Yᵉhôwyâkîyn — H3078

H3078 · Hebrew — יהויכין

Pronunciation: yeh-ho-yaw-keen'

Definition

masculine proper noun

Jehojakin, a Jewish king

  1. Jehoiachin = "Jehovah establishes"
  2. king of Judah, son of Jehoiakim, and the next to last king of Judah before the Babylonian captivity; kingship lasted for 3 months and 10 days before he surrendered to Nebuchadnezzar who took him to Babylon and imprisoned him for 36 years when he was finally released

Usually translated as

Jehoiachin

Origin

from H3068 and H3559; Jehovah will establish

Occurrences

Yᵉhôwyâkîyn occurs 10 times in 8 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: 2 Kings (5), 2 Chronicles (2), Jeremiah (1)

Strong's Lexicon — Y