יוֹתָםYôwthâm

proper name, masculine: ׳ י is perfect

Pronunciation: yo-thawm' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H3147

Meanings

1. king of Judah, son of Azariah (2 Kings 15:5; 2 Kings 15:7; 2 Kings 15:30)

2. youngest son of Jerubbaal (Gideon) (Judges 9:5; Judges 9:7; Judges 9:21)

3. a descendent of Caleb (1 Chronicles 2:47)

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 24 times in the Bible.

  • Judges 9:5 He went to his father’s home at Ophrah, and there, on one stone, they killed all seventy of his half brothers, the sons of Gideon. But the youngest brother, Jotham, escaped and hid.
  • Judges 9:7 When Jotham heard about this, he climbed to the top of Mount Gerizim and shouted, “Listen to me, citizens of Shechem! Listen to me if you want God to listen to you!
  • Judges 9:21 Then Jotham escaped and lived in Beer because he was afraid of his brother Abimelech.
  • Judges 9:57 God also punished the men of Shechem for all their evil. So the curse of Jotham son of Gideon was fulfilled.
  • 2 Kings 15:5 The Lord struck the king with leprosy, which lasted until the day he died. He lived in isolation in a separate house. The king’s son Jotham was put in charge of the royal palace, and he governed the people of the land.
  • 2 Kings 15:7 When Uzziah died, he was buried with his ancestors in the City of David. And his son Jotham became the next king.
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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).