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)
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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.