Jehoshaphat

/d͡ʒəˈhoʊ.ʃəˌfæt/ intj, name

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Definitions

Intj
  1. 1
    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?)"

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

Example

More examples

"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?)"

Etymology

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

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