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Jachin — the meaning of the Hebrew name יָכִין

יָכִין

Yâkîyn · pronounced yaw-keen' · Strong's H3199 · a people

Jachin means he (or it) will establish.

Built from

כּוּן kûwn (from, H3559) — properly, to be erect (i.e. stand perpendicular) open in the lexicon ›

Strong's definition

from H3559; he (or it) will establish; Jakin, the name of three Israelites and of a temple pillar.

First appearance

Gen 46:10 And the sons of Simeon; Jemuel, and Jamin, and Ohad, and Jachin, and Zohar, and Shaul the son of a Canaanitish woman. (KJV)

Every verse that names Jachin

8 occurrences in 8 verses — Genesis, Exodus, Numbers, 1 Kings, 1 Chronicles, 2 Chronicles, Nehemiah

Gen 46:10Exod 6:15Num 26:121Kgs 7:211Chr 9:101Chr 24:172Chr 3:17Neh 11:10

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