Jehoshaphat UK /d͡ʒəˈhɒʃ.ə.fæt/US /d͡ʒəˈhoʊ.ʃəˌfæt/ exclamation1 •Expressing astonishment; jumping Jehoshaphat.Baley […] thought of a visit to the City Zoo with Ben six or seven years ago. No, eight, because Ben had just passed his eighth birthday then. (Jehoshaphat! Where did the time go?) — 1954