יוֹיָקִיםYôwyâqîym

proper name, masculine: raiseth up

Pronunciation: yo-yaw-keem' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H3113

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 4 times in the Bible.

  • Nehemiah 12:10 Jeshua the high priest was the father of Joiakim. Joiakim was the father of Eliashib. Eliashib was the father of Joiada.
  • Nehemiah 12:12 Now when Joiakim was high priest, the family leaders of the priests were as follows: Meraiah was leader of the family of Seraiah. Hananiah was leader of the family of Jeremiah.
  • Nehemiah 12:26 These all served in the days of Joiakim son of Jeshua, son of Jehozadak, and in the days of Nehemiah the governor and of Ezra the priest and scribe.
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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).