Yôwtsâdâq — H3136

H3136 · Hebrew — יוצדק

Pronunciation: yo-tsaw-dawk'

Definition

masculine proper noun

Jotsadak, an Israelite

  1. Jozadak = "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

Jozadak

Origin

a form of H3087

Occurrences

Yôwtsâdâq occurs 5 times in the King James.

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

Strong's Lexicon — Y