Lexical Definition

‎יָכִין‎ Yâkîyn (yaw-keen') Jachin ^N:N-M-P
from ‎כּוּן‎; he (or it) will establish

Jachin.

• § Jachin = "He will establish"
• Jakin, the name of three Israelites and of a temple pillar

n pr m
1) the 4th son of Simeon and founder of the family of Jachinites
2) a priest and the head of the 21st coursein the time of David
3) a post-exilic priest in the time of Nehemiah
n pr
4) name of the right-hand pillar before the temple

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎יָכִין‎ proper name, masculine (he will establish); —

1. a Simeonite Gen 46:10 = Exod 6:15; Num 26:12, ᵐ5 Ιαχειμ(ν).

2. name of right-hand pillar before temple 1Kgs 7:21 = 2Chr 3:17, ᵐ5 Ιαχουμ (opposed to ‎בֹּעַז‎, q. v. f. above; see also RS^{Semitic i, 191} (208)).

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