Hebrew word · H3147
יוֹתָם
yotam
Jotham
'YHWH is complete / perfect / blameless.' The first part, yo-, is the short form of the divine name, and the second part comes from tam (whole, upright).
Appears 24 times in 24 verses of the Hebrew Old Testament. ·
What it means
A king of the tribe of Judah living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at 2Ki.15.5;
son of: Uzziah (H5818) and Jerusha (H3388);
father of: Ahaz (H0271)
Also named: Iōatham (Ἰωάθαμ "Jotham" G2488)
§ Jotham = "Jehovah is perfect"
1) son of king Uzziah of Judah by Jerushah; king of Judah for 16 years and contemporary with Isaiah and king Pekah of Israel
2) son of Jahdai and a descendant of Caleb and Judah
3) youngest son of Gideon who escaped from the massacre of his brothers
Abridged from Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), via STEPBible.org (CC BY 4.0).
In depth
From the study of 1 Chronicles 2:47
- Range of meaning
'YHWH is complete / perfect / blameless.' The first part, yo-, is the short form of the divine name, and the second part comes from tam (whole, upright).
- Against the English
'Jotham' in all major versions. WEB's 'Jothan' is a printing slip.
- Used elsewhere in the period
Gideon's son (Judges 9:5), King Jotham of Judah (2 Kings 15:32), and another Calebite Jotham (1 Chronicles 2:47 only).
Where it appears
Judges · 4
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Judges 9:5 יוֹתָ֧ם Jotham
He went to his father’s house in Ophrah, and on one stone murdered his seventy brothers, the sons of Jerubbaal. But Jotham, the youngest son of Jerubbaal, survived, because he hid himself.
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Judges 9:7 לְיוֹתָ֗ם to Jotham
When this was reported to Jotham, he climbed to the top of Mount Gerizim, raised his voice, and cried out: “Listen to me, O leaders of Shechem, and may God listen to you.
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Judges 9:21 יוֹתָ֔ם Jotham
Then Jotham ran away, escaping to Beer, and he lived there for fear of his brother Abimelech.
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Judges 9:57 יוֹתָ֥ם Jotham
And God also brought all the wickedness of the men of Shechem back upon their own heads. So the curse of Jotham son of Jerubbaal came upon them.
Here: Gideon's youngest son, the only one to survive the massacre (9:5). His name probably means 'YHWH is whole/blameless', and his curse turned on whether Shechem had acted 'in blamelessness' (bə-tāmîm, 9:16, 19).
2 Kings · 7
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2 Kings 15:5 וְיוֹתָ֤ם and Jotham
And the LORD afflicted the king with leprosy until the day he died, so that he lived in a separate house while his son Jotham had charge of the palace and governed the people of the land.
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2 Kings 15:7 יוֹתָ֥ם Jotham
And Azariah rested with his fathers and was buried near them in the City of David. And his son Jotham reigned in his place.
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2 Kings 15:30 לְיוֹתָ֖ם of Jotham
Then Hoshea son of Elah led a conspiracy against Pekah son of Remaliah. In the twentieth year of Jotham son of Uzziah, Hoshea attacked Pekah, killed him, and reigned in his place.
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2 Kings 15:32 יוֹתָ֥ם Jotham
In the second year of the reign of Pekah son of Remaliah over Israel, Jotham son of Uzziah became king of Judah.
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2 Kings 15:36 יוֹתָ֖ם Jotham
As for the rest of the acts of Jotham, along with his accomplishments, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah?
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2 Kings 15:38 יוֹתָם֙ Jotham
And Jotham rested with his fathers and was buried with them in the City of David his father. And his son Ahaz reigned in his place.
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2 Kings 16:1 יוֹתָ֖ם Jotham
In the seventeenth year of Pekah son of Remaliah, Ahaz son of Jotham became king of Judah.
1 Chronicles · 3
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1 Chronicles 2:47 וְיוֹתָ֛ם and Jotham
The sons of Jahdai: Regem, Jotham, Geshan, Pelet, Ephah, and Shaaph.
Here: A name that honours God, 'YHWH is complete / blameless'. The same name was borne by Gideon's son and by a king of Judah, but this Jotham is a different, otherwise unknown Calebite.
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1 Chronicles 3:12 יוֹתָ֥ם Jotham
Amaziah his son, Azariah his son, Jotham his son,
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1 Chronicles 5:17 יוֹתָ֣ם Jotham
All of them were recorded in the genealogies during the reigns of Jotham king of Judah and Jeroboam king of Israel.
2 Chronicles · 6
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2 Chronicles 26:21 וְיוֹתָ֤ם and Jotham
So King Uzziah was a leper until the day of his death. He lived in isolation, leprous and cut off from the house of the LORD, while his son Jotham had charge of the royal palace and governed the people of the land.
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2 Chronicles 26:23 יוֹתָ֥ם Jotham
And Uzziah rested with his fathers and was buried near them in a field of burial that belonged to the kings, for the people said, “He was a leper.” And his son Jotham reigned in his place.
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2 Chronicles 27:1 יוֹתָ֣ם Jotham
Jotham was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem sixteen years. His mother’s name was Jerushah daughter of Zadok.
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2 Chronicles 27:6 יוֹתָ֑ם Jotham
So Jotham grew powerful because he ordered his ways before the LORD his God.
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2 Chronicles 27:7 יוֹתָ֔ם Jotham
As for the rest of the acts of Jotham, along with all his wars and his ways, they are indeed written in the Book of the Kings of Israel and Judah.
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2 Chronicles 27:9 יוֹתָם֙ Jotham
And Jotham rested with his fathers and was buried in the City of David. And his son Ahaz reigned in his place.
Isaiah · 2
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Isaiah 1:1 יוֹתָ֛ם Jotham
This is the vision concerning Judah and Jerusalem that Isaiah son of Amoz saw during the reigns of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah.
Here: Uzziah's son. He governed for his father after Uzziah was struck with a skin disease (2 Kgs 15:5) and then reigned in his own right. The Hebrew has no 'and' between the kings: they are listed one after another like a roll call.
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Isaiah 7:1 יוֹתָ֨ם Jotham
Now in the days that Ahaz son of Jotham, the son of Uzziah, was king of Judah, Rezin king of Aram marched up to wage war against Jerusalem. He was accompanied by Pekah son of Remaliah the king of Israel, but he could not overpower the city.
Here: Ahaz's father, the previous king of Judah ('the LORD is perfect').
Hosea · 1
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Hosea 1:1 יוֹתָ֛ם Jotham
This is the word of the LORD that came to Hosea son of Beeri in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, and of Jeroboam son of Jehoash, king of Israel.
Here: Uzziah's son and successor in Judah (around 750–735 BC, overlapping with his father's last years). The name means 'Yahweh is perfect/complete'.
Micah · 1
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Micah 1:1 יוֹתָ֛ם Jotham
This is the word of the LORD that came to Micah the Moreshite in the days of Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah—what he saw regarding Samaria and Jerusalem:
Here: King of Judah, around the 740s–730s BC. The name means 'Yahweh is perfect / complete'.
Word data: STEPBible.org (CC BY 4.0), main text only.