Jehozadak

In Bible versions:

Jehozadak: NET AVS NIV NRSV NASB TEV

a high priest; son of Seraiah

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justice of the Lord

Hebrew

Strongs #03087: qduwhy Y@howtsadaq

Jehozadak or Josedech = "Jehovah is righteous"

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

3087 Yhowtsadaq yeh-ho-tsaw-dawk'

from 3068 and 6663; Jehovah-righted; Jehotsadak, an
Israelite:-Jehozadek, Josedech. Compare 3136.
see HEBREW for 03068
see HEBREW for 06663
see HEBREW for 03136

Jehozadak [EBD]

Jehovah-justified, the son of the high priest Seraiah at the time of the Babylonian exile (1 Chr. 6:14, 15). He was carried into captivity by Nebuchadnezzar, and probably died in Babylon. He was the father of Jeshua, or Joshua, who returned with Zerubbabel.

Jehozadak [NAVE]

JEHOZADAK, called also Josedech and Jozadak. A priest of the exile, 1 Chr. 6:14, 15; Ezra 3:2, 8; 5:2; 10:18; Neh. 12:26; Hag. 1:1, 12, 14; 2:2, 4; Zech. 6:11.

JEHOZADAK [SMITH]

(Jehovah justifies), usually called Jozadak or Josedech. He was the son of the high priest Seraiah. (1 Chronicles 6:14,15) When his father was slain at Riblah by order of Nebuchadnezzar, (2 Kings 25:18,21) Jehozadak was led away captive to Babylon. (1 Chronicles 6:15) (B.C. 588.) He himself never attained the high priesthood, but he was the father of Jeshua the high priest, and of all his successors till the pontificate of Alcimus. (Ezra 3:2; Nehemiah 12:26), etc.

JEHOZADAK [ISBE]

JEHOZADAK - je-hoz'-a-dak (yehotsadhaq, "Yahweh is righteous"): Priest at the time of the captivity under Nebuchadrezzar (1 Ch 6:14,15 (Hebrew 5:40,41)). He was the father of Joshua (Jeshua) the priest (Hag 1:1,12,14; 2:2,4; Zec 6:11). the King James Version has Josedech in Hag and Zec. Same as "Jozadak" (yotsadhaq, same meaning) in Ezr 3:2,8; 5:2; 10:18; Neh 12:26; and = "Josedek" (King James Version "Josedec") of 1 Esdras 5:5,48,56; 6:2; 9:19; Sirach 49:12.