Yôwrâm — H3141

Definition

masculine proper noun

Joram, the name of three Israelites and one Syrian

1. Joram = "Jehovah is exalted"
2. son of king Jehoshaphat of Judah and himself king of Judah for 8 years; his wife was the wicked Athaliah who was probably the instigator for his returning the nation of Judah to the worship of Baal
3. son of king Ahab of the northern kingdom of Israel and king of Israel himself for 12 years; he was murdered by Jehu on the plot of land for which his father had murdered Naboth thus fulfilling the prophecy of Elijah to the very letter
4. a Levite in the time of David and an ancestor of Shelomith
5. son of Toi, king of Hamath

Usually translated as

Joram

Origin

a form of H3088

• Yᵉhôwrâm (H3088)

Greek equivalents

• Iōrám (G2496)

Occurrences

Yôwrâm occurs 20 times in 16 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: 2 Samuel (1), 2 Kings (11), 1 Chronicles (2), 2 Chronicles (2)

• 2 Samuel 8:10 — Then Toi sent Joram (יֽוֹרָם) his son unto king David, to salute him, and to bless him, because he had fought against Hadadezer, and smitten him: for Hadadezer had wars with Toi. And Joram brought with him vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, and vessels of brass:
• 2 Kings 8:16 — And in the fifth year of Joram (לְיוֹרָ֤ם) the son of Ahab king of Israel, Jehoshaphat being then king of Judah, Jehoram the son of Jehoshaphat king of Judah began to reign.
• 2 Kings 8:21 — So Joram (יוֹרָם֙) went over to Zair, and all the chariots with him: and he rose by night, and smote the Edomites which compassed him about, and the captains of the chariots: and the people fled into their tents.
• 2 Kings 8:23 — And the rest of the acts of Joram (יוֹרָ֖ם), and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
• 2 Kings 8:24 — And Joram (יוֹרָם֙) slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David: and Ahaziah his son reigned in his stead.
• 2 Kings 8:25 — In the twelfth year of Joram (לְיוֹרָ֥ם) the son of Ahab king of Israel did Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of Judah begin to reign.
• 2 Kings 8:28 — And he went with Joram (יוֹרָ֣ם) the son of Ahab to the war against Hazael king of Syria in Ramoth-gilead; and the Syrians wounded Joram.
• 2 Kings 8:28 — And he went with Joram the son of Ahab to the war against Hazael king of Syria in Ramoth-gilead; and the Syrians wounded Joram (יוֹרָֽם).
• 2 Kings 8:29 — And king Joram (יוֹרָ֨ם) went back to be healed in Jezreel of the wounds which the Syrians had given him at Ramah, when he fought against Hazael king of Syria. And Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of Judah went down to see Joram the son of Ahab in Jezreel, because he was sick.
• 2 Kings 8:29 — And king Joram went back to be healed in Jezreel of the wounds which the Syrians had given him at Ramah, when he fought against Hazael king of Syria. And Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of Judah went down to see Joram (יוֹרָ֧ם) the son of Ahab in Jezreel, because he was sick.
• 2 Kings 9:14 — So Jehu the son of Jehoshaphat the son of Nimshi conspired against Joram (יוֹרָ֑ם). (Now Joram had kept Ramoth-gilead, he and all Israel, because of Hazael king of Syria.
• 2 Kings 9:14 — So Jehu the son of Jehoshaphat the son of Nimshi conspired against Joram. (Now Joram (וְיוֹרָם֩) had kept Ramoth-gilead, he and all Israel, because of Hazael king of Syria.
• 2 Kings 9:16 — So Jehu rode in a chariot, and went to Jezreel; for Joram (יוֹרָ֖ם) lay there. And Ahaziah king of Judah was come down to see Joram.
• 2 Kings 9:16 — So Jehu rode in a chariot, and went to Jezreel; for Joram lay there. And Ahaziah king of Judah was come down to see Joram (יוֹרָֽם).
• 2 Kings 9:29 — And in the eleventh year of Joram (לְיוֹרָ֖ם) the son of Ahab began Ahaziah to reign over Judah.
• 2 Kings 11:2 — But Jehosheba, the daughter of king Joram (י֠וֹרָם), sister of Ahaziah, took Joash the son of Ahaziah, and stole him from among the king’s sons which were slain; and they hid him, even him and his nurse, in the bedchamber from Athaliah, so that he was not slain.
• 1 Chronicles 3:11 — Joram (יוֹרָ֥ם) his son, Ahaziah his son, Joash his son,
• 1 Chronicles 26:25 — And his brethren by Eliezer; Rehabiah his son, and Jeshaiah his son, and Joram (וְיֹרָ֣ם) his son, and Zichri his son, and Shelomith his son.
• 2 Chronicles 22:5 — He walked also after their counsel, and went with Jehoram the son of Ahab king of Israel to war against Hazael king of Syria at Ramoth-gilead: and the Syrians smote Joram (יוֹרָֽם).
• 2 Chronicles 22:7 — And the destruction of Ahaziah was of God by coming to Joram (יוֹרָ֑ם): for when he was come, he went out with Jehoram against Jehu the son of Nimshi, whom the LORD had anointed to cut off the house of Ahab.