Lexicon
יְהוֹצָדָק
ye.ho.tsa.daq
H3087
N:N-M-P Hebrew

Jehozadak

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Occurrences
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Books
Hebrew
Language

ye.ho.tsa.daq is a personal name used to identify Joshua by his father in priestly and public settings.

The name is used consistently in a father-son identification for Joshua, including messages addressed to him, the people's response and work, and the setting of crowns on his head.

Senses in use

  1. Father-name identifying Joshua · dominant

    In each occurrence, the proper noun follows Joshua in the son-of identification. In Haggai 1:1 the APB renders Joshua among the recipients of the prophetic word as “Joshua son of Jehozadak the high priest”; Haggai 1:12 and Haggai 1:14 place that same identified Joshua among those who obey and then work on the house of the LORD. Haggai 2:2, Haggai 2:4, and Zechariah 6:11 continue the identification when Joshua is addressed, strengthened, or has crowns set on his head.

In the Anselm Project Bible: Across the supplied verses, the APB consistently presents the name in the phrase “Joshua son of Jehozadak,” with “high priest” or “great priest” describing Joshua in the wider clause. Those priestly descriptions should not be assigned to the name itself.

Passages featuring this word

Across Scripture