H3090 H3090
Jehosheba (proper name: 'YHWH is an oath'; daughter of King Joram who saved infant Joash)
This name appears in two spelling variants for the same remarkable woman: Jehosheba (2 Kings) and Jehoshabeath (2 Chronicles). She was King Joram's daughter and the wife of high priest Jehoiada, who courageously rescued her infant nephew Joash from Queen Athaliah's massacre of the royal family. The name means 'Yahweh is an oath' or 'Yahweh has sworn,' echoing the similar structure of Elizabeth (Elisheba). Her actions preserved the Davidic line at a critical moment in Judah's history.
Senses
1. sense 1 — A proper name belonging to the daughter of Joram of Judah and wife of the priest Jehoiada. She appears twice in 2 Chronicles 22:11 with the longer spelling 'Jehoshabeath.' Her name means 'Yahweh is an oath,' parallel in structure to Elisheba. English uses 'Jehosheba' or 'Jehoshabeath,' Spanish 'Josaba,' with French and German preserving the Hebrew form. She is remembered for hiding the infant Joash from Athaliah's purge, thus preserving the messianic line. 2×
AR["يَهُوشَبْعَةُ"]·ben["যিহোশেবাত"]·DE["[יהושבעת]"]·EN["Yehoshavat"]·FR["[יהושבעת]"]·heb["יהושבעת"]·HI["यहोशबतने"]·ID["Yoseba"]·IT["[יהושבעת]"]·jav["Yéhosabèat"]·KO["여호새밗3", "여호색밗3"]·PT["Yehoshavat"]·RU["Иосавеф"]·ES["Josaba"]·SW["Yehoshabethi"]·TR["Yehoşavat"]·urd["یہوشبعت", "یہوشبعت-نے"]
Related Senses
G3588 1. definite article (18298×)H0853 1. definite direct object marker (10915×)G2532 1. (8312×)H3068 1. YHWH (the divine name) (6522×)H0834a 1. relative pronoun (who/which/that) (4839×)H3588a 1. causal: because, for (3498×)G1161 1. and (2806×)H3478 1. Israel (proper name and nation) (2507×)G4771 1. you (plural address) (1853×)H1931 1. personal pronoun he/she/it (1431×)G3739 1. relative pronoun who/which/that (1149×)H1732 1. David (proper name) (1075×)H2088 1. this, this one (demonstrative) (1059×)G1063 1. (1047×)G3778 1. this thing, these things (1003×)H???? 2. (1002×)G2424 1. (924×)G3754 1. that (content clause) (881×)H2009 1. presentative particle: behold, look (881×)H0589 1. I (first person singular pronoun) (874×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† יְהוֹשֶׁ֫בַע, יְהוֹשַׁבְעַת n.pr.f. (י׳ is an oath; cf. אֱלִישֶׁבַע)—daughter of Joram of Judah, & wife of Jehoiada the priest; יְהוֹשֶׁבַע 2 K 11:2 (𝔊 Ἰωσαβεε, Ἰωσαβεθ; = יְהוֹשַׁבְעַת 2 Ch 22:11(×2) (𝔊 Ἰωσαβεε).