculine proper noun

Joash, the name of two Israelites

1. Joash = "Jehovah hastens"
2. a Benjamite, son of Becher
3. one of the officers in David's court

Usually translated as

Joash

Origin

from H3068 and H5789; Jehovahhastened

• Derived from Yᵉhôvâh (H3068)
• Derived from ʻûwsh (H5789)

Occurrences

Yôwʻâsh occurs 2 times in the King James.

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

• 1 Chronicles 7:8 — And the sons of Becher; Zemira, and Joash (וְיוֹעָ֡שׁ), and Eliezer, and Elioenai, and Omri, and Jerimoth, and Abiah, and Anathoth, and Alameth. All these are the sons of Becher.
• 1 Chronicles 27:28 — And over the olive trees and the sycomore trees that were in the low plains was Baal-hanan the Gederite: and over the cellars of oil was Joash (יוֹעָֽשׁ):