יוֹרָםYôwrâm
proper name, masculine: is exalted
Pronunciation: yo-rawm' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H3141
Meanings
1. king of Judah, son of Jehoshaphat (1 Kings 22:51; 2 Kings 1:17; 2 Kings 8:16)
2. king of Israel son of Ahab (2 Kings 1:17; 2 Kings 3:1; 2 Kings 3:6)
3. priest in time of Jehoshaphat (2 Chronicles 17:8)
4. son of Tou, king of Hamath (2 Samuel 8:10; 1 Chronicles 18:10)
5. a Levite (1 Chronicles 26:25)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 20 times in the Bible.
- 2 Samuel 8:10 he sent his son Joram to congratulate King David for his successful campaign. Hadadezer and Toi had been enemies and were often at war. Joram presented David with many gifts of silver, gold, and bronze.
- 2 Kings 8:16 Jehoram son of King Jehoshaphat of Judah began to rule over Judah in the fifth year of the reign of Joram son of Ahab, king of Israel.
- 2 Kings 8:21 So Jehoram went with all his chariots to attack the town of Zair. The Edomites surrounded him and his chariot commanders, but he went out at night and attacked them under cover of darkness. But Jehoram’s army deserted him and fled to their homes.
- 2 Kings 8:23 The rest of the events in Jehoram’s reign and everything he did are recorded in The Book of the History of the Kings of Judah.
- 2 Kings 8:24 When Jehoram died, he was buried with his ancestors in the City of David. Then his son Ahaziah became the next king.
- 2 Kings 8:25 Ahaziah son of Jehoram began to rule over Judah in the twelfth year of the reign of Joram son of Ahab, king of Israel.
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).