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 · H5250
nim.shi — Nimshi
A man of the Kingdom of Israel, living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at 1Ki.19.16; father of: Jehoshaphat (H3092J) § Nimshi = "rescued" grandfather of Jehu
5 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H3092
ye.ho.sha.phat — Jehoshaphat
A man living at the time of United Monarchy, first mentioned at 2Sa.8.16; son of: Ahilud (H0286); brother of: Baana (H1195) § Jehoshaphat = "Jehovah has judged" 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
73 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →Saved. Jehu was “the son of Jehoshaphat, the son of Nimshi” (2 Kings 9:2; comp. 1 Kings 19:16).
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.
