Hebrew word · H3359

יְקַמְיָה

yekamyah

Jekamiah

Appears 3 times in 2 verses of the Hebrew Old Testament.

What it means

A man of the tribe of Judah living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at 1Ch.2.41;

son of: Shallum (H7967I);

father of: Elishama (H0476J)

§ Jecamiah or Jekamiah = "Jehovah raises"

1) a descendant of Judah, son of Shallum in the line of Ahlai

2) a descendant of David and one of the seven introduced into the royal line on the failure of it in the person of Jehoiachin

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

1 Chronicles · 3

  1. 1 Chronicles 2:41 יְקַמְיָ֔ה וִֽיקַמְיָ֖ה Jekamiah, and Jekamiah

    Shallum was the father of Jekamiah, and Jekamiah was the father of Elishama.

  2. 1 Chronicles 3:18 יְקַמְיָ֥ה Jekamiah

    Malchiram, Pedaiah, Shenazzar, Jekamiah, Hoshama, and Nedabiah.

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