Jehoiada

[ ji-hoi-uh-duh ]

noun

1. (in the Bible) a priest of Judah who led the revolt against Athalia.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Jehoiada¹

From Hebrew Yəhōyādhāʿ “Yahweh knows”

Example Sentences

Jehoiada Rhodes makes saws—not Solomon’s sort—and Hariph Crawshaw keeps a farm.

From Project Gutenberg

Joash, king of Judah, became to all appearance very holy and good, so long as Jehoiada the priest lived.

From Project Gutenberg

He derived benefit from some of the last sermons of the Rev. Jehoiada Brewer, and at length joined the Church under the care of Rev. James Boden.

From Project Gutenberg

The limited knowledge of Jesus is further evident from his confusing Zacharias the son of Jehoiada with Zacharias the son of Barachias: the former, a priest, was slain in the temple court, as Jesus states; but the son of Barachias was Zacharias, or Zachariah, the prophet.*

From Project Gutenberg

Whence, if those that are not kings may lawfully kill an usurpress, and all her helpers, then may a people resist them; but Jehoiada, though no magistrate, did it.

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