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# יְהוֹיָכִין

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H3078

**Jehoiachin. Compare** — used 10 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

## Meaning

### OpenScriptures lexical index

Jehoiachin. Compare [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3078/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

יְהוֹיָכִין: n.pr.m. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3078/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. (י׳ appointeth) last king but one of Judah, son of Jehoiakim (𝔊 Ἰωακειμ; in K, 𝔊L Ἰωακειν; 𝔊 in Je (usually) & Ch Ἰεχονίας); יְהוֹיָכִין 2 K 24:6, 8, 12, 15; 25:27(×2) 2 Ch 36:8, 9 Je 52:31 = יְהוֹיָכִן v 31; = יוֹיָכִין Ez 1:2; = יְכוֹנְיָה Je 27:20; = יְכָנְיָה 28:4; 29:2 1 Ch 3:16, 17; Est 2:6; = יְכָנְיָהוּ Je 24:1 = כָּנְיָהוּ Je 22:24, 28; 37:1.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 8 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: Jehoiachin (6); of Jehoiachin (4).

## In the verses

[2 Kings 24:6](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2KI.24.6/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2KI.24.6/#tree)

וַיִּשְׁכַּ֥ב יְהוֹיָקִ֖ים עִם־אֲבֹתָ֑יו וַיִּמְלֹ֛ךְ יְהוֹיָכִ֥ין בְּנ֖וֹ תַּחְתָּֽיו׃

*Word for word:* and he.lay.down Jehoiakim with ancestors his and he.became.king Jehoiachin son his in place.of.him

*JPS 1917:* So Jehoiakim slept with his fathers; and Jehoiachin his son reigned in his stead.

[2 Kings 24:8](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2KI.24.8/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2KI.24.8/#tree)

בֶּן־שְׁמֹנֶ֨ה עֶשְׂרֵ֤ה שָׁנָה֙ יְהוֹיָכִ֣ין בְּמָלְכ֔וֹ וּשְׁלֹשָׁ֣ה חֳדָשִׁ֔ים מָלַ֖ךְ בִּירוּשָׁלִָ֑ם וְשֵׁ֣ם אִמּ֔וֹ נְחֻשְׁתָּ֥א בַת־אֶלְנָתָ֖ן מִירוּשָׁלִָֽם׃

*Word for word:* \[was\].a.son of.eight- teen year\[s\] Jehoiachin when he became.king and three months he.reigned in Jerusalem and the.name his.mother his \[was\].Nehushta the.daughter of.Elnathan from Jerusalem

*JPS 1917:* Jehoiachin was eighteen years old when he began to reign; and he reigned in Jerusalem three months; and his mother's name was Nehushta the daughter of Elnathan of Jerusalem.

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/3078.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3078/): every English meaning parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.

Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).