Jonah, Book Of
This book professes to give an account of what actually took place in the experience of the prophet. Some critics have sought to interpret the book as a parable or allegory, and not as a history. The…
Jonam
(gift or grace of God), the form given to Jonan in the Revised Version of (Luke 3:30)
Jonan
(perhaps a contraction of Johnana, gift or grace of God), son of Eliakim, in the genealogy of Christ. (Luke 3:30) (B.C. before 876.)
Jonas.
JO'NAS. The Greek form of Jonah. Matt 12:39-41; Lev 16:4; Luke 11:30-32. The father of Peter and Andrew, John 21:15-17; called also Jonah, John 1:42.
Jonath-elem - Rechokim
JO'NATH-E'LEM - RECHO'KIM (a dumb dove of distant places), part of the title to Ps. 56; not found elsewhere in the Bible. Most likely it was the name of some popular melody to which tune the Psalm wa…
Jonathan
Whom Jehovah gave, the name of fifteen or more persons that are mentioned in Scripture. The chief of these are, (1.) A Levite descended from Gershom (Judg. 18:30). His history is recorded in 17:7-13 …
Jonathelemrechokim
(a dumb love of (in) distant places), a phrase found once only in the Bible, as a heading to the 56th psalm. Aben Ezra, who regards Jonath-elem-rechokim as merely indicating the modulation or the rhy…
Joppa
Beauty, a town in the portion of Dan (Josh. 19:46; A.V., “Japho”), on a sandy promontory between Caesarea and Gaza, and at a distance of 30 miles north-west from Jerusalem. It is one of the oldest to…
Joppa, Or Japho
(beauty), now Jaffa, a town on the southwest coast of Palestine, in the portion of Dan. (Joshua 19:46) Having a harbor attached to it—though always, as still, a dangerous one—it became the port of Je…
Jorah
(the early rain), the ancestor of a family of 112 who returned from Babylon with Ezra. (Ezra 2:18) In (Nehemiah 7:24) he appears under the name Hariph, or more correctly the same family are represent…
Jorai
(whom Jehovah teaches), one of the Gadites dwelling at Gilead in Bashan, in the reign of Jothan king of Judah. (1 Chronicles 5:13)
Joram
=Jeho’ram. (1.) One of the kings of Israel (2 Kings 8:16, 25, 28). He was the son of Ahab. (2.) Jehoram, the son and successor of Jehoshaphat on the throne of Judah (2 Kings 8:24).
Jordan
Heb. Yarden, “the descender;” Arab. Nahr-esh-Sheriah, “the watering-place” the chief river of Palestine. It flows from north to south down a deep valley in the centre of the country. The name descend…
Jorim
(whom Jehovah has exalted), son of Matthat, in the genealogy of Christ. (Luke 3:29)
Jorkoam
(paleness of the people), either a descendant of Caleb the son of Hezron, or the name of a place in the tribe of Judah. (1 Chronicles 2:44)
Josabad
(whom Jehovah bestows), properly Jozabad the Gederathite, one of the warriors of Benjamin who joined David at Ziklag. (1 Chronicles 12:4) (B.C. 1055.)
Josaphat,
JOS'APHAT, Greek form of Jehoshaphat (see Jehoshaphat, 3) in Matt 1:8.
Jose,
JO'SE, in Luke 3:29, for Joses, which see.
Josech
the form of name given in the Revised Version for Joseph, in (Luke 3:26) It is not found in the Old Testament.
Josedech
JOS'EDECH (whom Jehovah makes just). Hag 1:1. See Jehozadak, Jozadak.
Josedech = Jehozadak
(whom Jehovah makes just), the son of Seraiah. (Haggai 1:1,12,14; 2:2,4; Zechariah 6:11)
Joseph
Remover or increaser. (1.) The elder of the two sons of Jacob by Rachel (Gen. 30:23, 24), who, on the occasion of his birth, said, “God hath taken away [Heb. ‘asaph] my reproach.” “The Lord shall add…
Joses
(exalted).
Joshah
(whom Jehovah lets dwell), a prince of the house of Simeon. (1 Chronicles 4:34,38-41)
Joshaphat
(whom Jehovah judges), the Mithnite, one of David’s guard. (1 Chronicles 11:43)
Joshaviah
(whom Jehovah makes dwell), the son of Elnaam, and one of David’s guard. (1 Chronicles 11:46) (B.C. 1046.)
Joshbekashah
(a seat in a hard place), son of Heman, head of the seventeenth course of musicians. (1 Chronicles 25:4,25) (B.C. 1014.)
Joshbekesha
it is requiring or beseeching
Josheb-bassebet
JOS'HEB-BAS'SEBET (he loho sits in the seat), in the margin of 2 Sam 23:8. See Jashobeam.
Joshua
Jehovah is his help, or Jehovah the Saviour. The son of Nun, of the tribe of Ephraim, the successor of Moses as the leader of Israel. He is called Jehoshua in Num. 13:16 (A.V.), and Jesus in Acts 7:4…