Lexical Definition

‎יְכׇנְיָה‎ Yᵉkonyâh (yek-on-yaw') Jeconiah ^N:N-M-P
and יְכׇנְיָהוּ Yᵉkonyâhûw (yekon-yaw'-hoo); or (Jeremiah 27:20) יְכוֹנְיָה Yᵉkôwnᵉyâh (yek-oneh-yaw'); from ‎כּוּן‎ and ‎יָהּ‎; Jah will establish

Jeconiah. Compare ‎כׇּנְיָהוּ‎.

• § Jeconiah = "Jehovah will establish"
• Jekonjah, a Jewish king

1) son of king Jehoiakim of Judah and king of Judah for 3 months and 10 days before he surrendered to Nebuchadnezzar and was taken captive to Babylon where he was imprisoned for the next 36 years; released at the death of Nebuchadnezzar and lived in Babylon until his death
1a) primary spelling 'Jehoiachin'

See Greek: Ἰεχονίας

Extended Information

name of: יְהוֹיָכִין

• A king of the tribe of Judah living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at 2Ki.24.6
• son of: Jehoiakim (יְהוֹיָקִים) and Nehushta (נְחֻשְׁתָּא)
• father of: Zedekiah (צִדְקִיָּה) and Shealtiel (שְׁאַלְתִּיאֵל); also called Jeconiah at 1Ch.3.16, 17 Jer.27.20 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" יְהוֹיָכִין)

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎יְכוֺנְיָה‎ proper name, masculine (‎׳‎‎י‎ is firm, enduring); — Jer 27:20 = ‎יְכָנְ֫יָהוּ‎ Jer 24:1 = ‎יְכָנְיָה‎ Jer 28:4; Jer 29:2; 1Chr 3:16; 1Chr 3:17; Esth 2:6 = ‎כָּנְיָ֫הוּ‎ Jer 22:24; Jer 22:28; Jer 37:1 (ᵐ5 Ιεχονιας throughout), all of last king but one of Judah, see ‎יְהוֺיָכִין‎ above

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