Jehoaddan

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The origin of the name Jehoaddan is Hebrew
This is how Jehoaddan is written in Hebrew:This is how it is pronounced
יְהוֹעָדִין yeh-ho-ad-deen’
The biblical meaning of the name Jehoaddan is:
According to:Meaning:
Strong“Jehovah pleased”
Gesenius”n/a”
Hitchcock“pleasure, or time, of the Lord”

In The Bible:
Jehoaddan was

 Queen to King Josiah, and mother of Amaziah of Judah


The name Jehoaddan appears in the bible in the following verses:

2 Kings 14:2 KJV
He was twenty and five years old when he began to reign, and reigned twenty and nine years in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Jehoaddan of Jerusalem.

2 Chronicles 25:1 KJV
Amaziah was twenty and five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned twenty and nine years in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Jehoaddan of Jerusalem.