Jehoshaphat

English

Alternative forms

• Jehosaphat
• Josaphat
• Jehosophat (rare)

Etymology

From Hebrew יְהוֹשָׁפָט, from יהוה (“Yahweh”) +‎ שָׁפַט (shafát, “to judge”), meaning "Yahweh has judged".

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒəˈhoʊ.ʃəˌfæt/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒəˈhɒʃ.ə.fæt/, /d͡ʒɪˈhɒʃ.ə.fæt/

Proper noun

Jehoshaphat

1. the fourth Judean King after King Solomon and also the son of King Asa; father of King Joram (aka Jehoram.)
2. (biblical) A male given name from Hebrew

Derived terms

• jumping Jehoshaphat

Translations

biblical name

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 约沙法 (zh) (Yuēshāfǎ)

• French:

  Old French: Josaphat

• Greek: Ἰωσαφάτ (Iōsaphát)
• Hebrew: יהושפט (Yehoshafat)
• Irish: Ióiseáfát m
• Italian: Giosafat m
• Latin: Iosaphat, Iōsāphātus m
• Polish: Jozafat (pl) m
• Portuguese: Josafá (pt) m
• Romanian: Iosafat m
• Russian: Иосафа́т m (Iosafát)

Interjection

Jehoshaphat

1. Expressing astonishment; jumping Jehoshaphat.
   • 1954, Isaac Asimov, The Caves of Steel:

     Baley […] thought of a visit to the City Zoo with Ben six or seven years ago. No, eight, because Ben had just passed his eighth birthday then. (Jehoshaphat! Where did the time go?)

Further reading

• Jehoshaphat on Wikipedia.Wikipedia