Strong's H3092 (Hebrew)

Hebrew: יְהוֹשָׁפָט (Yᵉhôwshâphâṭ)

Pronunciation: yeh-ho-shaw-fawt'

Morphology: n-pr-m n-pr loc

Part of Speech: n pr m, n pr loc

Name Meaning: Jehoshaphat = "Jehovah has judged"

Derivation: from יְהֹוָה (Yᵉhôvâh) [H3068] and שָׁפַט (shâphaṭ) [H8199]; Jehovah-judged;

Definition: Jehoshaphat, the name of six Israelites; also of a valley near Jerusalem

KJV Renderings: Jehoshaphat. Compare יוֹשָׁפָט (Yôwshâphâṭ) [H3146].

Senses

1. son of king Asa and himself king of Judah for 25 years; one of the best, most pious, and prosperous kings of Judah
2. son of Nimshi and father of king Jehu of the northern kingdom of Israel
3. son of Ahilud and chronicler under David and Solomon
4. son of Paruah and one of the 12 commissary officers under Solomon
5. a priest and trumpeter in the time of David
6. symbolical name of a valley near Jerusalem which is the place of ultimate judgment; maybe the deep ravine which separates Jerusalem from the Mount of Olives through which the Kidron flowed

Cross References

Sources. The definition, derivation and KJV renderings are James Strong's own wording from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890) — public domain. The numbered senses and the Hebrew–Greek cross-references are the editorial work of the OpenScriptures Strong's dictionary, licensed CC BY-SA 3.0; their sense-outline conventions match the Outline of Biblical Usage (Online Bible, Larry Pierce), noted as a convention match rather than a documented claim.