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Lexicon :: Strong's H296 - 'ăḥîqām

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אֲחִיקָם
Transliteration
'ăḥîqām
Pronunciation
akh-ee-kawm'
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Part of Speech
proper masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Strong’s Definitions

אֲחִיקָם ʼĂchîyqâm, akh-ee-kawm'; from H251 and H6965; brother of rising (i.e. high); Achikam, an Israelite:—Ahikam.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 20x

The KJV translates Strong's H296 in the following manner: Ahikam (20x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 20x
The KJV translates Strong's H296 in the following manner: Ahikam (20x).

  1. Ahikam = "my brother has risen (arisen)"

    1. son of Shaphan, an officer in Josiah's reign

    2. protector of Jeremiah

    3. father of Gedaliah

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
אֲחִיקָם ʼĂchîyqâm, akh-ee-kawm'; from H251 and H6965; brother of rising (i.e. high); Achikam, an Israelite:—Ahikam.
STRONGS H296: Abbreviations
† אֲחִיקָם proper name, masculine (my brother has arisen) son of Shaphan, Josiah's time 2 Kings 22:12, 14; 2 Chronicles 34:20; protector of Jeremiah Jeremiah 26:24; father of Gedaliah 2 Kings 25:22; Jeremiah 39:14; Jeremiah 40:5, 6, 7, 9, 11, 14, 16; Jeremiah 41:1, 2, 6, 10, 16, 18; Jeremiah 43:6.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

2 Kings

22:12; 22:14; 25:22

2 Chronicles

34:20

Jeremiah

26:24; 39:14; 40:5; 40:6; 40:7; 40:9; 40:11; 40:14; 40:16; 41:1; 41:2; 41:6; 41:10; 41:16; 41:18; 43:6

H296

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Strong's Number H296 matches the Hebrew אֲחִיקָם ('ăḥîqām),
which occurs 20 times in 20 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 22:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 22:12 - The king commanded Hilkiyah the Kohen, and Achikam the son of Shafan, and `Akhbor the son of Mikhayahu, and Shafan the Sofer, and `Asayah the king's servant, saying,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 22:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 22:14 - So Hilkiyah the Kohen, and Achikam, and `Akhbor, and Shafan, and `Asayah, went to Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum the son of Tikvah, the son of Harchas, keeper of the wardrobe (now she lived in Yerushalayim in the second quarter); and they talked with her.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 25:22

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:22 - As for the people who were left in the land of Yehudah, whom Nevukhadnetztzar king of Bavel had left, even over them he made Gedalyahu the son of Achikam, the son of Shafan, governor.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 34:20

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 34:20 - The king commanded Hilkiyah, and Achikam the son of Shafan, and `Avdon the son of Mikhah, and Shafan the Sofer, and `Asayah the king's servant, saying,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 26:24

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 26:24 - But the hand of Achikam the son of Shafan was with Yirmeyahu, that they should not give him into the hand of the people to put him to death.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 39:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 39:14 - they sent, and took Yirmeyahu out of the court of the guard, and committed him to Gedalyahu the son of Achikam, the son of Shafan, that he should carry him home: so he lived among the people.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 40:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 40:5 - Now while he was not yet gone back, Go back then, said he, to Gedalyahu the son of Achikam, the son of Shafan, whom the king of Bavel has made governor over the cities of Yehudah, and dwell with him among the people; or go wherever it seems right to you to go. So the captain of the guard gave him victuals and a present, and let him go.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 40:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 40:6 - Then went Yirmeyahu to Gedalyahu the son of Achikam to Mitzpah, and lived with him among the people who were left in the land.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 40:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 40:7 - Now when all the captains of the forces who were in the fields, even they and their men, heard that the king of Bavel had made Gedalyahu the son of Achikam governor in the land, and had committed to him men, and women, and children, and of the poorest of the land, of those who were not carried away captive to Bavel;

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 40:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 40:9 - Gedalyahu the son of Achikam the son of Shafan swore to them and to their men, saying, Don't be afraid to serve the Kasdim: dwell in the land, and serve the king of Bavel, and it shall be well with you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 40:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 40:11 - Likewise when all the Yehudim who were in Mo'av, and among the children of `Ammon, and in Edom, and who were in all the countries, heard that the king of Bavel had left a remnant of Yehudah, and that he had set over them Gedalyahu the son of Achikam, the son of Shafan;

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 40:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 40:14 - and said to him, Do you know that Baalis the king of the children of `Ammon has sent Yishma'el the son of Netanyah to take your life? But Gedalyahu the son of Achikam didn't believe them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 40:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 40:16 - But Gedalyahu the son of Achikam said to Yochanan the son of Kareach, You shall not do this thing; for you speak falsely of Yishma'el.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 41:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 41:1 - Now it happened in the seventh month, that Yishma'el the son of Netanyah, the son of Elishama, of the seed royal and one of the chief officers of the king, and ten men with him, came to Gedalyahu the son of Achikam to Mitzpah; and there they ate bread together in Mitzpah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 41:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 41:2 - Then arose Yishma'el the son of Netanyah, and the ten men who were with him, and struck Gedalyahu the son of Achikam the son of Shafan with the sword, and killed him, whom the king of Bavel had made governor over the land.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 41:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 41:6 - Yishma'el the son of Netanyah went forth from Mitzpah to meet them, weeping all along as he went: and it happened, as he met them, he said to them, Come to Gedalyahu the son of Achikam.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 41:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 41:10 - Then Yishma'el carried away captive all the residue of the people who were in Mitzpah, even the king's daughters, and all the people who remained in Mitzpah, whom Nevuzar'adan the captain of the guard had committed to Gedalyahu the son of Achikam; Yishma'el the son of Netanyah carried them away captive, and departed to go over to the children of `Ammon.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 41:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 41:16 - Then took Yochanan the son of Kareach, and all the captains of the forces who were with him, all the remnant of the people whom he had recovered from Yishma'el the son of Netanyah, from Mitzpah, after that he had killed Gedalyahu the son of Achikam, to wit, the men of war, and the women, and the children, and the eunuchs, whom he had brought back from Giv`on:

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 41:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 41:18 - because of the Kasdim; for they were afraid of them, because Yishma'el the son of Netanyah had killed Gedalyahu the son of Achikam, whom the king of Bavel made governor over the land.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 43:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 43:6 - the men, and the women, and the children, and the king's daughters, and every person who Nevuzar'adan the captain of the guard had left with Gedalyahu the son of Achikam, the son of Shafan; and Yirmeyahu the prophet, and Barukh the son of Neriyah;
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