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Joiakim

יוֹיָקִים/JOY-ah-kim/

“Yahweh raises up”

Summary

A high priest who was the son of Jeshua and father of Eliashib, serving in the post-exilic period; a contracted form of Jehoiakim.

☩Identity

Joiakim was the son of Jeshua (the high priest who returned with Zerubbabel) and the father of Eliashib, who served as high priests successively (Nehemiah 12:10, 12, 26). His ministry fell in the period after the return from Babylon. The name is a contraction of Jehoiakim, meaning 'Yahweh raises up.'

Key verses:Nehemiah 12:10Nehemiah 12:12Nehemiah 12:26

Related Verses3 mentions

Nehemiah· 3 verses

12:1012:1212:26

References

  1. 1.John McClintock and James Strong, "Joiakim," in Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature, vol. IV (Harper & Brothers, 1867–1887).
  2. 2.James Orr (ed.), "Joiakim," in International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, vol. III (Howard-Severance Company, 1915).
  3. 3.F. N. Peloubet & M. A. Peloubet (ed.), "Joiakim," in Smith's Bible Dictionary (Porter & Coates, 1884).
  4. 4.Andrew Robert Fausset, "Joiakim," in The Englishman's Critical and Expository Bible Cyclopædia (Hodder & Stoughton, 1878).