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Jozadak

Boyd’s Bible Dictionary:

(Ezra 3:2,8²Then 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. (Ezra 3:2)
⁸Now 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. (Ezra 3:8); Neh. 12:26²⁶These 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. (Nehemiah 12:26)). [JEHOZADAK.]

Concise Bible Dictionary:

See JOSEDECH.

Strong’s Dictionary of Hebrew Words:

Number:

3136 (find all occurrences in KJV Bible)

Transliteration:

Yowtsadaq

Phonic:

yo-tsaw-dawk’

Meaning:

a form of 3087; Jotsadak, an Israelite

KJV Usage:

Jozadak

Jackson’s Dictionary of Scripture Proper Names:

Jehovah is the righteous (one)

Potts’ Bible Proper Names:

God was just:― contracted form of Jehozadak, Ezra 3:2. {Dominus iustus erat}