Strong's H3088 (Hebrew)

Hebrew: יְהוֹרָם (Yᵉhôwrâm)

Pronunciation: yeh-ho-rawm'

Morphology: n-pr-m

Name Meaning: Jehoram or Joram = "Jehovah is exalted"

Derivation: from יְהֹוָה (Yᵉhôvâh) [H3068] and רוּם (rûwm) [H7311]; Jehovah-raised;

Definition: Jehoram, the name of a Syrian and of three Israelites

KJV Renderings: Jehoram, Joram. Compare יוֹרָם (Yôwrâm) [H3141].

Senses

1. 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
2. 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
3. a priest in the reign of Jehoshaphat

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.