1. Jehoiada, priest — Proper name Yehoyada (יְהוֹיָדָע), primarily the high priest who orchestrated the overthrow of Queen Athaliah and the coronation of young King Joash (2 Kings 11-12; 2 Chr 23-24); also borne by David's officer Benaiah's father and other figures. The bare nominative and prepositional le- forms denote the same individual(s). Target languages are uniform: Spanish Joiada/Yehoyada, Hindi यहोयादा, Arabic يَهُويَادَاعَ, Korean 여호야다, Swahili Yehoyada. 51×
AR["يَهُويَادَاع","يَهُويَادَاعَ","يَهُويَادَاعُ"]·ben["যিহোয়দা","যিহোয়দার","যিহোয়াদা","যিহোয়াদার"]·DE["Jojada","Yehoyada"]·EN["Yehoyada"]·FR["Jehojada","Jojada"]·heb["יהוידע"]·HI["यहोयादा","यहोयादा-ने","यहोयादाकी","यहोयादाने"]·ID["-Yehoyada","-Yoyada","Yehoyada","Yoyada"]·IT["Jehoiada","Yehoyada"]·jav["Yoyada","Yéhoyada"]·KO["여호야다","여호야다가","여호야다에게","여호야다와","여호야다의"]·PT["Yehoyada"]·RU["Иодай","Иодая","Йехояда","Йехояде","Йехояды"]·ES["Joiada","Yehoyada"]·SW["Yehoyada"]·TR["Yehoyada","Yehoyada'nın","Yehoyada'ya"]·urd["یہویادع","یہویادع-نے","یہویدع","یہویدع-نے","یہویدع-کا","یہویدع-کی","یہویدع-کے"]
2 Sam 8:18, 2 Sam 20:23, 2 Sam 23:20, 2 Sam 23:22, 1 Kgs 1:8, 1 Kgs 1:26, 1 Kgs 1:32, 1 Kgs 1:36, 1 Kgs 1:38, 1 Kgs 1:44, 1 Kgs 2:25, 1 Kgs 2:29 (+38 more)
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BDB / Lexicon Reference
† יְהוֹיָדָע, יוֹיָדָע n.pr.m. (י׳ knoweth; cf. יְדַעְיָה, אֶלְיָדָע & reff., בְּעֶלְיָדָע)— 1. יְהוֹ׳; 𝔊 usually Ἰωδαε, A sometimes Ἰωιαδαε (2 S 23:30 +), 𝔊L Ἰωαδ (2 S 20:23 Ἰωαδδαι), father of Benaiah (David’s time), in combin. בְּנָיָהוּ בֶּן־יְהוֹ׳ 2 S 8:18; 20:23; 23:20, 22 1 K 1:8, 26, 32, 36, 38, 44; 2:25, 29, 34, 35, 46; 4:4; 1 Ch 1, 24; 18:17; 27:5; יְהוֹיָדָע בֶּן־בְּנָיָהוּ 1 Ch…