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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 - Then the king commanded Hilkiah the priest, Ahikam the son of Shaphan, Achbor[fn] the son of Michaiah, Shaphan the scribe, and Asaiah a servant of the king, saying,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 22:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 22:14 - So Hilkiah the priest, Ahikam, Achbor, Shaphan, and Asaiah went to Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum the son of Tikvah, the son of Harhas, keeper of the wardrobe. (She dwelt in Jerusalem in the Second Quarter.) And they spoke with her.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 25:22

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:22 - Then he made Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, governor over the people who remained in the land of Judah, whom Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had left.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 34:20

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 34:20 - Then the king commanded Hilkiah, Ahikam the son of Shaphan, Abdon[fn] the son of Micah, Shaphan the scribe, and Asaiah a servant of the king, saying,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 26:24

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 26:24 - Nevertheless the hand of Ahikam the son of Shaphan was with Jeremiah, so 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 - then they sent someone to take Jeremiah from the court of the prison, and committed him to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, that he should take him home. So he dwelt among the people.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 40:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 40:5 - Now while Jeremiah had not yet gone back, Nebuzaradan said, “Go back to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, whom the king of Babylon has made governor over the cities of Judah, and dwell with him among the people. Or go wherever it seems convenient for you to go.” So the captain of the guard gave him rations and a gift and let him go.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 40:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 40:6 - Then Jeremiah went to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, to Mizpah, and dwelt 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 - And when all the captains of the armies who were in the fields, they and their men, heard that the king of Babylon had made Gedaliah the son of Ahikam governor in the land, and had committed to him men, women, children, and the poorest of the land who had not been carried away captive to Babylon,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 40:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 40:9 - And Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, took an oath before them and their men, saying, “Do not be afraid to serve the Chaldeans. Dwell in the land and serve the king of Babylon, 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 Jews who were in Moab, among the Ammonites, in Edom, and who were in all the countries, heard that the king of Babylon had left a remnant of Judah, and that he had set over them Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 40:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 40:14 - and said to him, “Do you certainly know that Baalis the king of the Ammonites has sent Ishmael the son of Nethaniah to murder you?” But Gedaliah the son of Ahikam did not believe them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 40:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 40:16 - But Gedaliah the son of Ahikam said to Johanan the son of Kareah, “You shall not do this thing, for you speak falsely concerning Ishmael.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 41:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 41:1 - Now it came to pass in the seventh month that Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, the son of Elishama, of the royal family and of the officers of the king, came with ten men to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, at Mizpah. And there they ate bread together in Mizpah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 41:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 41:2 - Then Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and the ten men who were with him, arose and struck Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, with the sword, and killed him whom the king of Babylon had made governor over the land.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 41:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 41:6 - Now Ishmael the son of Nethaniah went out from Mizpah to meet them, weeping as he went along; and it happened as he met them that he said to them, “Come to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam!”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 41:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 41:10 - Then Ishmael carried away captive all the rest of the people who were in Mizpah, the king’s daughters and all the people who remained in Mizpah, whom Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard had committed to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam. And Ishmael the son of Nethaniah carried them away captive and departed to go over to the Ammonites.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 41:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 41:16 - Then Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces that were with him, took from Mizpah all the rest of the people whom he had recovered from Ishmael the son of Nethaniah after he had murdered Gedaliah the son of Ahikam—the mighty men of war and the women and the children and the eunuchs, whom he had brought back from Gibeon.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 41:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 41:18 - because of the Chaldeans; for they were afraid of them, because Ishmael the son of Nethaniah had murdered Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, whom the king of Babylon had made governor in the land.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 43:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 43:6 - men, women, children, the king’s daughters, and every person whom Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard had left with Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, and Jeremiah the prophet and Baruch the son of Neriah.
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