- Original: יועשׁ - Transliteration: Yow`ash - Phonetic: yo-awsh' - Definition: Joash = Jehovah hastens 1. a Benjamite, son of Becher 2. one of the officers in David's court - Origin: from H3068 and H5789 - TWOT entry: None - Part(s) of speech: Proper Name Masculine - Strong's: From H3068 and H5789 ; Jehovah-hastened; Joash the name of two Israelites: - Joash. Total KJV Occurrences: 2 • Joash, 2 1 Chronicles 7:8; 1 Chronicles 27:28