H3078 - יְהוֹיָכִין (Yᵉhôwyâkîyn)

H3078 יְהוֹיָכִין (Yᵉhôwyâkîyn) yeh-ho-yaw-keen'

Hebrew

Noun (Masculine)

Quick Definition

Jehoiachin

Biblical Persons & Places

Jehoiachin King living at the time of Divided Monarchy

A king of Judah living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at 2Ki.24.6; referred to as Jehoiachin (יְהוֹיָכִין), or Jehoiachin (יוֹיָכִין), or Jeconiah (יְכוֹנְיָה), or Coniah (כׇּנְיָהוּ), or Shallum (שַׁלּוּם), or Jechoniah (KJV= Jechonias, NIV= Jeconiah) (Ἰεχονίας); a son of Jehoiakim and Nehushta; father of Zedekiah (?) and Shealtiel.

Strong's Definition

Jehojakin, a Jewish king

Derivation: from H3068 (יְהֹוָה) and H3559 (כּוּן); Jehovah will establish;

KJV Usage: Jehoiachin. Compare H3112 (יוֹיָכִין).

Outline of Biblical Usage

Jehoiachin = "Jehovah establishes"

1) king of Judah, son of Jehoiakim, and the next to last king of Judah before the Babylonian captivity; kingship lasted for 3 months and 10 days before he surrendered to Nebuchadnezzar who took him to Babylon and imprisoned him for 36 years when he was finally released

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

A king of the tribe of Judah living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at 2Ki.24.6; son of: Jehoiakim (H3079) and Nehushta (H5179); father of: Zedekiah (H6667I)(?) and Shealtiel (H7597A); also called Jeconiah at 1Ch.3.16,17; 2x27.20; 28.4; 29.2; Coniah at Jer.22.24,28; 37.1; Shallum at Jer.22.11; Jechoniah (KJV: Jechonias; NIV: Jeconiah) inMat.1.11; 1x § Jehoiachin = "Jehovah establishes" king of Judah, son of Jehoiakim, and the next to last king of Judah before the Babylonian captivity; kingship lasted for 3 months and 10 days before he surrendered to Nebuchadnezzar who took him to Babylon and imprisoned him for 36 years when he was finally released

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

יְהוֹיָכִין yehôyâký̂yn BDB Definition: Jehoiachin = Jehovah establishes 1) king of Judah, son of Jehoiakim, and the next to last king of Judah before the Babylonian captivity; kingship lasted for 3 months and 10 days before he surrendered to Nebuchadnezzar who took him to Babylon and imprisoned him for 36 years when he was finally released Part of Speech: noun proper masculine A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: from H3068 and H3559 Total KJV Occurrences: 10

Bible Occurrences (8)

24:6 24:8 24:12 24:15 25:27

36:8 36:9

52:31

2 Kings 24:6

And Jehoiakim rested with his fathers, and his son Jehoiachin reigned in his place.

2 Kings 24:8

Jehoiachin was eighteen... years old... when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem three months. His mother’s name was Nehushta daughter of Elnathan; she was from Jerusalem.

2 Kings 24:12

Jehoiachin king of Judah, his mother, his servants, his commanders, and his officials [all] surrendered to the king of Babylon.... So in the eighth year of his reign, the king of Babylon took him captive -.

2 Kings 24:15

Nebuchadnezzar carried away Jehoiachin to Babylon, as well as the king’s mother, [his] wives, his officials, and the leading men... of the land. He took them into exile from Jerusalem to Babylon.

2 Kings 25:27

On the twenty-seventh [day]...... of the twelfth... month of the thirty-seventh... year of the exile of Judah’s King Jehoiachin, in the year Evil-merodach became king... of Babylon, he released... King Jehoiachin of Judah from prison.

2 Chronicles 36:8

As for the rest of the acts of Jehoiakim, the abominations he committed, and all that was found against him, they are indeed written in the Book of the Kings of Israel and Judah. And his son Jehoiachin reigned in his place.

2 Chronicles 36:9

Jehoiachin was eighteen years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem three months and ten days. And he did evil in the sight of the LORD.

Jeremiah 52:31

On the twenty-fifth...... day of the twelfth... month of the thirty-seventh... year of the exile of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the first year of the reign of Evil-merodach king of Babylon, he pardoned... Jehoiachin king of Judah and released him from prison....