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Jehu
[ jee-hyooor, often, -hoo ]
noun
- a king of Israel noted for his furious chariot attacks. 2 Kings 9.
- (lowercase) a fast driver.
- (lowercase) the driver of a cab or coach.
Jehu
/ ˈdʒiːhjuː /
noun
- Old Testament the king of Israel (?842–?815 bc ); the slayer of Jezebel (II Kings 9:11–30)
- a fast driver, esp one who is reckless (from the phrase to drive like Jehu . II Kings 9:20)
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Word History and Origins
Origin of Jehu1
First recorded in 1680–90 Jehu fordefs 2, 3; from Hebrew Yēhūʾ “Yah (God) is he,” i.e., “Yahweh is God”
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Example Sentences
An awful trap to the amateur Jehu was that gap in those days; we realise it now far better than we did then.
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Yes, cunning Jehu, so they might, with those interpolations and erasures that would confound and overcome a lawyer.
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What wonder that little Jehu was crushed into nothingness, behind his own counter, under the eye of his own wife!
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Sometimes a customer would die—a natural state of things, but a great event for Jehu.
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It cost a smirk or smile; Jehu had hundreds at command, and the accident was amended.
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