Strong's H3079 (Hebrew)

Hebrew: יְהוֹיָקִים (Yᵉhôwyâqîym)

Pronunciation: yeh-ho-yaw-keem'

Morphology: n-pr-m

Name Meaning: Jehoiakim = "Jehovah raises up"

Derivation: from יְהֹוָה (Yᵉhôvâh) [H3068] abbreviated and קוּם (qûwm) [H6965]; Jehovah will raise;

Definition: Jehojakim, a Jewish king

KJV Renderings: Jehoiakim. Compare יוֹיָקִים (Yôwyâqîym) [H3113].

Senses

1. son of Josiah and the third from the last king of Judah; subject vassel of Nebuchadnezzar who reigned for 11 years before he died a violent death either in combat or by the hands of his own subjects

Cross References

Sources. The definition, derivation and KJV renderings are James Strong's own wording from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890) — public domain. The numbered senses and the Hebrew–Greek cross-references are the editorial work of the OpenScriptures Strong's dictionary, licensed CC BY-SA 3.0; their sense-outline conventions match the Outline of Biblical Usage (Online Bible, Larry Pierce), noted as a convention match rather than a documented claim.