Yᵉrûwshâʼ — H3388

Definition

feminine proper noun

Jerusha or Jerushah, as Israelitess

1. Jerushah or Jerusha = "dispossessor"
2. the wife of king Uzziah and mother of king Jotham of Judah

Usually translated as

Jerusha, Jerushah

Origin

or Yᵉrûwshâh feminine passive participle of H3423; possessed

• Yârash (H3423)

Occurrences

Yᵉrûwshâʼ occurs 2 times in the King James.

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

• 2 Kings 15:33 — Five and twenty years old was he when he began to reign, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Jerusha (יְרוּשָׁ֖א), the daughter of Zadok.
• 2 Chronicles 27:1 — Jotham was twenty and five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name also was Jerushah (יְרוּשָׁ֖ה), the daughter of Zadok.