Greek word · G1662

Ἐλιακείμ

eliakeim

Eliakim

From the Hebrew ʾElyāqîm, 'God raises up / God establishes'.

Appears 3 times in 2 verses of the Greek New Testament. ·

What it means

Ἐλιακείμ(Heb. אֶלְיָקִים),

Eliakim, an ancestor of Jesus: Matthew 1:13, Luke 3:30.†

(AS)

From G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922), via STEPBible.org (CC BY 4.0).

In depth

From the study of Matthew 1:13

Range of meaning

From the Hebrew ʾElyāqîm, 'God raises up / God establishes'.

Against the English

Simply transliterated.

Used elsewhere in the period

The name was common. It belonged to Hezekiah's palace steward (2 Kings 18:18; Isaiah 22:20–22, where he is given 'the key of the house of David'), to King Jehoiakim before Pharaoh renamed him (2 Kings 23:34), and to a priest in Nehemiah 12:41. Seal impressions and inscriptions from the period also carry it. A different Eliakim appears in Luke's list (Luke 3:30) before the exile.

Where it appears

Matthew · 2

  1. Matthew 1:13 Ἐλιακίμ· Ἐλιακὶμ Eliakim;, Eliakim

    Zerubbabel the father of Abiud, Abiud the father of Eliakim, and Eliakim the father of Azor.

    Here: Hebrew Elyaqim, 'God raises up' or 'God establishes'. The name was common, and it had royal associations: King Jehoiakim's birth name was Eliakim (2 Kings 23:34). This particular man is otherwise unknown.

Luke · 1

  1. Luke 3:30 Ἐλιακὶμ of Eliakim

    the son of Simeon, the son of Judah, the son of Joseph, the son of Jonam, the son of Eliakim,

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