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Lexicon :: Strong's H2977 - yō'šîyâ

Aa
יֹאשִׁיָּה
Transliteration
yō'šîyâ
Pronunciation
yo-shee-yaw'
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Part of Speech
proper masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From the same root as אָשְׁיָה (H803) and יָהּ (H3050)
Strong’s Definitions

יֹאשִׁיָּה Yôʼshîyâh, yo-shee-yaw'; or יֹאשִׁיָּהוּ Yôʼshîyâhûw; from the same root as H803 and H3050; founded of Jah; Joshijah, the name of two Israelites:—Josiah.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 53x

The KJV translates Strong's H2977 in the following manner: Josiah (53x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 53x
The KJV translates Strong's H2977 in the following manner: Josiah (53x).
  1. Josiah = "whom Jehovah heals"

    1. son of Amon by Jedidah who succeeded his father to the throne of Judah and reigned for 31 years; his reign is noteworthy for the great revivals back to the worship of Jehovah which he led

    2. a returned exile and son of Zephaniah at whose house took place the solemn and symbolical crowning of Joshua the high priest in the time of Zechariah the prophet

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
יֹאשִׁיָּה Yôʼshîyâh, yo-shee-yaw'; or יֹאשִׁיָּהוּ Yôʼshîyâhûw; from the same root as H803 and H3050; founded of Jah; Joshijah, the name of two Israelites:—Josiah.
STRONGS H2977: Abbreviations
יאֹשִׁיָּ֫הוּ, יאֹשִׁיָּה proper name, masculine (י׳ supporteth).
1. יאֹשִׁיָּהוּ king of Judah, son of Amon 1 Kings 13:2; 2 Kings 21:24, 26 + 11 times Kings, + 19 times Chronicles, + 17 times Jeremiah + Zephaniah 1:1; also יאֹו֯שִׁיָּהוּ Jeremiah 27:1.
2. יאֹשִׁיָּה a returned exile Zechariah 6:10.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

