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Jokmeam — the meaning of the Hebrew name יׇקְמְעָם

יׇקְמְעָם

Yoqmᵉʻâm · pronounced yok-meh-awm' · Strong's H3361 · a place

Jokmeam means (the) people will be raised.

Built from

קוּם qûwm (from, H6965) — to rise (in various applications, literal, figurative, intensive and causative) open in the lexicon ›

עַם ʻam (and, H5971) — a people (as a congregated unit) open in the lexicon ›

יׇקְנְעָם Yoqnᵉʻâm (from, H3362) — (the) people will be lamented open in the lexicon ›

Strong's definition

from H6965 and H5971; (the) people will be raised; Jokmeam, a place in Palestine.

First appearance

1Kgs 4:12 Baana the son of Ahilud; to him pertained Taanach and Megiddo, and all Beth–shean, which is by Zartanah beneath Jezreel, from Beth–shean to Abel–meholah, even unto the place that is beyond Jokneam: (KJV)

Every verse that names Jokmeam

2 occurrences in 2 verses — 1 Kings, 1 Chronicles

1Kgs 4:121Chr 6:53

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