יוֹשָׁפָט
yo.sha.phat
Joshaphat
Lexicon Entry
Lexicon data from STEPBible TIPNR, Tyndale House, Cambridge. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
What Original Readers Understood
ExploredThe word 'yo.sha.phat' (Strong's number H3146H) is a proper name, specifically a person's name in Hebrew, with its short definition being 'Joshaphat'. As it falls under the semantic domain of a proper name, its primary function is to identify a unique individual. This single occurrence in the Bible limits the range of its usage and meaning to the specific context where it is mentioned, without any further clarification or expansion. As a personal name, it may hold personal, familial, or communal significance to the group it belongs to. However, without additional context from the surrounding text, the name's full meaning and implications remain ambiguous, limited to its function as an identifier for a particular individual.
Source data & methodology
Occurrences in Scripture
1 total occurrence across the text