1 Kings

13:2

2 Kings

21:24; 21:26

Jeremiah

27:1

Zephaniah

1:1

Zechariah

6:10

H2977

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H2977 matches the Hebrew יֹאשִׁיָּה (yō'šîyâ),
which occurs 53 times in 48 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 13:2 - And he cried H7121 against H5921 the altar H4196 in the word H1697 of the LORD, H3068 and said, H559 O altar, H4196 altar, H4196 thus H3541 saith H559 the LORD; H3068 Behold, H2009 a child H1121 shall be born H3205 unto the house H1004 of David, H1732 Josiah H2977 by name; H8034 and H2076 upon thee H5921 shall he offer H2076 the priests H3548 of the high places H1116 that burn incense H6999 upon thee, H5921 and H6106 men's H120 bones H6106 shall be burnt H8313 upon thee. H5921
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 21:24 - And H5221 the people H5971 of the land H776 slew H5221 all H3605 them that had conspired H7194 against H5921 king H4428 Amon; H526 and H4427 the people H5971 of the land H776 made H4427 Josiah H2977 his son H1121 king H4427 in his stead. H8478
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 21:26 - And he was buried H6912 in his sepulchre H6900 in the garden H1588 of Uzza: H5798 and H4427 Josiah H2977 his son H1121 reigned H4427 in his stead. H8478
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 22:1 - Josiah H2977 was eight H8083 years H8141 old H1121 when he began to reign, H4427 and H7970 he reigned H4427 thirty H7970 and one H259 years H8141 in Jerusalem. H3389 And H8034 his mother's H517 name H8034 was Jedidah, H3040 the daughter H1323 of Adaiah H5718 of Boscath. H1218
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 22:3 - And it came to pass H1961 in the eighteenth H8083 H6240 year H8141 of king H4428 Josiah, H2977 that the king H4428 sent H7971 Shaphan H8227 the son H1121 of Azaliah, H683 the son H1121 of Meshullam, H4918 the scribe, H5608 to the house H1004 of the LORD, H3068 saying, H559
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:16 - And as H6437 Josiah H2977 turned himself, H6437 he spied H7200 the sepulchres H6913 that H834 were there H8033 in the mount, H2022 and sent, H7971 and took H3947 the bones H6106 out H4480 of the sepulchres, H6913 and burned H8313 them upon H5921 the altar, H4196 and polluted it, H2930 according to the word H1697 of the LORD H3068 which H834 the man H376 of God H430 proclaimed, H7121 who H834 proclaimed H7121 these H428 words. H1697
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:19 - And H1571 all H3605 the houses H1004 also H1571 of the high places H1116 that H834 were in the cities H5892 of Samaria, H8111 which H834 the kings H4428 of Israel H3478 had made H6213 to provoke H3707 the LORD to anger, H3707 Josiah H2977 took away, H5493 and did H6213 to them according to all H3605 the acts H4639 that H834 he had done H6213 in Bethel. H1008
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:23 - But H3588 H518 in the eighteenth H8083 H6240 year H8141 of king H4428 Josiah, H2977 wherein this H2088 passover H6453 was holden H6213 to the LORD H3068 in Jerusalem. H3389
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:24 - Moreover H1571 the workers with familiar spirits, H178 and H853 the wizards, H3049 and H853 the images, H8655 and H853 the idols, H1544 and H853 all H3605 the abominations H8251 that H834 were spied H7200 in the land H776 of Judah H3063 and in Jerusalem, H3389 did H1197 Josiah H2977 put away, H1197 that H4616 he might perform H6965 the words H1697 of the law H8451 which were written H3789 in H5921 the book H5612 that H834 Hilkiah H2518 the priest H3548 found H4672 in the house H1004 of the LORD. H3068
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:28 - Now the rest H3499 of the acts H1697 of Josiah, H2977 and all H3605 that H834 he did, H6213 are they H1992 not H3808 written H3789 in H5921 the book H5612 of the chronicles H1697 H3117 of the kings H4428 of Judah? H3063
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:29 - In his days H3117 Pharaohnechoh H6549 H6549 king H4428 of Egypt H4714 went up H5927 against H5921 the king H4428 of Assyria H804 to H5921 the river H5104 Euphrates: H6578 and H3212 king H4428 Josiah H2977 went H3212 against him; H7125 and he slew him H4191 at Megiddo, H4023 when he had seen H7200 him. H853
