JOSAPHAT male Biblical Contracted form of JEHOSHAPHAT used in some English versions of the New Testament. | ||||||||||||||||||||
JEHOSHAPHAT male Biblical Means "YAHWEH has judged" in Hebrew. In the Old Testament he is the fourth king of Judah, noted for having a generally peaceful and prosperous reign. | ||||||||||||||||||||
YAHWEH male Theology A name of the Hebrew God, represented in Hebrew by the tetragrammaton ("four letters") יהוה (Yod Heh Vav Heh), which was transliterated into Roman script as Y H W H. Because it was considered blasphemous to utter the name of God, it was only written and never spoken, which resulted in the original pronunciation becoming lost. The name may have originally been derived from the old Semitic root הוה (hawah) meaning "to be" or "to become". |
EQUIVALENTS |
BIBLICAL GREEK: Iosaphat |
BIBLICAL HEBREW: Yehoshafat |
BIBLICAL LATIN: Iosaphat |
BIBLICAL: Jehoshaphat, Josaphat |
OTHER FORMS |
THEOLOGY: Yahweh |