Coniah
כׇּנְיָהוּStrong’s H3659konyahu (kon-ya-hu)
Appears in 3 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Konyahu is the Hebrew word usually translated “coniah”. It appears in 3 verses of the Old Testament.
“As I live, saith the LORD, though Coniah the son of Jehoiakim king of Judah were the signet upon my right hand, yet would I pluck thee thence;”
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
- coniah 3
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Jeremiah 3
1 book in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Jeremiah 22:28Is this man Coniah a despised broken idol? is he a vessel wherein is no pleasure? wherefore are they cast out, he and his seed, and are cast into a land which they know not?
- Jeremiah 37:1And king Zedekiah the son of Josiah reigned instead of Coniah the son of Jehoiakim, whom Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon made king in the land of Judah.
Hebrew dictionary
כׇּנְיָהוּ konyahu · Coniah
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) § Coniah = "Jehovah will establish" another name for king Jehoiachin of Judah, the next to last king on the throne before the captivity
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.