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:30 - And H7392 his servants H5650 carried him in a chariot H7392 dead H4191 from Megiddo, H4023 and brought him H935 to Jerusalem, H3389 and buried him H6912 in his own sepulchre. H6900 And H3947 the people H5971 of the land H776 took H3947 Jehoahaz H3059 the son H1121 of Josiah, H2977 and anointed H4886 him, H853 and made H4427 him H853 king H4427 in H8478 his father's H1 stead. H8478
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:34 - And H4427 Pharaohnechoh H6549 H6549 made H4427 Eliakim H471 the son H1121 of Josiah H2977 king H4427 in the room H8478 of Josiah H2977 his father, H1 and turned H5437 his name H8034 to Jehoiakim, H3079 and H853 took H3947 Jehoahaz H3059 away: H3947 and he came H935 to Egypt, H4714 and died H4191 there. H8033
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 3:14 - Amon H526 his son, H1121 Josiah H2977 his son. H1121
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 3:15 - And the sons H1121 of Josiah H2977 were, the firstborn H1060 Johanan, H3110 the second H8145 Jehoiakim, H3079 the third H7992 Zedekiah, H6667 the fourth H7243 Shallum. H7967
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 33:25 - But H5221 the people H5971 of the land H776 slew H5221 all H3605 them that had conspired H7194 against H5921 king H4428 Amon; H526 and H4427 the people H5971 of the land H776 made H4427 Josiah H2977 his son H1121 king H4427 in his stead. H8478
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 34:1 - Josiah H2977 was eight H8083 years H8141 old H1121 when he began to reign, H4427 and H7970 he reigned H4427 in Jerusalem H3389 one and H259 thirty H7970 years. H8141
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 34:33 - And H5493 Josiah H2977 took away H5493 all H3605 the abominations H8441 out of all H3605 the countries H776 that H834 pertained to the children H1121 of Israel, H3478 and made H5647 all H3605 that were present H4672 in Israel H3478 to serve, H5647 even to serve H5647 the LORD H3068 their God. H430 And all H3605 his days H3117 they departed H5493 not H3808 from following H310 the LORD, H3068 the God H430 of their fathers. H1
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 35:1 - Moreover H6213 Josiah H2977 kept H6213 a passover H6453 unto the LORD H3068 in Jerusalem: H3389 and they killed H7819 the passover H6453 on the fourteenth H702 H6240 day of H2320 the first H7223 month. H2320
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 35:7 - And H7311 Josiah H2977 gave H7311 to the people, H1121 H5971 of the flock, H6629 lambs H3532 and kids, H1121 H5795 all H3605 for the passover offerings, H6453 for all H3605 that were present, H4672 to the number H4557 of thirty H7970 thousand, H505 and H1241 three H7969 thousand H505 bullocks: H1241 these H428 were of H7399 the king's H4428 substance. H7399
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 35:16 - So H3559 all H3605 the service H5656 of the LORD H3068 was prepared H3559 the same H1931 day, H3117 to keep H6213 the passover, H6453 and to offer H5927 burnt offerings H5930 upon H5921 the altar H4196 of the LORD, H3068 according to the commandment H4687 of king H4428 Josiah. H2977
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 35:18 - And H3808 there was H6213 no H3808 passover H6453 like to that H3644 kept H6213 in Israel H3478 from the days H3117 of Samuel H8050 the prophet; H5030 neither H3808 did H6213 all H3605 the kings H4428 of Israel H3478 keep H6213 such a passover H6453 as H834 Josiah H2977 kept, H6213 and the priests, H3548 and the Levites, H3881 and all H3605 Judah H3063 and Israel H3478 that were present, H4672 and the inhabitants H3427 of Jerusalem. H3389
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 35:19 - In the eighteenth H8083 H6240 year H8141 of the reign H4438 of Josiah H2977 was H6213 this H2088 passover H6453 kept. H6213
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 35:20 - After H310 all H3605 this, H2063 when H834 Josiah H2977 had prepared H3559 the temple, H1004 Necho H5224 king H4428 of Egypt H4714 came up H5927 to fight H3898 against Carchemish H3751 by H5921 Euphrates: H6578 and H3318 Josiah H2977 went out H3318 against him. H7125
