Midvash

יְרֹחָםYᵉrôchâm

proper name, masculine: may he be compassionated

Pronunciation: yer-o-khawm' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H3395

Meanings

1. father of Elkanah, grandfather of Samuel, Ephraimite (1 Samuel 1:1; 1 Chronicles 6:12; 1 Chronicles 6:19)

2. Benjamites

b. id. (1 Chronicles 9:8)

3. priests

4. father of a hero of David (1 Chronicles 12:8; 1 Chronicles 12:7)

5. Danite (1 Chronicles 27:22)

6. father of a captain with Jehoiada (2 Chronicles 23:1)

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 10 times in the Bible.

  • 1 Samuel 1:1 There was a man named Elkanah who lived in Ramah in the region of Zuph in the hill country of Ephraim. He was the son of Jeroham, son of Elihu, son of Tohu, son of Zuph, of Ephraim.
  • 1 Chronicles 6:27 Eliab, Jeroham, Elkanah, and Samuel.
  • 1 Chronicles 6:34 Elkanah, Jeroham, Eliel, Toah,
  • 1 Chronicles 8:27 Jaareshiah, Elijah, and Zicri were the sons of Jeroham.
  • 1 Chronicles 9:8 Ibneiah son of Jeroham; Elah son of Uzzi, son of Micri; and Meshullam son of Shephatiah, son of Reuel, son of Ibnijah.
  • 1 Chronicles 9:12 Other returning priests were Adaiah son of Jeroham, son of Pashhur, son of Malkijah, and Maasai son of Adiel, son of Jahzerah, son of Meshullam, son of Meshillemith, son of Immer.
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