noun · masculine
iōsafat
GreekἸωσαφάτ (iōsafat)
Strong’sG2498
Jehoshaphat
stem iōsafat-2 times in the New Testament2 of 10 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
Ἰωσαφάτ, ὁ, indecl. (Heb. יְהוֹשָׁפָט),
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G2498 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidee-o-saf-at'
Josaphat (i.e. Jehoshaphat), an Israelite
Fromof Hebrew origin ();
King JamesJosaphat.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Every form
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | iōsafat1×Ἰωσαφὰτ | iōsafat |
| object accusative | iōsafat1×Ἰωσαφάτ | iōsafat |
| direct address vocative | iōsafat | iōsafat |
| of, belonging to genitive | iōsafat | iōsafat |
| to, for dative | iōsafat | iōsafat |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
2 occurrences, every one of them listed
iōsafat“Jehoshaphat”subjectnominative singular1×
Matthew 1:8“Jehoshaphat”Asaf de gennata ton Iōsafat, Iōsafat de gennata ton Iōram, Iōram de gennata ton Ozion,Asa was the father of Jehoshaphat, Jehoshaphat the father of Joram, and Joram the father of Uzziah.
iōsafat“Jehoshaphat”objectaccusative singular1×
Matthew 1:8“Jehoshaphat”Asaf de gennata ton Iōsafat, Iōsafat de gennata ton Iōram, Iōram de gennata ton Ozion,Asa was the father of Jehoshaphat, Jehoshaphat the father of Joram, and Joram the father of Uzziah.