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 35:22 - Nevertheless H3808 Josiah H2977 would H5437 not H3808 turn H5437 his face H6440 from him, H4480 but H3588 disguised himself, H2664 that he might fight H3898 with him, and H3808 hearkened H8085 not H3808 unto H413 the words H1697 of Necho H5224 from the mouth H6310 of God, H430 and came H935 to fight H3898 in the valley H1237 of Megiddo. H4023
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 35:23 - And H3384 the archers H3384 shot H3384 at king H4428 Josiah; H2977 and H559 the king H4428 said H559 to his servants, H5650 Have me away; H5674 for H3588 I am H2470 sore H3966 wounded. H2470
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 35:24 - His servants H5650 therefore took him H5674 out H4480 of that chariot, H4818 and put him H7392 in H5921 the second H4932 chariot H7393 that H834 he had; and they brought him H3212 to Jerusalem, H3389 and he died, H4191 and was buried H6912 in one of the sepulchres H6913 of his fathers. H1 And all H3605 Judah H3063 and Jerusalem H3389 mourned H56 for H5921 Josiah. H2977
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 35:25 - And H6969 Jeremiah H3414 lamented H6969 for H5921 Josiah: H2977 and H559 all H3605 the singing men H7891 and the singing women H7891 spake H559 of H5921 Josiah H2977 in their lamentations H7015 to H5704 this day, H3117 and made them H5414 an ordinance H2706 in H5921 Israel: H3478 and, behold, they H2005 are written H3789 in H5921 the lamentations. H7015
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 35:26 - Now the rest H3499 of the acts H1697 of Josiah, H2977 and his goodness, H2617 according to that which was written H3789 in the law H8451 of the LORD, H3068
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 36:1 - Then H3947 the people H5971 of the land H776 took H3947 Jehoahaz H3059 the son H1121 of Josiah, H2977 and made him king H4427 in H8478 his father's H1 stead H8478 in Jerusalem. H3389
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 1:2 - To whom H834 the word H1697 of the LORD H3068 came H1961 in the days H3117 of Josiah H2977 the son H1121 of Amon H526 king H4428 of Judah, H3063 in H7969 the H8141 thirteenth H7969 H6240 year H8141 of his reign. H4427
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 1:3 - It came also H1961 in the days H3117 of Jehoiakim H3079 the son H1121 of Josiah H2977 king H4428 of Judah, H3063 unto H5704 the end H8552 of H6249 the H8141 eleventh H6249 H6240 year H8141 of Zedekiah H6667 the son H1121 of Josiah H2977 king H4428 of Judah, H3063 unto H5704 the carrying away H1540 of Jerusalem H3389 captive H1540 in H2320 the fifth H2549 month. H2320
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 3:6 - The LORD H3068 said also H559 unto me H413 in the days H3117 of Josiah H2977 the king, H4428 Hast thou seen H7200 that which H834 backsliding H4878 Israel H3478 hath done? H6213 she H1931 is gone up H1980 upon H5921 every H3605 high H1364 mountain H2022 and H413 under H8478 every H3605 green H7488 tree, H6086 and H2181 there H8033 hath played the harlot. H2181
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 22:11 - For H3588 thus H3541 saith H559 the LORD H3068 touching H413 Shallum H7967 the son H1121 of Josiah H2977 king H4428 of Judah, H3063 which reigned H4427 instead of H8478 Josiah H2977 his father, H1 which H834 went forth H3318 out H4480 of H4725 this H2088 place; H4725 He shall H7725 not H3808 return H7725 thither H8033 any more: H5750
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 22:18 - Therefore H3651 thus H3541 saith H559 the LORD H3068 concerning H413 Jehoiakim H3079 the son H1121 of Josiah H2977 king H4428 of Judah; H3063 They shall H5594 not H3808 lament H5594 for him, saying, Ah H1945 my brother! H251 or, Ah H1945 sister! H269 they shall H5594 not H3808 lament H5594 for him, saying, Ah H1945 lord! H113 or, Ah H1945 his glory! H1935
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:1 - The word H1697 that H834 came H1961 to H5921 Jeremiah H3414 concerning H5921 all H3605 the people H5971 of Judah H3063 in H8141 the fourth H7243 year H8141 of Jehoiakim H3079 the son H1121 of Josiah H2977 king H4428 of Judah, H3063 that H1931 was the H8141 first H7224 year H8141 of Nebuchadrezzar H5019 king H4428 of Babylon; H894
