Given name
Jehoahaz
“Yah has grasped”
Jehoahaz is a biblical masculine given name, meaning “Yah has grasped.”
Original Hebrewיהואחז
Meaning & origin
What it means
As a biblical name, Jehoahaz means “Yah has grasped.”
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Where it comes from
Jehoahaz is a biblical name from Hebrew.
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How it developed
From the Hebrew verb ahaz (אחז), “to seize or grasp.”
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In the Bible
In the Bible, the name Jehoahaz appears in 2 Kings 10:35, 2 Kings 14:1, 2 Kings 23:30 and 5 other passages.
- 2 Kings 10:35
- 2 Kings 14:1
- 2 Kings 23:30
- 2 Chronicles 36:1
- 1 Chronicles 3:15
- Jeremiah 22:11
- 1 Chronicles 3:15-16
- 2 Chronicles 25:23
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Jehoahaz’s family of names
See also 6
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
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