יְהוֹעַדָּן
ye.ho.ad.din
Jehoaddan
Lexicon Entry
Lexicon data from STEPBible TIPNR, Tyndale House, Cambridge. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
What Original Readers Understood
Supported# Jehoaddan: A Rare Royal Name in Hebrew Scripture Jehoaddan is a Hebrew personal name appearing only twice in the biblical text. The name combines elements typical of Hebrew theophoric naming conventions—names that incorporate the divine name or reference to God. Based on its limited attestation, Jehoaddan functioned as a proper noun designating an individual within the scriptural narrative. The extremely restricted occurrence of this name (only two biblical appearances) suggests it belonged to a specific historical figure rather than representing a common designation or title. Without additional lexical data on the name's etymology or the contexts of its two occurrences, we can determine only that it was a name used within ancient Israel during the biblical period. The name's rarity in the textual record indicates either that the person it identified held a relatively minor role in the biblical narrative, or that references to this individual were preserved in only limited passages of the canon.
Source data & methodology
Occurrences in Scripture
2 total occurrences across the text
Amaziah was twenty-five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned twenty-nine years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Jehoaddan, of Jerusalem.
2 Kings 14:2He was twenty-five years old when he began to reign; and he reigned twenty-nine years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Jehoaddin of Jerusalem.