יְהוֹיָקִים, H3079
Jehoiakim — theophoric name meaning 'Yah raises up,' borne by the last-but-one king of Judah and two others
Yehoyaqim is a theophoric name combining the divine name Yeho- with the root qum ('to rise, establish'), yielding 'Yah raises up.' Its primary bearer is the son of Josiah whom Pharaoh Necho installed as king after renaming him from Elyaqim (2 Kgs 23:34). He reigned eleven tumultuous years (609-598 BCE), burned Jeremiah's scroll in defiance (Jer 36:23-32), and became a Babylonian vassal who then rebelled (2 Kgs 24:1). Jeremiah pronounces a devastating oracle against him: 'he shall be buried with the burial of a donkey' (Jer 22:18-19). The name also belongs to a postexilic high priest, son of Jeshua (Neh 12:10, 12, 26), and a Judahite in the genealogies (1 Chr 4:22). Daniel's opening verse dates the exile from Jehoiakim's reign (Dan 1:1-2).
Senses
1. Yehoyaqim — The proper masculine name Yehoyaqim ('Yah raises up'), principally identifying the penultimate Davidic king of Judah. Of 37 occurrences, the vast majority cluster in Jeremiah and 2 Kings, where Jehoiakim emerges as a foil to his reforming father Josiah — a king who builds palaces with unpaid labor (Jer 22:13-17) and burns prophetic scrolls (Jer 36:23). The shorter form Yoyaqim (Neh 12:10) identifies the postexilic priestly figure. Greek Ioakim, Spanish 'Joacim/Joaquin,' and German 'Jojakim' all reflect the LXX rendering. 37×
AR["يَهوياقيم", "يَهُويَاقِيمَ", "يَهُويَاقِيمُ"]·ben["যিহোয়াকীম", "যিহোয়াকীম।", "যিহোয়াকীমে", "যিহোয়াকীমের"]·DE["Jojakim", "Yehoyakim"]·EN["Jehoiakim", "Yehoyakim", "Yehoyaqim", "of-Yehoyaqim"]·FR["Jojakim", "Yehoyakim", "[יהויקים]"]·heb["יהויקים"]·HI["यहोयाकीम", "यहोयाकीम-की", "यहोयाकीम-के", "यहोयाकीम-ने"]·ID["Yoyakim", "menjadi-Yoyakim"]·IT["Ioiakim", "Jehoiakim", "Yehoyakim"]·jav["Yoyakim", "Yéhoyakim"]·KO["여호야김-의", "여호야김에게", "여호야김으로", "여호야김의", "여호야김이", "여호야김이요"]·PT["Yehoyaqim"]·RU["Иоаким", "Иоакима", "Иоакиме", "Йехойаким", "Йехойакима", "Йехояким", "Йехоякима", "Йехоякиму", "Йоакима", "на-Йехояким"]·ES["Joacim", "Yehoyaqim", "Yehoyaquim", "a-Yehoyaqim"]·SW["Yehoyakimu"]·TR["-Yehoyakim'e", "Yehoyakim", "Yehoyakim'e", "Yehoyakim'in"]·urd["یہویاقیم", "یہویاقیم-نے", "یہویاقیم-کا", "یہویاقیم-کی"]
2 Kgs 23:34, 2 Kgs 23:35, 2 Kgs 23:36, 2 Kgs 24:1, 2 Kgs 24:5, 2 Kgs 24:6, 2 Kgs 24:19, 1 Chr 3:15, 1 Chr 3:16, 2 Chr 36:4, 2 Chr 36:5, 2 Chr 36:8 (+25 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
יְהוֹיָקִים, יוֹיָקִים, יוֹקִים n.pr.m. 𝔊 Ἰωακειμ (י׳ raiseth up; cf. אֶלְיָקִים & reff.; also יָקִים, יְקַמְיָה)— 1. יְהוֹ׳ one of the last kings of Judah, son of Josiah 2 K 23:34, 35, 36; 24:1, 5, 6, 19; 1 Ch 3:15, 16 2 Ch 36:4, 5, 8; Je 1:3; 22:18, 24; 24:1 + 19 times Je, Dn 1:1, 2; name changed from orig. אֶלְיָקִים 2 K 23:34 = 2 Ch 36:4. †2. יוֹיָקִים priest, son of Jeshua Ne 12:10, 10, 12, 26. †3. יוֹקִים a Judaite 1 Ch 4:22.