יְרֹחָם

Strong’s Definition

Jerocham, the name of seven or eight Israelites

Etymology & Derivation

from H7355 (רָחַם); compassionate;

KJV Usage

Jeroham.

Detailed Definition

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

• 1.father of elkanah and grandfather of samuel of the house of kohath
• 2.a benjamite and the founder of a family of benjamites
• 3.father or progenitor of ibneiah and a benjamite; maybe same as 2
• 4.a descendant of aaron and a priest of the family of immer; son of pashur and father of adaiah
• 5.another priest; maybe same as 4
• 6.a resident of gedor and father of one of david's mighty warriors
• 7.a danite whose son or descendant azareel was head of the tribe in the time of david
• 8.father of azariah one of the captains with jehoiada in the time of athaliah

Scholarly Notes

Transliteration: Yᵉrôchâm; Pronunciation: yer-o-khawm'