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# יֵהוּא

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H3058

**Jehu** — used 58 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

## Meaning

### OpenScriptures lexical index

Jehu [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3058/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

יֵהוּא: n.pr.m. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3058/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. (prob. contr. from יהוהוא = י׳ is He, cf. יֵשׁוּעַ and reff.; cuneif. Ia-u-a COT 1 K 16:23 2 K 9:2 (further SchrMBAW 1880, 277, SchrZA iii. 3 HptBAS i. 296, 329 Jäger ib. 468); cf. also אֱלִיהוּ)— king of Israel who overthrew the dynasty of Omri (𝔊 Εἰου, A often Ἰηου, 𝔊L Ἰου) 1 K 19:16, 17(×2) 2 K 9:2 + 36 times 2 K 9 & 10 + 12:2; 13:1; 14:8; 15:12; 2 Ch 22:7, 8, 9; 25:17; Ho 1:4. prophet of N. Israel in time of Baasha & Jehoshaphat (𝔊 Εἰου, A Εἰηου 𝔊L Ἰου in K; 𝔊 Ἰου, Ἰησου, A 𝔊L Ἰηου in Ch) 1 K 16:1, 7, 12; 2 Ch 19:2; 20:34. one of David’s heroes 1 Ch 12:3 (𝔊 Ἰηουλ, 𝔊L Ἰηουδ)). a Judaite 1 Ch 2:38(×2) (𝔊 Ἰησους, A 𝔊L Ἰηου). a Simeonite prince 1 Ch 4:35 (𝔊 οὗτος i.e. (י)הוּא; A 𝔊L Ἰηου).

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 20 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (6 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (4 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: Jehu (46); of Jehu (11); O Jehu (1).

## In the verses

[2 Kings 10:28](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2KI.10.28/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2KI.10.28/#tree)

וַיַּשְׁמֵ֥ד יֵה֛וּא אֶת־הַבַּ֖עַל מִיִּשְׂרָאֵֽל׃

*Word for word:* and he.destroyed Jehu (et) (the) Baal from Israel

*JPS 1917:* Thus Jehu destroyed Baal out of Israel.

[2 Kings 10:20](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2KI.10.20/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2KI.10.20/#tree)

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר יֵה֗וּא קַדְּשׁ֧וּ עֲצָרָ֛ה לַבַּ֖עַל וַיִּקְרָֽאוּ׃

*Word for word:* and he.said Jehu consecrate an.assembly to (the) Baal and they.proclaimed.\[it\]

*JPS 1917:* And Jehu said: 'Sanctify a solemn assembly for Baal.' And they proclaimed it.

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/3058.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3058/): every English meaning parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.

Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).