How do you pronounce jehu?

The recorded pronunciation is /ˈd͡ʒi.hju/.

jehu

/ˈd͡ʒi.hju/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.15 in modern English

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Colloquial; Dated

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A king of Israel in the 9th century B.C.

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"Among those who seemed disposed to join in this opinion was the Jehu of the Warwickshire coach, who expressed his conviction to our hero, that "he wos a young gent as had much himproved hisself since he tooled him up to the Warsity with his guvnor.""
"Now Azaēlos, the king of Syria, made war on the Israelites and their king Jehu, and ravaged the eastern parts of the country across the Jordan […] spreading fire everywhere and plundering everything and inflicting violence on all who fell into his hands."
"‘Are you sure, Atherton, that there is no one at the back?’ ‘Of course I’m sure, — you can go and see for yourself if you like; do you think I’m blind? Jehu’s drunk.’ Throwing up the sash he addressed the driver. ‘What do you mean with your old gent at the window? — what window?’"

England from 17th century, from Jehu. The Bible says of Jehu (son of Nimshi) that "he driveth furiously" (2 Kings 9:20). He was commander of chariots for the king of Israel before later leading a revolt and becoming king himself.