How to Pronounce Jehosheba
dzhee-HAHSH-ee-bah
Jehosheba is pronounced dzhee-HAHSH-ee-bah (dʒɛˈhɑʃəbə): four syllables, stress on the second. Also heard: jeh-HOSH-uh-buh.
What does Jehosheba mean?
Jehosheba means “fullness, or oath, of the Lord”.
Hitchcock’s Bible Names (1869), public domain.
Who was Jehosheba?
Jehosheba was the daughter of King Joram and sister of Ahaziah. When Athaliah set out to destroy all the royal heirs, Jehosheba rescued the infant Joash and hid him for six years so he would not be killed (2 Kings 11:2).
Also pronounced
jeh-HOSH-uh-buh
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