Josias
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible [1]
Josias = Josiah , king of Judah ( Esther 1:1 Esther 1:1; Esther 1:7 Esther 1:7; Esther 1:18 Esther 1:18; 1Es 1:21-23; 1Es 1:25; 1Es 1:28-29; 1Es 1:32-34 , Bar 1:8 ); in 1Es 8:36 Josaphias .
Smith's Bible Dictionary [2]
Josi'as. Josiah , king of Judah. Matthew 1:10-11.
Holman Bible Dictionary [3]
Matthew 1:10-11Josiah
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [4]
a Graecized form of the name of
(a) ( Ι᾿Εσίας , Vulg. Josias ) JOSIAH (See Josiah) (q.v.), king of Judah ( 1 Esdras 1:1; 1 Esdras 1:7; 1 Esdras 1:18; 1 Esdras 1:21-23; 1 Esdras 1:25; 1 Esdras 1:28-29; 1 Esdras 1:32-34; Sirach 49:1; Sirach 49:4; Baruch 1:8; Matthew 1:10-11);
(b) ( Ι᾿Εσίας v.r. Ι᾿Εσσίας , Vulg. Maasias ) , JESHAIAH (See Jeshaiah) (q.v.), the son of Athaliah ( 1 Esdras 8:33; comp. Ezra 8:7).
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia [5]
jṓ - sı̄´as (Textus Receptus, Ἰωσίας , Iōsı́as ; Westcott and Hort, The New Testament in Greek Ἰωσείας , Iōseı́as ) :
(1) Greek form in the King James Version of Josiah ( Matthew 1:10 , Matthew 1:11; compare 1 Esdras 1; Baruch 1:8), king of Judah.
(2) In 1 Esdras 8:33 the King James Version for Jesias (which see).
