King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER H2977
Transliteration: Yoshiyyah or Yoshiyyahu
Phonetic Spelling: (yo-shee-yaw')
Part of Speech: Proper Name Masculine
Short Definition: "Yah supports", two Israelites
Meaning: Josiah -- "Yah supports", two Israelites
Word Summary
Yoshiyyah or Yoshiyyahu: "Yah supports", two Israelites
Original Word: יאֹשִׁיָּהTransliteration: Yoshiyyah or Yoshiyyahu
Phonetic Spelling: (yo-shee-yaw')
Part of Speech: Proper Name Masculine
Short Definition: "Yah supports", two Israelites
Meaning: Josiah -- "Yah supports", two Israelites
Strong's Concordance
Josiah Or {yo-she-yaw'-hoo}; from the same root as 'ashuwyah and Yahh; founded of Jah; Joshijah, the name of two Israelites -- Josiah.
see HEBREW 'ashuwyah
see HEBREW Yahh
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H2977. Yoshiyyah
or Yoshiyyahu יאֹשִׁיָּה יאֹשִׁיָּ֫הוּ, proper name, masculine (׳י supporteth)
1 יאֹשִׁיָּהוּ king of Judah, son of Amon 1 Kings 13:2; 2 Kings 21:24, 26 11t. Kings, + 19 t. Chronicles, + 17 t. Jeremiah + Zephaniah 1:1; also יאֹו֯שִׁיָּהוּ Jeremiah 27:1.
2 יאֹשִׁיָּה a returned exile Zechariah 6:10.
אִשָּׁה see below III. אנשׁ.