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yēhūʾ יֵהוּא ‘Jehu’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: from yᵊhōwā יְהֹוָה ‘YHWH/Lord’ and hūʾ הוּא ‘he/she/it’
Roots: יהווה הוא היא

yēhūʾ pr n m pers
Jehu = "Jehovah is He"
1) the king of the northern kingdom Israel who overthrew the dynasty of Omri
2) son of Hanani and an Israelite prophet in the time of Baasha and Jehoshaphat
3) the Antothite, a Benjamite, one of David's mighty warriors
4) a descendant of Judah of the house of Hezron
5) son of Josibiah and a chief of the tribe of Simeon

Mentioned in 1 Kings 19:16, 16:1, 16:7, 16:12, 19:17 2 Kings 10:35, 10:19, 9:11, 9:31, 14:8, 9:2, 10:13, 10:1, 10:11, 10:18, 10:30, 9:16, 9:21, 9:27, 13:1, 9:18, 9:19, 10:29, 9:22, 9:30, 9:13, 10:5, 10:21, 10:24, 10:25, 9:15, 9:5, 9:14, 9:20, 15:12, 10:31, 12:2, 10:23, 9:17, 10:20, 10:34, 10:36, 9:24, 10:28 Hosea 1:4 1 Chronicles 12:3, 2:38, 4:35 2 Chronicles 19:2, 22:8, 22:7, 22:9, 20:34, 25:17

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