How many times is Joash mentioned in the Bible?
The word Joash appears 49 times in the King James Version, in 43 verses. It is found in 7 of the 66 books. The World English Bible uses Joash 49 times.
Joash in the King James Version and the World English Bible
Each form of Joash counted in each translation.
| Form | KJV | WEB |
|---|---|---|
| Joash | 49 | 49 |
| Total | 49 | 49 |
What the name Joash means
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary glosses Joash as "who despairs or burns".
This is the 1869 traditional meaning; modern scholars often read names differently.
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Source: Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (1869), checked 2026-10-24.
Which books mention Joash most
Joash appears in 7 books of the 66 in the King James Version. 2 Kings has the most (18), then 2 Chronicles (14) and Judges (9).
First and last mention of Joash
And there came an angel of the LORD, and sat under an oak which was in Ophrah, that pertained unto Joash the Abi-ezrite: and his son Gideon threshed wheat by the winepress, to hide it from the Midianites.
The words of Amos, who was among the herdmen of Tekoa, which he saw concerning Israel in the days of Uzziah king of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash king of Israel, two years before the earthquake.
The verse that uses it most is Judges 8:32, 2 times (tied with 2 Kings 13:13, 2 Kings 14:1, 2 Kings 14:23, 2 Chronicles 25:23, 2 Chronicles 25:25):
And Gideon the son of Joash died in a good old age, and was buried in the sepulchre of Joash his father, in Ophrah of the Abi-ezrites.
Common questions
How many times is Joash in the Old Testament and the New Testament?
In the King James Version, counting every form, 49 of the 49 uses are in the Old Testament and 0 in the New Testament. Joash appears in 7 books of the 66 in the King James Version. 2 Kings has the most (18), then 2 Chronicles (14) and Judges (9).
Where is Joash first mentioned in the Bible?
The first use in the King James Version is Judges 6:11: "And there came an angel of the LORD, and sat under an oak which was in Ophrah, that pertained unto Joash the Abi-ezrite: and his son Gideon threshed wheat by the winepress, to hide it from the Midianites." The last is Amos 1:1.
What does the name Joash mean in the Bible?
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary glosses Joash as "who despairs or burns".
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Counted by Bible Says About from the full public-domain text of the King James Version (1769 edition) and the World English Bible. Verse text only: headings and psalm titles are left out. A word is a run of letters: a hyphenated name like Beer-sheba counts as two, and an apostrophe stays inside its word (LORD'S is one). Matching ignores capital letters. Data compiled 2026-10-24.