Establisher. (1.) Chief of the twelfth priestly order (1 Chr. 24:12).
(2.) A Benjamite (1 Chr. 8:19).
(3.) Margin in Matt. 1:11 means Jehoiakim.
Source:Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897)Public domain
Concept
Jakim
Name meaning: rising; confirming; establishing (Hitchcock)
Hebrew & Greek words with this meaning
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Also in Smith's Bible Dictionary (1863)
(whom God sets up).
Head of the twelfth course of priests in the reign of David. (1 Chronicles 24:12) (B.C. 1014.)
A Benjamite, one of the Bene-Shimhi. (1 Chronicles 8:19) (B.C. 588.)
Source: Smith’s Bible Dictionary (1863) · Public domain
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