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:3 - From H4480 the thirteenth H7969 H6240 year H8141 of Josiah H2977 the son H1121 of Amon H526 king H4428 of Judah, H3063 even unto H5704 this H2088 day, H3117 that H2088 is the H8141 three H7969 and twentieth H6242 year, H8141 the word H1697 of the LORD H3068 hath come H1961 unto me, H413 and I have spoken H1696 unto you, H413 rising early H7925 and speaking; H1696 but H3808 ye have H8085 not H3808 hearkened. H8085
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 26:1 - In the beginning H7225 of the reign H4468 of Jehoiakim H3079 the son H1121 of Josiah H2977 king H4428 of Judah H3063 came H1961 this H2088 word H1697 from H854 the LORD, H3068 saying, H559
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 27:1 - In the beginning H7225 of the reign H4467 of Jehoiakim H3079 the son H1121 of Josiah H2977 king H4428 of Judah H3063 came H1961 this H2088 word H1697 unto H413 Jeremiah H3414 from H854 the LORD, H3068 saying, H559
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 35:1 - The word H1697 which H834 came H1961 unto H413 Jeremiah H3414 from H854 the LORD H3068 in the days H3117 of Jehoiakim H3079 the son H1121 of Josiah H2977 king H4428 of Judah, H3063 saying, H559
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 36:1 - And it came to pass H1961 in H8141 the fourth H7243 year H8141 of Jehoiakim H3079 the son H1121 of Josiah H2977 king H4428 of Judah, H3063 that this H2088 word H1697 came H1961 unto H413 Jeremiah H3414 from H854 the LORD, H3068 saying, H559
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 36:2 - Take H3947 thee a roll H4039 of a book, H5612 and write H3789 therein H413 all H3605 the words H1697 that H834 I have spoken H1696 unto thee H413 against H5921 Israel, H3478 and against H5921 Judah, H3063 and against H5921 all H3605 the nations, H1471 from the day H3117 I spake H1696 unto thee, H413 from the days H3117 of Josiah, H2977 even unto H5704 this H2088 day. H3117
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 36:9 - And it came to pass H1961 in H8141 the fifth H2549 year H8141 of Jehoiakim H3079 the son H1121 of Josiah H2977 king H4428 of Judah, H3063 in H2320 the ninth H8671 month, H2320 that they proclaimed H7121 a fast H6685 before H6440 the LORD H3068 to all H3605 the people H5971 in Jerusalem, H3389 and to all H3605 the people H5971 that came H935 from the cities H5892 of Judah H3063 unto Jerusalem. H3389
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 37:1 - And H4427 king H4428 Zedekiah H6667 the son H1121 of Josiah H2977 reigned H4427 instead of H8478 Coniah H3659 the son H1121 of Jehoiakim, H3079 whom H834 Nebuchadrezzar H5019 king H4428 of Babylon H894 made king H4427 in the land H776 of Judah. H3063
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 45:1 - The word H1697 that H834 Jeremiah H3414 the prophet H5030 spake H1696 unto H413 Baruch H1263 the son H1121 of Neriah, H5374 when he had written H3789 these H428 words H1697 in H5921 a book H5612 at the mouth H6310 of Jeremiah, H3414 in H8141 the fourth H7243 year H8141 of Jehoiakim H3079 the son H1121 of Josiah H2977 king H4428 of Judah, H3063 saying, H559
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 46:2 - Against Egypt, H4714 against H5921 the army H2428 of Pharaohnecho H6549 H6549 king H4428 of Egypt, H4714 which H834 was H1961 by H5921 the river H5104 Euphrates H6578 in Carchemish, H3751 which H834 Nebuchadrezzar H5019 king H4428 of Babylon H894 smote H5221 in H8141 the fourth H7243 year H8141 of Jehoiakim H3079 the son H1121 of Josiah H2977 king H4428 of Judah. H3063
Unchecked Copy BoxZep 1:1 - The word H1697 of the LORD H3068 which H834 came H1961 unto H413 Zephaniah H6846 the son H1121 of Cushi, H3570 the son H1121 of Gedaliah, H1436 the son H1121 of Amariah, H568 the son H1121 of Hizkiah, H2396 in the days H3117 of Josiah H2977 the son H1121 of Amon, H526 king H4428 of Judah. H3063
Unchecked Copy BoxZec 6:10 - Take H3947 of H854 them of the captivity, H1473 even of Heldai, H2469 of H853 Tobijah, H2900 and of H853 Jedaiah, H3048 which H834 are come H935 from Babylon, H894 and come H935 thou H859 the same day, H3117 H1931 and go into H935 the house H1004 of Josiah H2977 the son H1121 of Zephaniah; H6846
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