Smith's Bible Dictionary

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JORKOAM

(paleness of the people), either a descendant of Caleb the son of Hezron, or the name of a place in the tribe of Judah. (1 Chronicles 2:44)

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JOSABAD

(whom Jehovah bestows), properly JOZABAD the Gederathite, one of the warriors of Benjamin who joined David at Ziklag. (1 Chronicles 12:4) (B.C. 1055.)

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JOSAPHAT

= Jehoshaphat king of Judah. (Matthew 1:8)

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JOSE

(another form of JOSES), son of Eliezer, in the genealogy of Jesus Christ. (Luke 3:29)

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JOSECH

the form of name given in the Revised Version for JOSEPH, in (Luke 3:26) It is not found in the Old Testament.

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JOSEDECH = JEHOZADAK

(whom Jehovah makes just), the son of Seraiah. (Haggai 1:1,12,14; 2:2,4; Zechariah 6:11)

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JOSEPH

(increase).The elder of the two sons of Jacob by Rachel. He was born in Padan-aram (Mesopotamia), probably about B.C. 1746. He is first mentioned when a youth, seventeen years o...

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JOSES

(exalted).Son of Eliezer, in the genealogy of Christ. (Luke 3:29)One of the Lord’s brethren. (Matthew 13:55; Mark 6:3)Joses Barnabas. (Acts 4:36) [BARNABAS]

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JOSHAH

(whom Jehovah lets dwell), a prince of the house of Simeon. (1 Chronicles 4:34,38-41)

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JOSHAPHAT

(whom Jehovah judges), the Mithnite, one of David’s guard. (1 Chronicles 11:43)

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JOSHAVIAH

(whom Jehovah makes dwell), the son of Elnaam, and one of David’s guard. (1 Chronicles 11:46) (B.C. 1046.)

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JOSHBEKASHAH

(a seat in a hard place), son of Heman, head of the seventeenth course of musicians. (1 Chronicles 25:4,25) (B.C. 1014.)

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JOSHUA

(saviour, or whose help is Jehovah). His name appears in the various forms of HOSHEAHOSHEA, OSHEA, JEHOSHUA, JESHUA and JESUS.The son of Nun, of the tribe of Ephraim. (1 Chronic...

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JOSHUA, BOOK OF

Named from Joshua the son of Nun, who is the principal character in it. The book may be regarded as consisting of three parts:The conquest of Canaan; chs. 1-12.The partition of ...

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JOSIAH

(whom Jehovah heals).The son of Amon and Jedidah, succeeded his father B.C. 641, in the eighty years of his age, and reigned 31 years. His history is contained in (2 Kings 22:1;...

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JOSIAS

Josiah, king of Judah. (Matthew 1:10,11)

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JOSIBIAH

(to whom God gives a dwelling), the father of Jehu, a Simeonite. (1 Chronicles 4:35)

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JOSIPHIAH

(whom Jehovah will increase), the father or ancestor of Shelomith, who returned with Ezra. (Ezra 8:10) (B.C. 459.)

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JOT

the English form of the Greek iota, i.e., the smallest letter of the Greek alphabet. The Hebrew is yod, or y formed like a comma (’). It is used metaphorically to express the mi...

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JOTBAH

(goodness), the native place of Meshullemeth, the queen of Manasseh. (2 Kings 21:19)

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JOTBATH, OR JOTBATHAH

(goodness), (10:7; Numbers 33:33) a desert station of the Israelites.

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JOTHAM

(Jehovah is upright).The youngest son of Gideon, (Judges 9:5) who escaped from the massacre of his brethren. (B.C. after 1256.) His parable of the reign of the bramble is the ea...

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JOZABAD

(Jehovah justifies).A captain of the thousands of Manasseh, who deserted to David before the battle of Gilboa. (1 Chronicles 12:20) (B.C. 1053.)A hero of Manasseh, like the prec...

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JOZACHAR

(whom Jehovah has remembered), one of the murderers of Joash king of Judah. (2 Kings 12:21) The writer of the Chronicles, (2 Chronicles 24:26) calls him ZABAD. (B.C. 837.)

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JOZADAK

(whom Jehovah has made just). (Ezra 3:2,8; 5:2; 10:18; Nehemiah 12:26) The contracted form of Jehozadak.

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JUBAL

(music), a son of Lamech by Adah, and the inventor of the "harp and organ." (Genesis 4:21)

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JUBILEE, THE YEAR OF

the name. --The name jubilee is derived from the Hebrew jobel, the joyful shout or clangor of trumpets, by which the year of jubilee was announced.The time of its celebration. -...