The meaning of “יוֹצָדָק”
Understanding Yôwtsâdâq reveals the original theological depth often simplified in translation.
a form of יְהוֹצָדָק Jozadak. - § Jozadak = "Jehovah is righteous" - Jotsadak, an Israelite 1) grandson of the high prie...
יוֹצָדָק
a form of יְהוֹצָדָק Jozadak. - § Jozadak = "Jehovah is righteous" - Jotsadak, an Israelite 1) grandson of the high priest Hilkiah; son of the high priest Seraiah; and father of the high priest Joshua; he never attained the office of high priest himself because he was carried captive to Babylon by Nebuchadnezzar
Occurrences in the Bible
| Reference | Text | |
|---|---|---|
| Ezra 3:2 | “Then stood up Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and his brethren the priests, and Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and his brethren, and builded the altar of the God of Israel, to offer burnt offerings thereon, as it is written in the law of Moses the man of God.” Word: יוֹצָדָק (Yôwtsâdâq) | |
| Ezra 3:8 | “Now in the second year of their coming unto the house of God at Jerusalem, in the second month, began Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and the remnant of their brethren the priests and the Levites, and all they that were come out of the captivity unto Jerusalem; and appointed the Levites, from twenty years old and upward, to set forward the work of the house of the Lord.” Word: יוֹצָדָק (Yôwtsâdâq) | |
| Ezra 5:2 | “Then rose up Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and began to build the house of God which is at Jerusalem: and with them were the prophets of God helping them.” Word: יוֹצָדָק (Yôwtsâdâq) | |
| Ezra 10:18 | “And among the sons of the priests there were found that had taken strange wives: namely, of the sons of Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and his brethren; Maaseiah, and Eliezer, and Jarib, and Gedaliah.” Word: יוֹצָדָק (Yôwtsâdâq) | |
| Nehemiah 12:26 | “These were in the days of Joiakim the son of Jeshua, the son of Jozadak, and in the days of Nehemiah the governor, and of Ezra the priest, the scribe.” Word: יוֹצָדָק (Yôwtsâdâq) |