ʼElyâqîym — H471

Definition

masculine proper noun

Eljakim, the name of four Israelites

1. Eliakim = "God raises" or "God sets up"
2. the son of Hilkiah, master of Hezekiah's household
3. Josiah's son, enthroned by Pharaoh
4. a priest who assisted Nehemiah

Usually translated as

Eliakim

Origin

from H410 and H6965; God of raising

• Derived from ʼêl (H410)
• Derived from Qûwm (H6965)

Greek equivalents

• Eliakeím (G1662)

Occurrences

ʼElyâqîym occurs 12 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: 2 Kings (5), 2 Chronicles (1), Nehemiah (1), Isaiah (5)

• 2 Kings 18:18 — And when they had called to the king, there came out to them Eliakim (אֶלְיָקִ֥ים) the son of Hilkiah, which was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah the son of Asaph the recorder.
• 2 Kings 18:26 — Then said Eliakim (אֶלְיָקִ֣ים) the son of Hilkiah, and Shebna, and Joah, unto Rab-shakeh, Speak, I pray thee, to thy servants in the Syrian language; for we understand it: and talk not with us in the Jews’ language in the ears of the people that are on the wall.
• 2 Kings 18:37 — Then came Eliakim (אֶלְיָקִ֣ים) the son of Hilkiah, which was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah the son of Asaph the recorder, to Hezekiah with their clothes rent, and told him the words of Rab-shakeh.
• 2 Kings 19:2 — And he sent Eliakim (אֶלְיָקִ֨ים), which was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and the elders of the priests, covered with sackcloth, to Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz.
• 2 Kings 23:34 — And Pharaoh-nechoh made Eliakim (אֶלְיָקִ֣ים) the son of Josiah king in the room of Josiah his father, and turned his name to Jehoiakim, and took Jehoahaz away: and he came to Egypt, and died there.
• 2 Chronicles 36:4 — And the king of Egypt made Eliakim (אֶלְיָקִ֣ים) his brother king over Judah and Jerusalem, and turned his name to Jehoiakim. And Necho took Jehoahaz his brother, and carried him to Egypt.
• Nehemiah 12:41 — And the priests; Eliakim (אֶלְיָקִ֡ים), Maaseiah, Miniamin, Michaiah, Elioenai, Zechariah, and Hananiah, with trumpets;
• Isaiah 22:20 — And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will call my servant Eliakim (לְאֶלְיָקִ֖ים) the son of Hilkiah:
• Isaiah 36:3 — Then came forth unto him Eliakim (אֶלְיָקִ֥ים), Hilkiah’s son, which was over the house, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah, Asaph’s son, the recorder.
• Isaiah 36:11 — Then said Eliakim (אֶלְיָקִים֩) and Shebna and Joah unto Rabshakeh, Speak, I pray thee, unto thy servants in the Syrian language; for we understand it: and speak not to us in the Jews’ language, in the ears of the people that are on the wall.
• Isaiah 36:22 — Then came Eliakim (אֶלְיָקִ֣ים), the son of Hilkiah, that was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah, the son of Asaph, the recorder, to Hezekiah with their clothes rent, and told him the words of Rabshakeh.
• Isaiah 37:2 — And he sent Eliakim (אֶלְיָקִ֨ים), who was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and the elders of the priests covered with sackcloth, unto Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz.