יְהוֹיָקִיםYᵉhôwyâqîym
proper name, masculine: raiseth up
Pronunciation: yeh-ho-yaw-keem' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H3079
Meanings
1. one of the last kings of Judah, son of Josiah (2 Kings 23:34; 2 Kings 23:35; 2 Kings 23:36)
2. priest, son of Jeshua (Nehemiah 12:10; Nehemiah 12:12; Nehemiah 12:26)
3. a Judaite (1 Chronicles 4:22)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 37 times in the Bible.
- 2 Kings 23:34 Pharaoh Neco then installed Eliakim, another of Josiah’s sons, to reign in place of his father, and he changed Eliakim’s name to Jehoiakim. Jehoahaz was taken to Egypt as a prisoner, where he died.
- 2 Kings 23:35 In order to get the silver and gold demanded as tribute by Pharaoh Neco, Jehoiakim collected a tax from the people of Judah, requiring them to pay in proportion to their wealth.
- 2 Kings 23:36 Jehoiakim was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem eleven years. His mother was Zebidah, the daughter of Pedaiah from Rumah.
- 2 Kings 24:1 During Jehoiakim’s reign, King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon invaded the land of Judah. Jehoiakim surrendered and paid him tribute for three years but then rebelled.
- 2 Kings 24:5 The rest of the events in Jehoiakim’s reign and all his deeds are recorded in The Book of the History of the Kings of Judah.
- 2 Kings 24:6 When Jehoiakim died, his son Jehoiachin became the next king.
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).