Jachin
יָכִיןStrong’s H3199yakhin (ya-khin)
Appears in 8 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Yakhin is the Hebrew word usually translated “jakin”. It appears in 8 verses of the Old Testament.
“And the sons of Simeon; Jemuel, and Jamin, and Ohad, and Jachin, and Zohar, and Shaul the son of a Canaanitish woman.”
Meaning
- A man of the tribe of Simeon living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, first mentioned at Gen.46.10
- § Jachin = "He will establish"
- A man of the tribe of Levi living at the time of Exile and Return, first mentioned at 1Ch.9.10
- A man living at the time of Divided Monarchy, only mentioned at 1Ch.24.17
How it's translated
- and jakin 3
- jakin 3
- of jakin 1
- to jakin 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- 1 Chronicles 2
- Genesis 1
- Exodus 1
- Numbers 1
- 1 Kings 1
- 2 Chronicles 1
7 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- Exodus 6:15And the sons of Simeon; Jemuel, and Jamin, and Ohad, and Jachin, and Zohar, and Shaul the son of a Canaanitish woman: these are the families of Simeon.
- Numbers 26:12The sons of Simeon after their families: of Nemuel, the family of the Nemuelites: of Jamin, the family of the Jaminites: of Jachin, the family of the Jachinites:
- 1 Kings 7:21And he set up the pillars in the porch of the temple: and he set up the right pillar, and called the name thereof Jachin: and he set up the left pillar, and called the name thereof Boaz.
- 1 Chronicles 9:10And of the priests; Jedaiah, and Jehoiarib, and Jachin,
- 1 Chronicles 24:17The one and twentieth to Jachin, the two and twentieth to Gamul,
- 2 Chronicles 3:17And he reared up the pillars before the temple, one on the right hand, and the other on the left; and called the name of that on the right hand Jachin, and the name of that on the left Boaz.
Hebrew dictionary
יָכִין yakhin · Jachin
A man of the tribe of Simeon living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, first mentioned at Gen.46.10; son of: Simeon (H8095); brother of: Jemuel (H3223), Jamin (H3226), Ohad (H0161), Zerah (H2226L) and Shaul (H7586H); also called Jarib at 1Ch.4.24; § Jachin = "He will establish" the 4th son of Simeon and founder of the family of Jachinites
יָכִין yakhin · Jachin
§ Jachin = "He will establish" name of the right-hand pillar before the temple
יָכִין yakhin · Jachin
A man of the tribe of Levi living at the time of Exile and Return, first mentioned at 1Ch.9.10 § Jachin = "He will establish" a post-exilic priest in the time of Nehemiah
יָכִין yakhin · Jachin
A man living at the time of Divided Monarchy, only mentioned at 1Ch.24.17 § Jachin = "He will establish" a priest and the head of the 21st course in the time of David
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.