Hebrew word · H296
אֲחִיקָם
'achikam
Ahikam
Appears 20 times in 20 verses of the Hebrew Old Testament. ·
What it means
A man living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at 2Ki.22.12;
son of: Shaphan (H8227B);
brother of: Elasah (H0501J) and Gemariah (H1587H);
father of: Gedaliah (H1436B)
§ Ahikam = "my brother has risen (arisen)"
1) son of Shaphan, an officer in Josiah's reign
2) protector of Jeremiah
3) father of Gedaliah
Abridged from Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), via STEPBible.org (CC BY 4.0).
Where it appears
2 Kings · 3
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2 Kings 22:12 אֲחִיקָ֣ם Ahikam
and commanded Hilkiah the priest, Ahikam son of Shaphan, Achbor son of Micaiah, Shaphan the scribe, and Asaiah the servant of the king:
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2 Kings 22:14 וַאֲחִיקָ֨ם and Ahikam
So Hilkiah the priest, Ahikam, Achbor, Shaphan, and Asaiah went and spoke to Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum son of Tikvah, the son of Harhas, the keeper of the wardrobe. She lived in Jerusalem, in the Second District.
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2 Kings 25:22 אֲחִיקָ֥ם Ahikam
Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon appointed Gedaliah son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, over the people he had left behind in the land of Judah.
2 Chronicles · 1
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2 Chronicles 34:20 אֲחִיקָ֣ם Ahikam
and commanded Hilkiah, Ahikam son of Shaphan, Abdon son of Micah, Shaphan the scribe, and Asaiah the servant of the king:
Jeremiah · 16
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Jeremiah 26:24 אֲחִיקָ֣ם Ahikam
Nevertheless, Ahikam son of Shaphan supported Jeremiah, so he was not handed over to the people to be put to death.
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Jeremiah 39:14 אֲחִיקָ֣ם Ahikam
had Jeremiah brought from the courtyard of the guard, and they turned him over to Gedaliah son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, to take him home. So Jeremiah remained among his own people.
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Jeremiah 40:5 אֲחִיקָ֣ם Ahikam
But before Jeremiah turned to go, Nebuzaradan added, “Return to Gedaliah son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, whom the king of Babylon has appointed over the cities of Judah, and stay with him among the people, or go anywhere else that seems right.” Then the captain of the guard gave him a ration and a gift and released him.
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Jeremiah 40:6 אֲחִיקָ֖ם Ahikam
So Jeremiah went to Gedaliah son of Ahikam at Mizpah and stayed with him among the people who were left in the land.
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Jeremiah 40:7 אֲחִיקָ֖ם Ahikam
When all the commanders and men of the armies in the field heard that the king of Babylon had appointed Gedaliah son of Ahikam over the land and that he had put him in charge of the men, women, and children who were the poorest of the land and had not been exiled to Babylon,
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Jeremiah 40:9 אֲחִיקָ֤ם Ahikam
Gedaliah son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, swore an oath to them and their men, assuring them, “Do not be afraid to serve the Chaldeans. Live in the land and serve the king of Babylon, and it will go well with you.
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Jeremiah 40:11 אֲחִיקָ֥ם Ahikam
When all the Jews in Moab, Ammon, Edom, and all the other lands heard that the king of Babylon had left a remnant in Judah and had appointed Gedaliah son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, over them,
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Jeremiah 40:14 אֲחִיקָֽם׃ Ahikam
and said to him, “Are you aware that Baalis king of the Ammonites has sent Ishmael son of Nethaniah to take your life?” But Gedaliah son of Ahikam did not believe them.
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Jeremiah 40:16 אֲחִיקָם֙ Ahikam
But Gedaliah son of Ahikam said to Johanan son of Kareah, “Do not do such a thing! What you are saying about Ishmael is a lie.”
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Jeremiah 41:1 אֲחִיקָ֖ם Ahikam
In the seventh month, Ishmael son of Nethaniah, the son of Elishama, who was a member of the royal family and one of the king’s chief officers, came with ten men to Gedaliah son of Ahikam at Mizpah, and they ate a meal together there.
Here: The official who had protected Jeremiah from a lynching (26:24), from the family of Shaphan, Josiah's royal secretary. Gedaliah's house was a family of court servants and not of kings.
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Jeremiah 41:2 אֲחִיקָ֧ם Ahikam
Then Ishmael son of Nethaniah and the ten men who were with him got up and struck down Gedaliah son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, with the sword, killing the one whom the king of Babylon had appointed to govern the land.
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Jeremiah 41:6 אֲחִיקָֽם׃ ס Ahikam
And Ishmael son of Nethaniah went out from Mizpah to meet them, weeping as he went. When Ishmael encountered the men, he said, “Come to Gedaliah son of Ahikam.”
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Jeremiah 41:10 אֲחִיקָ֑ם Ahikam
Then Ishmael took captive all the remnant of the people of Mizpah—the daughters of the king along with all the others who remained in Mizpah—over whom Nebuzaradan captain of the guard had appointed Gedaliah son of Ahikam. Ishmael son of Nethaniah took them captive and set off to cross over to the Ammonites.
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Jeremiah 41:16 אֲחִיקָ֑ם Ahikam
Then Johanan son of Kareah and all the commanders of the armies with him took the whole remnant of the people from Mizpah whom he had recovered from Ishmael son of Nethaniah after Ishmael had killed Gedaliah son of Ahikam: the soldiers, women, children, and court officials he had brought back from Gibeon.
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Jeremiah 41:18 אֲחִיקָ֔ם Ahikam
to escape the Chaldeans. For they were afraid of the Chaldeans because Ishmael son of Nethaniah had struck down Gedaliah son of Ahikam, whom the king of Babylon had appointed over the land.
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Jeremiah 43:6 אֲחִיקָ֣ם Ahikam
the men, the women, the children, the king’s daughters, and everyone whom Nebuzaradan captain of the guard had allowed to remain with Gedaliah son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, as well as Jeremiah the prophet and Baruch son of Neriah.
Here: Gedaliah's father, the official who had once protected Jeremiah from being put to death (26:24).
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