יוֹיָכִין

Strong’s Definition

Jojakin, an Israelite king

Etymology & Derivation

a form of H3078 (יְהוֹיָכִין);

KJV Usage

Jehoiachin.

Detailed Definition

From the Brown–Driver–Briggs (BDB) Hebrew lexicon outline.

• 1.king of judah, son of jehoiakim, and the next to last king of judah before the babylonian captivity; kingship lasted for 3 months and 10 days before he surrendered to nebuchadnezzar who took him to babylon and imprisoned him for 36 years when he was finally released

Scholarly Notes

Transliteration: Yôwyâkîyn; Pronunciation: yo-yaw-keen'