יָכִיןYâkîyn

proper name, masculine: he will establish

Pronunciation: yaw-keen' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H3199

Meanings

1. a Simeonite (Genesis 46:10; Exodus 6:15; Numbers 26:12)

2. name of right-hand pillar before temple (1 Kings 7:21; 2 Chronicles 3:17)

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 8 times in the Bible.

  • Genesis 46:10 The sons of Simeon were Jemuel, Jamin, Ohad, Jakin, Zohar, and Shaul. (Shaul’s mother was a Canaanite woman.)
  • Exodus 6:15 The sons of Simeon were Jemuel, Jamin, Ohad, Jakin, Zohar, and Shaul. (Shaul’s mother was a Canaanite woman.) Their descendants became the clans of Simeon.
  • Numbers 26:12 These were the clans descended from the sons of Simeon: The Jemuelite clan, named after their ancestor Jemuel. The Jaminite clan, named after their ancestor Jamin. The Jakinite clan, named after their ancestor Jakin.
  • 1 Kings 7:21 Huram set the pillars at the entrance of the Temple, one toward the south and one toward the north. He named the one on the south Jakin, and the one on the north Boaz.
  • 1 Chronicles 9:10 Among the priests who returned were Jedaiah, Jehoiarib, Jakin,
  • 1 Chronicles 24:17 The twenty-first lot fell to Jakin. The twenty-second lot fell to Gamul.
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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).