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HebrewH3395Proper Noun (Masculine)

יְרֹחָם

ye.ro.cham

7Occurrences
H3395Strong's #
Proper Noun (Masculine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

Jerocham, the name of seven or eight Israelites

from H7355 (רָחַם); compassionate;

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
A man of the tribe of Levi living at the time of United Monarchy, first mentioned at ; son of: Elihu (H0453); father of: Elkanah (H0511H) § Jeroham = "showing pity" 1) father of Elkanah and grandfather of Samuel of the house of Kohath 2) a Benjamite and the founder of a family of Benjamites 3) father or progenitor of Ibneiah and a Benjamite; maybe same as 2 4) a descendant of Aaron and a priest of the family of Immer; son of Pashur and father of Adaiah 5) another priest; maybe same as 4 6) a resident of Gedor and father of one of David's mighty warriors 7) a Danite whose son or descendant Azareel was head of the tribe in the time of ) father of Azariah one of the captains with Jehoiada in the time of Athaliah

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Proper Noun (Masculine)

Morphology Code

N:N-M-P

Full Description

Proper Noun, Masculine

Occurrences

יְרֹחָם appears 7 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

1 Chronicles
4
1 Samuel
1
2 Chronicles
1
Nehemiah
1

Key Passages

1 Chronicles 27:22BSB

and over Dan was Azarel son of Jeroham.These were the leaders of the tribes of Israel.

1 Chronicles 8:27BSB

Jaareshiah, Elijah, and Zichri were the sons of Jeroham.

1 Chronicles 9:8BSB

Ibneiah son of Jeroham;Elah son of Uzzi, the son of Michri;Meshullam son of Shephatiah, the son of Reuel, the son of Ibnijah;

1 Chronicles 9:12BSB

Adaiah son of Jeroham, the son of Pashhur, the son of Malchijah;Maasai son of Adiel, the son of Jahzerah, the son of Meshullam, the son of Meshillemith, the son of Immer;

1 Samuel 1:1BSB

Now there was a man named Elkanah who was from Ramathaim-zophim in the hill country of Ephraim. He was the son of Jeroham, the son of Elihu, the son of Tohu, the son of Zuph, an Ephraimite.

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