Yᵉrôchâm — H3395

Definition

masculine proper noun

Jerocham, the name of seven or eight Israelites

1. Jeroham = "showing pity"
2. father of Elkanah and grandfather of Samuel of the house of Kohath
3. a Benjamite and the founder of a family of Benjamites
4. father or progenitor of Ibneiah and a Benjamite; maybe same as 2
5. a descendant of Aaron and a priest of the family of Immer; son of Pashur and father of Adaiah
6. another priest; maybe same as 4
7. a resident of Gedor and father of one of David's mighty warriors
8. a Danite whose son or descendant Azareel was head of the tribe in the time of David
9. father of Azariah one of the captains with Jehoiada in the time of Athaliah

Usually translated as

Jeroham

Origin

from H7355; compassionate

• Derived from Râcham (H7355)

Occurrences

Yᵉrôchâm occurs 10 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: 1 Samuel (1), 1 Chronicles (7), 2 Chronicles (1), Nehemiah (1)

• 1 Samuel 1:1 — Now there was a certain man of Ramathaim-zophim, of mount Ephraim, and his name was Elkanah, the son of Jeroham (יְרֹחָ֧ם), the son of Elihu, the son of Tohu, the son of Zuph, an Ephrathite:
• 1 Chronicles 6:27 — Eliab his son, Jeroham (יְרֹחָ֥ם) his son, Elkanah his son.
• 1 Chronicles 6:34 — The son of Elkanah, the son of Jeroham (יְרֹחָ֔ם), the son of Eliel, the son of Toah,
• 1 Chronicles 8:27 — And Jaresiah, and Eliah, and Zichri, the sons of Jeroham (יְרֹחָֽם).
• 1 Chronicles 9:8 — And Ibneiah the son of Jeroham (יְרֹחָ֔ם), and Elah the son of Uzzi, the son of Michri, and Meshullam the son of Shephathiah, the son of Reuel, the son of Ibnijah;
• 1 Chronicles 9:12 — And Adaiah the son of Jeroham (יְרֹחָ֔ם), the son of Pashur, the son of Malchijah, and Maasiai the son of Adiel, the son of Jahzerah, the son of Meshullam, the son of Meshillemith, the son of Immer;
• 1 Chronicles 12:7 — And Joelah, and Zebadiah, the sons of Jeroham (יְרֹחָ֖ם) of Gedor.
• 1 Chronicles 27:22 — Of Dan, Azareel the son of Jeroham (יְרֹחָ֑ם). These were the princes of the tribes of Israel.
• 2 Chronicles 23:1 — And in the seventh year Jehoiada strengthened himself, and took the captains of hundreds, Azariah the son of Jeroham (יְרֹחָ֡ם), and Ishmael the son of Jehohanan, and Azariah the son of Obed, and Maaseiah the son of Adaiah, and Elishaphat the son of Zichri, into covenant with him.
• Nehemiah 11:12 — And their brethren that did the work of the house were eight hundred twenty and two: and Adaiah the son of Jeroham (יְרֹחָ֤ם), the son of Pelaliah, the son of Amzi, the son of Zechariah, the son of Pashur, the son of Malchiah,