Senses
1. Ahikam (proper name) — A Hebrew proper name (אֲחִיקָם, 'my brother has risen') referring to the son of Shaphan who was a court official under Josiah and later protected the prophet Jeremiah (2 Kgs 22:12,14; Jer 26:24; 39:14; 40:5-16; 41:1-18; 43:6). Also the father of Gedaliah, the governor appointed by Nebuchadnezzar. All three sense clusters are purely grammatical variants — bare nominative with different case relationships and with conjunction (and-Ahikam). Multilingual renderings confirm a single referent: spa 'Ahicam/Ajiqam', arb 'أَخِيقَامَ', hin 'अहीकाम', kor '아히감/아히캄', swa 'Ahikamu'. 20×
AR["أَخِيقَامَ","وَأَخِيقَامُ"]·ben["অহীকামকে","অহীকামের","এবং-অহীকাম"]·DE["Achikam","Ahikam","[אחיקם]","und-Achikam"]·EN["Achikam","Achiqam","Ahikam","Ahiqam","and-Achikam"]·FR["Achikam","Ahikam","[אחיקם]","et-Achikam"]·heb["אחיקם","ו-אחיקם"]·HI["अखीकाम","अखीकाम-को","अहीकाम","अहीकाम-का","वा-अखीकाम"]·ID["-Ahikam","Ahikam","dan-Ahikam"]·IT["Achikam","Ahikam","[אחיקם]","e-Achikam"]·jav["Ahikam","lan-Ahikam"]·KO["그리고-아히감이","아히감","아히감의","아히캄의"]·PT["Achiqam","Ahikam","Ahiqam","e-Achiqam"]·RU["Ахикама","Ахикаму","и-Ахикам"]·ES["Ahicam","Ajicam","Ajiqam","Akhiqam","y-Ahicam"]·SW["Ahikamu","achiykam","na-Ahikamu"]·TR["Ahikam'a","Ahikam'ın","ve-Ahikam"]·urd["اخیقام","اخیقام-کا","اخیقام-کے","اور-اخیقام"]
2 Kgs 22:12, 2 Kgs 22:14, 2 Kgs 25:22, 2 Chr 34:20, Jer 26:24, Jer 39:14, Jer 40:5, Jer 40:6, Jer 40:7, Jer 40:9, Jer 40:11, Jer 40:14 (+8 more)
Related Senses
G3588 1. definite article (18298×)H0853 1. definite direct object marker (10915×)G2532 1. (8312×)H3068 1. YHWH (the divine name) (6522×)H0834a 1. relative pronoun (who/which/that) (4839×)H3588a 1. causal: because, for (3498×)G1161 1. and (2806×)H3478 1. Israel (proper name and nation) (2507×)G4771 1. you (plural address) (1853×)H1931 1. personal pronoun he/she/it (1431×)G3739 1. relative pronoun who/which/that (1149×)H1732 1. David (proper name) (1075×)H2088 1. this, this one (demonstrative) (1059×)G1063 1. (1047×)G3778 1. this thing, these things (1003×)H???? 2. (1002×)G2424 1. (924×)G3754 1. that (content clause) (881×)H2009 1. presentative particle: behold, look (881×)H0589 1. I (first person singular pronoun) (874×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† אֲחִיקָם n.pr.m. (my brother has arisen) son of Shaphan, Josiah’s time 2 K 22:12, 14 2 Ch 34:20; protector of Jerem. Je 26:24; father of Gedaliah 2 K 25:22 Je 39:14; 40:5, 6, 7, 9, 11, 14, 16; 41:1, 2, 6, 10, 16, 18; 43:6.