apprehending; possessing; seeing
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary
JOAHAZ.1. Father of Joab the recorder (2Ch_34:8). 2. See Jehoahaz, 1.
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible
Edited by James Hastings, D.D. Published in 1909
2Ch_34:8. One of Kennicott's manuscripts reads "Ahaz".
Fausset's Bible Dictionary
By Andrew Robert Fausset, co-Author of Jamieson, Fausset and Brown's 1888.
Jo'ahaz. (whom Jehovah holds). The father of Joah, the chronicler or keeper, of the records to King Josiah. 2Ch_34:8. (B.C. before 623).
Smith's Bible Dictionary
By Dr. William Smith.Published in 1863
jō?a-haz (יואהז, yō'āḥāz, ?Yahweh has grasped? = ?Jehoahaz?):
(1) Father of JOAH (4) (2Ch_34:8).
(2) the Revised Version (British and American) and Hebrew in 2Ki_14:1 for Jehoahaz, king of Israel. See JEHOAHAZ.
(3) the Revised Version (British and American) and Hebrew in 2Ch_36:2, 2Ch_36:4 for JEHOAHAZ, king of Judah (which see).
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
PRINTER 1915.
Joahaz
(Heb. Yodaichaz', יוֹאָחָז, a contracted form of the name JEHOAHAZ, for which it occurs in speaking of others of the same name; Sept. Ι᾿ωάχαζ,Vulg. Joachaz), the father of Joah, which latter was historiographer in the reign of Josiah (2Ch_34:8). B.C. ante 623.
CYCLOPEDIA OF BIBLICAL, THEOLOGICAL AND ECCLESIASTICAL
press 1895.