Yᵉhôwyâqîym — H3079

H3079 · Hebrew — יהויקים

Pronunciation: yeh-ho-yaw-keem'

Definition

masculine proper noun

Jehojakim, a Jewish king

  1. Jehoiakim = "Jehovah raises up"
  2. son of Josiah and the third from the last king of Judah; subject vassel of Nebuchadnezzar who reigned for 11 years before he died a violent death either in combat or by the hands of his own subjects

Usually translated as

Jehoiakim

Origin

from H3068 abbreviated and H6965; Jehovah will raise

Occurrences

Yᵉhôwyâqîym occurs 37 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: 2 Kings (7), 1 Chronicles (2), 2 Chronicles (3), Jeremiah (23), Daniel (2)

Strong's Lexicon — Y