Jeconiah
יְכוֹנְיָהStrong’s H3204yekhonyah (ye-khon-yah)
Appears in 7 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Yekhonyah is the Hebrew word usually translated “jeconiah”. It appears in 7 verses of the Old Testament.
“And the sons of Jehoiakim: Jeconiah his son, Zedekiah his son.”
Meaning
- A king of the tribe of Judah living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at 2Ki.24.6
How it's translated
- jeconiah 7
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Jeremiah 4
- 1 Chronicles 2
- Esther 1
3 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- 1 Chronicles 3:17And the sons of Jeconiah; Assir, Salathiel his son,
- Esther 2:6Who had been carried away from Jerusalem with the captivity which had been carried away with Jeconiah king of Judah, whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried away.
- Jeremiah 24:1The LORD shewed me, and, behold, two baskets of figs were set before the temple of the LORD, after that Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon had carried away captive Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim king of Judah, and the princes of Judah, with the carpenters and smiths, from Jerusalem, and had brought them to Babylon.
- Jeremiah 27:20Which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon took not, when he carried away captive Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim king of Judah from Jerusalem to Babylon, and all the nobles of Judah and Jerusalem;
- Jeremiah 28:4And I will bring again to this place Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim king of Judah, with all the captives of Judah, that went into Babylon, saith the LORD: for I will break the yoke of the king of Babylon.
- Jeremiah 29:2(After that Jeconiah the king, and the queen, and the eunuchs, the princes of Judah and Jerusalem, and the carpenters, and the smiths, were departed from Jerusalem;)
Hebrew dictionary
יְכוֹנְיָה yekhonyah · Jeconiah
A king of the tribe of Judah living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at 2Ki.24.6; son of: Jehoiakim (H3079) and Nehushta (H5179); father of: Zedekiah (H6667I)(?) and Shealtiel (H7597A); also called Jeconiah at 1Ch.3.16,17; 2x27.20; 28.4; 29.2; Coniah at Jer.22.24,28; 37.1; Shallum at Jer.22.11; Jechoniah (KJV: Jechonias; NIV: Jeconiah) inMat.1.11; 1x Another name of ye.ho.ya.khin (יְהוֹיָכִין "Jehoiachin" H3078) § Jeconiah = "Jehovah will establish" …
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.