Lexical Definition

‎אֶלְיָקִים‎ ʼElyâqîym (el-yaw-keem') Eliakim ^N:N-M-P
from ‎אֵל‎ and ‎קוּם‎; God of raising

Eliakim.

• § Eliakim = "God raises" or "God sets up"
• Eljakim, the name of four Israelites

1) the son of Hilkiah, master of Hezekiah's household
2) Josiah's son, enthroned by Pharaoh
3) a priest who assisted Nehemiah

See Greek: Ἐλιακείμ

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎אֶלְיָקִים‎ proper name, masculine (God sets up, compare Sabean ‎הקמאל‎, ‎יקמאל‎ Hal⁶¹⁵)
a. Hezekiah's prefect of the palace 2Kgs 18:18; 2Kgs 18:26; 2Kgs 18:37; 2Kgs 19:2; Isa 22:20; Isa 36:3; Isa 36:11; Isa 36:22; Isa 37:2.
b. son of Josiah, made king by Pharaoh 2Kgs 23:34; 2Chr 36:4 = ‎יְהוֺיָקִים‎ 2Kgs 24:1; Jer 1:3; 1Chr 3:15.
c. a priest Neh 12:41.

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