Yôwyâkîyn — H3112

Definition

masculine proper noun

Jojakin, an Israelite 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

a form of H3078

• Yᵉhôwyâkîyn (H3078)

Occurrences

Yôwyâkîyn occurs 1 time in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Ezekiel (1)

• Ezekiel 1:2 — In the fifth day of the month, which was the fifth year of king Jehoiachin’s (יוֹיָכִֽין) captivity,