Yoqnᵉʻâm — H3362

Definition

locative proper noun

Jokneam, a place in Palestine

1. Jokneam = "the people lament"
2. a city of Canaan conquered by Joshua and in the territory of Zebulun but allotted to the Merarite Levites and located Mount Carmel

Usually translated as

Jokneam

Origin

from H6969 and H5971; (the) people will be lamented

• Derived from Qûwn (H6969)
• Derived from ʻam (H5971)

Occurrences

Yoqnᵉʻâm occurs 3 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Joshua (3)

• Joshua 12:22 — The king of Kedesh, one; the king of Jokneam (יָקְנֳעָ֥ם) of Carmel, one;
• Joshua 19:11 — And their border went up toward the sea, and Maralah, and reached to Dabbasheth, and reached to the river that is before Jokneam (יָקְנְעָֽם);
• Joshua 21:34 — And unto the families of the children of Merari, the rest of the Levites, out of the tribe of Zebulun, Jokneam (יָקְנְעָ֖ם) with her suburbs, and Kartah with her suburbs,