Senses
1. Josiah, king of Judah — Proper name Yoshiyahu (יֹאשִׁיָּהוּ), the righteous king of Judah who instituted major religious reforms (2 Kings 22-23); both bare nominative and prepositional (le-) forms refer to the same individual. Cross-linguistically uniform: Spanish Josías, Hindi योशिय्याहू, Arabic يُوشِيَّاهُو, Korean 요시야, Swahili Yosia — all rendering the same personal name across grammatical contexts. 53×
AR["يوشِيّاهو","يُوشِيَّا","يُوشِيَّاهُ","يُوشِيَّاهُو"]·ben["যোশিয়","যোশিয়কে","যোশিয়ের","যোশীয়"]·DE["Josia"]·EN["Josiah","Yoshiyahu"]·FR["Josias"]·heb["יאשיהו"]·HI["योशिय्याहू","योशिय्याहूने","योशीयाहू","योशीय्याहू","योशीय्याहू-की","योशीय्याहू-के","योशीय्याहू-को","योशीय्याहू-ने"]·ID["Yosia"]·IT["Giosia","Yoshiyahu"]·jav["Yosia","Yosiya","nggantosipun"]·KO["요시야가","요시야는","요시야라","요시야를","요시야의"]·PT["Yo'shiyyahu","Yoshiyahu"]·RU["Иосии","Иосия","Йошийагу","Йошийаху","Йошияху"]·ES["Josías","Yoshiyahu"]·SW["Yosia","yoshiyaּhwּ"]·TR["Yoşiya","Yoşiya'nın","Yoşiya'yı"]·urd["یوسیاہ","یوسیاہ-نے","یوسیّاہ","یوسیّاہ-نے","یوشیہو"]
1 Kgs 13:2, 2 Kgs 21:24, 2 Kgs 21:26, 2 Kgs 22:1, 2 Kgs 22:3, 2 Kgs 23:16, 2 Kgs 23:19, 2 Kgs 23:23, 2 Kgs 23:24, 2 Kgs 23:28, 2 Kgs 23:29, 2 Kgs 23:30 (+38 more)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
יֹאשִׁיָּ֫הוּ, יֹאשִׁיָּה n.pr.m. (י׳ supporteth) 1. יֹאשִׁיָּהוּ king of Judah, son of Amon 1 K 13:2 2 K 21:24, 26 + 11 times K, + 19 times Ch, + 17 times Je + Zp 1:1; also יֹאו֯שִׁיָּהוּ Je 27:1. 2. יֹאשִׁיָּה a returned exile Zc 6:10.