יהושפט
Yahawashapat
proper locative noun, proper masculine noun
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From יהוה (H3068) and שפט (H8199)
from H3068 and H8199; Jehovah-judged; Jehoshaphat, the name of six Israelites; also of a valley near Jerusalem:—Jehoshaphat. Compare H3146.
Outline
- Jehoshaphat = "Jehovah has judged"
- proper masculine noun
- son of king Asa and himself king of Judah for 25 years; one of the best, most pious, and prosperous kings of Judah
- son of Nimshi and father of king Jehu of the northern kingdom of Israel
- son of Ahilud and chronicler under David and Solomon
- son of Paruah and one of the 12 commissary officers under Solomon
- a priest and trumpeter in the time of David
- proper locative noun
- symbolical name of a valley near Jerusalem which is the place of ultimate judgment; maybe the deep ravine which separates Jerusalem from the Mount of Olives through which the Kidron flowed