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Strong's #3079 - יְהוֹיָקִים
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Jehoiakim = “Jehovah raises up”
1) son of Josiah and the third from the last king of Judah; subject vassel of Nebuchadnezzar who reigned for 11 years before he died a violent death either in combat or by the hands of his own subjects
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proper name, masculineᵐ5 Ἰωακειμ (׳י raiseth up; compare אֶלְיָקִים & references; also יָקִים, יְקַמְיָה —
1׳יְהוֺ one of the last kings of Judah, son of Josiah 2 Kings 23:34,35,36; 2 Kings 24:1,5,6,19; 1 Chronicles 3:15,16; 2 Chronicles 36:4,5,8; Jeremiah 1:3; Jeremiah 22:18,24; Jeremiah 24:1+ 19t. Jeremiah; Daniel 1:1,2; name changed from original אֶלְיָקִים 2 Kings 23:34 2 Chronicles 36:4.
2יוֺיָקִים priest, son of Jeshua Nehemiah 12:10 (twice in verse); Nehemiah 12:12,26.
3 יוֺקִים a Judaite 1 Chronicles 4:22.
יְהוֹיָקִים m. (“whom Jehovah has set up”), pr.n. Jehoiakim, the son of Josiah, king of Judah 611-600 B. C., previously called אֶלְיָקִים (which see). 2 Kings 23:34, 24:1 Jeremiah 1:3.