Meanings
alternative Jehosaphat · alternative Josaphat · alternative Jehosophat
- biblicalA male given name from Hebrew.
alternative Jehosaphat · alternative Josaphat · alternative Jehosophat
- Expressing astonishment; jumping Jehoshaphat.
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?)
1954, Isaac Asimov, The Caves of Steel
Origin
- Hebrewיְהוֹשָׁפָט
- EnglishJehoshaphat
From Hebrew יְהוֹשָׁפָט, from יהוה (“Yahweh”) + שָׁפַט (shafát, “to judge”), meaning "Yahweh has judged".
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Chinese Mandarin 约沙法
- 约沙法 (Yuēshāfǎ)biblical name
Greek Ἰωσαφάτ
- Ἰωσαφάτ (Iosafát)biblical name
Hebrew יהושפט
- יהושפט (Yehoshafat)biblical name
Irish Ióiseáfát
- Ióiseáfátbiblical name
Italian Giosafat
- Giosafatbiblical name
Latin Iosaphat, Iōsāphātus
- Iosaphatbiblical name
- Iōsāphātusbiblical name
Polish Jozafat
- Jozafatbiblical name
Portuguese Josafá
- Josafábiblical name
Romanian Iosafat
- Iosafatbiblical name
Russian Иосафа́т
- Иосафа́т (Iosafát)biblical name
Cite this entry
Jehoshaphat. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Jehoshaphat
“Jehoshaphat.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Jehoshaphat. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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