BIBLE DICTIONARY + WORD STUDY
How to read this: there is rarely one magic “true meaning” hidden behind an English word. A lexicon records a word’s semantic range. The intended meaning is narrowed by grammar, sentence, author, historical usage and context.
HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H3098
yo.ach — Joah
A man living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at 2Ki.18.18; son of: Asaph (H0623) § Joah = "Jehovah is brother" 1) son of Asaph and chronicler to Hezekiah 2) a Gershonite son or grandson of Zimmah 3) a Korhite, 3rd son of Obed-edom and doorkeeper in the time of David 4) son of Joahaz and chronicler to king Josiah
10 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H623
a.saph — Asaph
A man living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at 2Ki.18.18; father of: Joah (H3098) § Asaph = "gatherer" 1) the father of Hezekiah's secretary 2) a son of Berechiah, chief Levite musician under David 3) a Persian officer over the royal forest
29 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H3059
ye.ho.a.chaz — Jehoahaz
A king of the Kingdom of Israel, living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at 2Ki.10.35; son of: Jehu (H3058H); father of: Joash (H3101J); also called Joahaz at 2Ki.14.1; Also named: yo.a.chaz (יוֹאָחָז "Joahaz" H3099H) § Jehoahaz = "Jehovah has seized" 1) a king of Judah and son of Josiah 2) a king of the northern kingdom of Israel and son of Jehu 3) a king of Judah and son of Jehoram (Ahaziah)
19 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H5654
o.ved e.dom — Obed-edom
A man of the tribe of Levi living at the time of United Monarchy, first mentioned at 2Sa.6.10; son of: Jeduthun (H3038); brother of: Mattithiah (H4993H), Gedaliah (H1436I), Zeri (H6874), Jeshaiah (H3470H) and Hashabiah (H2811I); father of: Shemaiah (H8098I), Jehozabad (H3075H), Joah (H3098I), Sachar (H7940), Nethanel (H5417K), Ammiel (H5988I), Issachar (H3485H) and Peullethai (H6469) Also named: shim.i (שִׁמְעִי "Shimei" H8096X) § Obed-edom = "servant of Edom" 1) a Levite and a Gittite who kept the ark after Uzzah was slain by God for touching the ark while it was being taken to Jerusalem 2) a Merarite Levite and a singer and gatekeeper 2a) the family descended from him
15 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H5714
id.do — Iddo
A man living at the time of United Monarchy, only mentioned at 1Ki.4.14; father of: Ahinadab (H0292) § Iddo = "His witness" 1) father of Abinadab, an officer of Solomon 2) grandfather of the prophet Zechariah 3) a Gershonite Levite, son of Joah 4) a priest in the time of Nehemiah 5) a seer in the time of king Jeroboam of the northern kingdom of Israel 6) son of Zechariah, ruler of the tribe of Manasseh in the time of David 7) a chief of the temple slaves who assembled at Casiphia at the time of the 2nd caravan from Babylon
10 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H5731
e.den — Eden
A man living at the time of Divided Monarchy, only mentioned at 2Ch.29.12; son of: Joah (H3098L) § Eden= "pleasure" a Gershonite Levite, son of Joah in the days of king Hezekiah of Judah
9 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H3099
yo.a.chaz — Joahaz
A man living at the time of Divided Monarchy, only mentioned at 2Ch.34.8; father of: Joah (H3098J) § Joahaz or Jehoahaz = "Jehovah has grasped" the father of Joah, Josiah's chronicler
4 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H2155
zim.mah — Zimmah
A man of the tribe of Levi living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at 1Ch.6.20; son of: Shimei (H8096V); father of: Joah (H3098H) § Zimmah = "plotter" 1) a Gershonite Levite, son of Jahath 2) another Gershonite, son of Shimei; perhaps the same as 1 above 3) father or ancestor of Joah, a Gershonite in the reign of Hezekiah
3 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H7940
sa.khar — Sachar
A man of the tribe of Levi living at the time of United Monarchy, only mentioned at 1Ch.26.4; son of: Obed-edom (H5654); brother of: Shemaiah (H8098I), Jehozabad (H3075H), Joah (H3098I), Nethanel (H5417K), Ammiel (H5988I), Issachar (H3485H) and Peullethai (H6469) § Sacar = "wages" 1) father of Ahiam, one of David's mighty warriors 2) a Korahite Levite gatekeeper, the 4th son of Obed-edom in the time of David
2 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H6469
pe.ul.l.tay — Peullethai
A man of the tribe of Levi living at the time of United Monarchy, only mentioned at 1Ch.26.5; son of: Obed-edom (H5654); brother of: Shemaiah (H8098I), Jehozabad (H3075H), Joah (H3098I), Sachar (H7940), Nethanel (H5417K), Issachar (H3485H) and Ammiel (H5988I) § Peulthai = "work" a Levite gatekeeper, the 8th son of Obed-edom; also 'Peullethai'
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →Jehovah his brother; i.e., helper. (1.) One of the sons of Obed-edom (1 Chr. 26:4), a Korhite porter. (2.) A Levite of the family of Gershom (1 Chr. 6:21), probably the same as Ethan (42). (3.) The son of Asaph, and “recorder” (q.v.) or chronicler to King Hezekiah (2 Kings 18:18, 26, 37). (4.) Son of Joahaz, and “recorder” (q.v.) or keeper of the state archives under King Josiah (2 Chr. 34:8).
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.
