יָכִין

Strong’s Definition

Jakin, the name of three Israelites and of a temple pillar

Etymology & Derivation

from H3559 (כּוּן); he (or it) will establish;

KJV Usage

Jachin.

Detailed Definition

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

• 1.(n pr m) the 4th son of simeon and founder of the family of jachinites
• 2.a priest and the head of the 21st course in the time of david
• 3.a post-exilic priest in the time of nehemiah
• 4.(n pr) name of the right-hand pillar before the temple

Scholarly Notes

Transliteration: Yâkîyn; Pronunciation: yaw-keen'