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HebrewH3088Proper Noun (Masculine)

יְהוֹרָם

ye.ho.ram

24Occurrences
H3088Strong's #
Proper Noun (Masculine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

Jehoram, the name of a Syrian and of three Israelites

from H3068 (יְהֹוָה) and H7311 (רוּם); Jehovah-raised;

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
A king of the tribe of Judah living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at ; son of: Jehoshaphat (H3092I); brother of: Azariah (H5838Q), Jehiel (H3171J), Zechariah (H2148J), Azariahu (H5838R), Michael (H4317O) and Shephatiah (H8203K); married to Athaliah (H6271); father of: Ahaziah (H0274H) and Jehosheba (H3089); also called Joram at ; 2x § Jehoram or Joram = "Jehovah is exalted" 1) son of king Jehoshaphat of Judah and himself king of Judah for 8 years; his wife was the wicked Athaliah who was probably the instigator for his returning the nation of Judah to the worship of ) son of king Ahab of the northern kingdom of Israel and king of Israel himself for 12 years; he was murdered by Jehu on the plot of land for which his father had murdered Naboth thus fulfilling the prophecy of Elijah to the very letter 3) a priest in the reign of Jehoshaphat

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Proper Noun (Masculine)

Morphology Code

N:N-M-P

Full Description

Proper Noun, Masculine

Occurrences

יְהוֹרָם appears 24 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

2 Chronicles
12
2 Kings
12

Key Passages

2 Chronicles 17:8BSB

accompanied by certain Levites—Shemaiah, Nethaniah, Zebadiah, Asahel, Shemiramoth, Jehonathan, Adonijah, Tobijah, and Tob-adonijah—along with the priests Elishama and Jehoram.

2 Chronicles 21:5BSB

Jehoram was thirty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem eight years.

2 Chronicles 22:5BSB

Ahaziah also followed their counsel and went with Joram son of Ahab king of Israel to fight against Hazael king of Aram at Ramoth-gilead. But the Arameans wounded Joram;

2 Kings 1:17BSB

So Ahaziah died according to the word of the LORD that Elijah had spoken. And since he had no son, Jehoram succeeded him in the second year of the reign of Jehoram son of Jehoshaphat over Judah.

2 Kings 8:25BSB

In the twelfth year of the reign of Joram son of Ahab over Israel, Ahaziah son of Jehoram became king of Judah.

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.