Jehoshaphat, Valley Of
Mentioned in Scripture only in Joel 3:2, 12. This is the name given in modern times to the valley between Jerusalem and the Mount of Olives, and the Kidron flows through it. Here Jehoshaphat overthre…
Jehosheba
Jehovah-swearing, the daughter of Jehoram, the king of Israel. She is called Jehoshabeath in 2 Chr. 22:11. She was the only princess of the royal house who was married to a high priest, Jehoiada (2 C…
Jehoshua,
JEHOSH'UA, or JEHOSH'UAH (Jehovah is his help), full form for Joshua; used in Num 13:16 and 1 Chr 7:27.
Jehoshuah
in the genealogy of Ephraim. (1 Chronicles 7:27)
Jehovah
The special and significant name (not merely an appellative title such as Lord [adonai]) by which God revealed himself to the ancient Hebrews (Ex. 6:2, 3). This name, the Tetragrammaton of the Greeks…
Jehovah-jireh
Jehovah will see; i.e., will provide, the name given by Abraham to the scene of his offering up the ram which was caught in the thicket on Mount Moriah. The expression used in Gen. 22:14, “in the mou…
Jehovah-nissi
Jehovah my banner, the title given by Moses to the altar which he erected on the hill on the top of which he stood with uplifted hands while Israel prevailed over their enemies the Amalekites (Ex. 17…
Jehovah-shalom
Jehovah send peace, the name which Gideon gave to the altar he erected on the spot at Ophrah where the angel appeared to him (Judg. 6:24).
Jehovah-shammah
Jehovah is there, the symbolical title given by Ezekiel to Jerusalem, which was seen by him in vision (Ezek. 48:35). It was a type of the gospel Church.
Jehovah-tsidkenu
Jehovah our rightousness, rendered in the Authorized Version, “The LORD our righteousness,” a title given to the Messiah (Jer. 23:6, marg.), and also to Jerusalem (33:16, marg.).
Jehovahjireh
(Jehovah will see or provide), the name given by Abraham to the place on which he had been commanded to offer Isaac, to commemorate the interposition of the angel of Jehovah, who appeared to prevent …
Jehovahnissi
(Jehovah my banner), the name given by Moses to the altar which he built in commemoration of the discomfiture of the Amalekites. (Exodus 17:15)
Jehovahshalom
(Jehovah (is) peace), or, with an ellipsis, “Jehovah the God of peace.” The altar erected by Gideon in Orphrah was so called in memory of the salutation addressed to him by the angel of Jehovah, “Pea…
Jehozabad,
JEHOZ'ABAD, commonly contracted into JOZ'ABAD (whom Jehovah bestows). 1. One of Joash's servants, who slew him. 2 Kgs 12:21; 2 Chr 24:26. One of the Levite porters. 1 Chr 26:4. A Benjamite who was a …
Jehozadak
Jehovah-justified, the son of the high priest Seraiah at the time of the Babylonian exile (1 Chr. 6:14, 15). He was carried into captivity by Nebuchadnezzar, and probably died in Babylon. He was the …
Jehu
Jehovah is he. (1.) The son of Obed, and father of Azariah (1 Chr. 2:38). (2.) One of the Benjamite slingers that joined David at Ziklag (1 Chr. 12:3). (3.) The son of Hanani, a prophet of Judah (1 K…
Jehubbah
(protected), a man of Asher, son of Shamer or Shomer, of the house of Beriah. (1 Chronicles 7:34) (B.C. perhaps about 1450.)
Jehucal,
JE'HUCAL, or JU'CAL (potent), one of those whom Zedekiah the king sent to Jeremiah the prophet, and who afterward asked for the latter's death. Jer 37:3; Isa 38:1.
Jehud
(praised), one of the towns of the tribe of Dan, (Joshua 19:45) named between Baalath and Bene-berak.
Jehudi
A Jew, son of Nethaniah. He was sent by the princes to invite Baruch to read Jeremiah’s roll to them (Jer. 36:14, 21).
Jehudijah
(the Jewess). There is really no such name in the Hebrew Bible as that which our Authorized Version exhibits at (1 Chronicles 4:18) If it is a proper name at all, it is Ha-jehudijah, like Hammelech, …
Jehush
(to whom God hastens), son of eshek, a remote descendant of Saul. (1 Chronicles 8:39)
Jeiel
Snatched away by God. (1.) A descendant of Benjamin (1 Chr. 9:35; 8:29). (2.) One of the Levites who took part in praising God on the removal of the ark to Jerusalem (1 Chr. 16:5). (3.) 2 Chr. 29:13.…
Jekabzeel
(what God gathers), a fuller form of the name of Kabzeel, the most remote city of Judah on the southern frontier. (Nehemiah 11:25)
Jekameam
JEKAME'AM (who gathers the people), a Levite in David's time. 1 Chr 23:19 ;1 Chr 24:23
Jekamean
the people shall arise
Jekamiah
(whom Jehovah gathers), son of Shallum, in the line of Ahlai. (1 Chronicles 2:41) (B.C. about 588.)
Jekuthiel
a man recorded in the genealogies of Judah. (1 Chronicles 4:18)
Jemima
Dove, the eldest of Job’s three daughters born after his time of trial (Job 42:14).
Jemuel
(day of God), the eldest son of Simeon. (Genesis 46:10; Exodus 6:15) (B.C. 1706.)