Jehoshaphat

[ ji-hosh-uh-fat, -hos- ]

noun

1. (in the Bible) a king of Judah, son of Asa, who reigned in the 9th century b.c.

Jehoshaphat

/ dʒɪˈhɒʃəˌfæt; -ˈhɒs- /

noun

1. the king of Judah (?873–?849 bc ) (I Kings 22:41–50)
2. the site of Jehovah's apocalyptic judgment upon the nations (Joel 4:14)

Word History and Origins

Origin of Jehoshaphat¹

From Hebrew Yəhōshāphāṭ “Yahweh is judge, has judged”

Example Sentences

“I was Googling around the other day for a factoid: how many Israelis had visited the United Arab Emirates since the signing of their normalization agreement, known as the Abraham Accords. Answer: more than 130,000. Jumping Jehoshaphat, Batman! In the middle of a global pandemic, at least 130,000 Israeli tourists and investors have flown to Dubai and Abu Dhabi since commercial air travel was established in mid-October!” wrote New York Times columnist Thomas L. Friedman on Wednesday.

From Washington Times

Holy Jehoshaphat, what a breakthrough!

From Los Angeles Times

Slay: People haven’t “slain” each other since they wore raiment of fine linen and had names like Ham and Hepzibah and Jehoshaphat.

From Washington Post

Inevitably, anyone writing about Trump must also confront racism: in 1875, it’s in the form of Clinton’s servant, a freed slave named Agamemnon Jehoshaphat Washington Blox, whose characterization teeters uneasily between dialect comedy and actual empathy.

From The New Yorker

“Now Jehoshaphat had riches and honor in abundance and . . . that’s all I remember, Ma,” I said.

From Literature