yehoyakim · Jehoiakim

What it means

yehoyakim (יְהוֹיָקִים) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “Jehoiakim”.

A name meaning "YHWH raises up." The name Pharaoh Neco gave to Eliakim son of Josiah when he made him king of Judah (2 Kings 23:34-24:6). Not to be confused with his son Jehoiachin.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• 2 Kings×7
• 1 Chronicles×2
• 2 Chronicles×3
• Jeremiah×23
• Daniel×2

• 2 Kings 23:34

  Pharaoh Neco made king Eliakim son of Josiah in place of Josiah his father, and changed his name to Jehoiakim; but Jehoahaz he took away, and he came to Egypt and died there.

• 2 Kings 23:35

  The silver and the gold Jehoiakim gave to Pharaoh; but he assessed the land to give the silver according to the order of Pharaoh; from each according to his assessment he exacted the silver and the gold from the people of the land, to give it to Pharaoh Neco.

• 2 Kings 23:36

  Jehoiakim was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. The name of his mother was Zebudah daughter of Pedaiah of Rumah.

• 2 Kings 24:1

  In his days Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up, and Jehoiakim became his servant three years; then he turned and rebelled against him.

• 2 Kings 24:5

  The rest of the acts of Jehoiakim, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?

• 2 Kings 24:6

  Jehoiakim lay down with his fathers, and Jehoiachin his son reigned in his place.

• 2 Kings 24:19

  He did what was evil in the eyes of YHWH, according to all that Jehoiakim had done.

• 1 Chronicles 3:15

  And the sons of Josiah: the firstborn, Johanan; the second, Jehoiakim; the third, Zedekiah; the fourth, Shallum.

• 1 Chronicles 3:16

  And the sons of Jehoiakim: Jeconiah, his son; Zedekiah, his son.

• 2 Chronicles 36:4

  The king of Egypt made king over Judah and Jerusalem Eliakim his brother, and changed his name to Jehoiakim; and Jehoahaz his brother Neco took and brought him to Egypt.

• 2 Chronicles 36:5

  Jehoiakim was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. He did what was evil in the eyes of YHWH his Elohim.

• 2 Chronicles 36:8

  The rest of the acts of Jehoiakim, and his abominations that he did, and what was found against him, they are written in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah. And Jehoiachin his son reigned in his place.

• Jeremiah 1:3

  and it came in the days of Jehoiakim son of Josiah, king of Judah, until the end of the eleventh year of Zedekiah son of Josiah, king of Judah, until the exile of Jerusalem in the fifth month.

• Jeremiah 22:18

  Therefore, thus says YHWH concerning Jehoiakim son of Josiah, king of Judah: “They will not lament for him, ‘Alas, my brother!’ and ‘Alas, sister!’ they will not lament for him, ‘Alas, lord!’ and ‘Alas, his majesty!’

• Jeremiah 22:24

  “As I live, declares YHWH, even if Coniah son of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, were the seal on my right hand, yet from there I would tear you off.

• Jeremiah 24:1

  YHWH showed me, and look, two baskets of figs placed before the temple of YHWH, after Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had carried into exile Jeconiah son of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, and the princes of Judah, and the craftsmen and the smiths, from Jerusalem, and had brought them to Babylon.

• Jeremiah 25:1

  The word that came to Jeremiah concerning all the people of Judah, in the fourth year of Jehoiakim son of Josiah, king of Judah —that was the first year of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon—

• Jeremiah 26:1

  At the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim son of Josiah, king of Judah, this word came from YHWH, saying,

• Jeremiah 26:21

  And King Jehoiakim heard —and all his mighty men and all the princes— his words, and the king sought to put him to death; and Uriah heard of it, and he was afraid and fled and went to Egypt.

• Jeremiah 26:22

  And King Jehoiakim sent men to Egypt, Elnathan son of Achbor, and men with him, to Egypt.

• Jeremiah 26:23

  And they brought Uriah out of Egypt and brought him to King Jehoiakim, and he struck him down with the sword and threw his corpse into the graves of the children of the people.

• Jeremiah 27:1

  At the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim son of Josiah, king of Judah, this word came to Jeremiah from YHWH, saying,

• Jeremiah 27:20

  which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon did not take when he carried into exile Jeconiah son of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, from Jerusalem to Babylon, and all the nobles of Judah and Jerusalem;

• Jeremiah 28:4

  And Jeconiah son of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, and all the exiles of Judah who went to Babylon, I will bring back to this place, declares YHWH, for I will break the yoke of the king of Babylon.”

• Jeremiah 35:1

  The word that came to Jeremiah from YHWH in the days of Jehoiakim son of Josiah, king of Judah, saying,

• Jeremiah 36:1

  And it happened in the fourth year of Jehoiakim son of Josiah, king of Judah, that this word came to Jeremiah from YHWH, saying,

• Jeremiah 36:9

  And it happened in the fifth year of Jehoiakim son of Josiah, king of Judah, in the ninth month, that they proclaimed a fast before YHWH for all the people in Jerusalem and all the people who came from the cities of Judah to Jerusalem.

• Jeremiah 36:28

  “Again take for yourself another scroll, and write on it all the former words that were on the first scroll, which Jehoiakim king of Judah burned.

• Jeremiah 36:29

  And concerning Jehoiakim king of Judah you shall say, ‘Thus says YHWH: You have burned this scroll, saying, “Why have you written on it, saying, The king of Babylon will certainly come and destroy this land, and make human being and livestock cease from it?”

• Jeremiah 36:30

  Therefore thus says YHWH concerning Jehoiakim king of Judah: He will not have one to sit on the throne of David, and his corpse will be thrown out to the heat by day and to the frost by night.

• Jeremiah 36:32

  And Jeremiah took another scroll and gave it to Baruch son of Neriah, the scribe; and he wrote on it from the mouth of Jeremiah all the words of the book that Jehoiakim king of Judah had burned in the fire; and besides, there were added to them many words like them.

• Jeremiah 37:1

  And King Zedekiah son of Josiah reigned in place of Coniah son of Jehoiakim, whom Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon made king in the land of Judah.

• Jeremiah 45:1

  The word that Jeremiah the prophet spoke to Baruch son of Neriah, when he wrote these words in a book from the mouth of Jeremiah, in the fourth year of Jehoiakim son of Josiah, king of Judah, saying,

• Jeremiah 46:2

  Concerning Egypt: concerning the army of Pharaoh Neco, king of Egypt, which was by the river Euphrates at Carchemish, which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon struck in the fourth year of Jehoiakim son of Josiah, king of Judah:

• Jeremiah 52:2

  He did what was evil in the eyes of YHWH, according to all that Jehoiakim had done.

• Daniel 1:1

  In the third year of the reign of Jehoiakim king of Judah, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came to Jerusalem and besieged it.

• Daniel 1:2

  And Adonai gave Jehoiakim king of Judah into his hand, and some of the vessels of the house of Elohim; and he brought them to the land of Shinar, to the house of his god, and the vessels he brought into the treasure house of his god.