yotam · Jotham

What it means

yotam (יוֹתָם) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “Jotham”.

The youngest son of Gideon, the only one who escaped the slaughter of his brothers. Later a king of Judah bore the same name (2 Kings 15:32). It means "YHWH is perfect."

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

• Judges×4
• 2 Kings×7
• 1 Chronicles×3
• 2 Chronicles×6
• Isaiah×2
• Hosea×1
• Micah×1

• Judges 9:5

  He went to his father’s house at Ophrah and killed his brothers, the sons of Jerubbaal, seventy men, on one stone. But Jotham the youngest son of Jerubbaal was left, for he hid himself.

• Judges 9:7

  When they told it to Jotham, he went and stood on the top of Mount Gerizim, lifted up his voice, called out, and said to them, “Listen to me, lords of Shechem, so that Elohim may listen to you.

• Judges 9:21

  Jotham fled and escaped, and he went to Beer and lived there because of Abimelech his brother.

• Judges 9:57

  and all the evil of the men of Shechem Elohim brought back on their heads, and there came upon them the curse of Jotham son of Jerubbaal.

• 2 Kings 15:5

  YHWH struck the king, and he was a leper until the day of his death, and he lived in a separate house; and Jotham the son of the king was over the house, judging the people of the land.

• 2 Kings 15:7

  Azariah lay down with his fathers, and they buried him with his fathers in the city of David; and Jotham his son reigned in his place.

• 2 Kings 15:30

  Hoshea son of Elah made a conspiracy against Pekah son of Remaliah, and struck him and put him to death and reigned in his place, in year twenty of Jotham son of Uzziah.

• 2 Kings 15:32

  In year two of Pekah son of Remaliah, king of Israel, Jotham son of Uzziah, king of Judah, became king.

• 2 Kings 15:36

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

• 2 Kings 15:38

  Jotham lay down with his fathers and was buried with his fathers in the city of David his father; and Ahaz his son reigned in his place.

• 2 Kings 16:1

  In year seventeen of Pekah son of Remaliah, Ahaz son of Jotham, king of Judah, became king.

• 1 Chronicles 2:47

  And the sons of Jahdai: Regem, Jotham, Geshan, Pelet, Ephah, and Shaaph.

• 1 Chronicles 3:12

  Amaziah, his son; Azariah, his son; Jotham, his son;

• 1 Chronicles 5:17

  All of them were enrolled in the genealogy in the days of Jotham king of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam king of Israel.

• 2 Chronicles 26:21

  Uzziah the king was leprous until the day of his death, and he lived in a separate house, leprous, for he was cut off from the house of YHWH; and Jotham his son was over the house of the king, judging the people of the land.

• 2 Chronicles 26:23

  Uzziah lay down with his fathers, and they buried him with his fathers in the field of burial that belonged to the kings, for they said, “He is leprous.” And Jotham his son reigned in his place.

• 2 Chronicles 27:1

  Jotham was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem. The name of his mother was Jerushah daughter of Zadok.

• 2 Chronicles 27:6

  Jotham grew strong, because he made firm his ways before YHWH his Elohim.

• 2 Chronicles 27:7

  The rest of the acts of Jotham, and all his wars and his ways, they are written in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah.

• 2 Chronicles 27:9

  Jotham lay down with his fathers, and they buried him in the city of David; and Ahaz his son reigned in his place.

• Isaiah 1:1

  The vision of Isaiah son of Amoz, which he saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah.

• Isaiah 7:1

  It happened in the days of Ahaz son of Jotham, son of Uzziah, king of Judah, that Rezin king of Aram went up, and Pekah son of Remaliah, king of Israel, to Jerusalem to wage war against it, but he could not fight against it.

• Hosea 1:1

  The word of YHWH that came to Hosea son of Beeri, in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam son of Joash, king of Israel.

• Micah 1:1

  The word of YHWH that came to Micah the Morashtite in the days of Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, which he saw concerning Samaria and Jerusalem.