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Jekamiah

יְקַמְיָהStrong’s H3359

yeqamyah (ye-qam-yah)

Appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament

In short

Yeqamyah is the Hebrew word usually translated “jekamiah”. It appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament.

“And Shallum begat Jekamiah, and Jekamiah begat Elishama.”
1 Chronicles 2:41 KJV
Meaning
  1. A descendant of Judah, son of Shallum in the line of Ahlai
  2. A descendant of David and one of the seven introduced into the royal line on the failure of it in the person of Jehoiachin
  3. A descendant of Judah, son of Shallum in the line of Ahlai
  4. A descendant of David and one of the seven introduced into the royal line on the failure of it in the person of Jehoiachin
How it's translated
  • jekamiah 2
  • and jekamiah 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • 1 Chronicles 2

1 book in all.

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Hebrew dictionary

יְקַמְיָה yeqamyah · Jekamiah

A man of the tribe of Judah living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at 1Ch.2.41; son of: Shallum (H7967I); father of: Elishama (H0476J) § Jecamiah or Jekamiah = "Jehovah raises" 1) a descendant of Judah, son of Shallum in the line of Ahlai 2) a descendant of David and one of the seven introduced into the royal line on the failure of it in the person of Jehoiachin

יְקַמְיָה yeqamyah · Jekamiah

A man of the tribe of Judah living at the time of Divided Monarchy, only mentioned at 1Ch.3.18; son of: Shealtiel (H7597A)(?); brother of: Malchiram (H4443), Pedaiah (H6305H), Shenazzar (H8137), Hoshama (H1953) and Nedabiah (H5072) § Jecamiah or Jekamiah = "Jehovah raises" 1) a descendant of Judah, son of Shallum in the line of Ahlai 2) a descendant of David and one of the seven introduced into the royal line on the failure of it in the person of Jehoiachin

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.