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יְכׇנְיָה

𐤉𐤊𐤍𐤉𐤄

Yekhneyah

H3204 noun

SILEX Entry

Root כון to establish, set up, make firm, prepare, confirm

Definition

The personal name Yᵉkonyâh, meaning 'Yahweh establishes' or 'Yahweh will establish.' It functions as a theophoric name, indicating an invocation or affirmation of Yahweh's (the Israelite deity's) action of establishing, setting up, appointing, or confirming. In the Hebrew Bible, this is the name of a Judahite king exiled to Babylon, referred to variously as Yᵉkonyâh, Yᵉkonyâhu, or Yᵉkhonyâ; the name can also designate other individuals in genealogical lists.

Semantic Range

personal name meaning 'Yahweh establishes,' king of Judah (Judahite monarch), individuals in genealogical records, variant form of theophoric names such as Yᵉkonyâhu or Konyâh

Root / Etymology

From the verb כּוּן (kun), 'to establish, prepare, set up, make firm,' and the theophoric suffix יָהּ (Yah), a short form for Yahweh, the Israelite national deity. Thus, יְכׇנְיָה derives its meaning from the root idea of 'establishing' as performed by Yahweh. The form is a shortened version of the fuller יְכׇנְיָהוּ (Yᵉkonyahu) found in some parallel passages.

Historical & Contextual Notes

The name יְכׇנְיָה (Yᵉkonyâh) appears predominantly in reference to the king of Judah (more precisely, the former kingdom of Judah), the grandson of Josiah and son of Jehoiakim, who is more commonly referred to as Jeconiah or Coniah in English translations. In Chronicles and Kings the name alternates with the fuller form יְכׇנְיָהוּ (Yᵉkonyâhu), and is also reduced to כׇנְיָה (Coniah) in Jeremiah. The variant spellings reflect orthographic shifts and scribal tendencies in different biblical books and periods. English Bibles often render these names as Jeconiah, Jechoniah, or Coniah, using forms shaped by later Greek and Latin translations. Modern scholarship recognizes this as a typical theophoric Israelite name pattern, bearing witness to naming practices that invoke divine action or blessing. Usage is strictly proper-nominal and does not extend to titles or general nouns. The application of 'Jewish king' is anachronistic for the monarchic period: the referent is a Judahite king (monarch of the kingdom of Judah in the last years before the Babylonian exile, ca. early 6th century BCE). This name exemplifies how biblical onomastics embeds theological assertions within standard naming formulas.

Original Strong's Gloss (1890)

and יְכׇנְיָהוּ; or (Jeremiah 27:20) יְכוֹנְיָה; from כּוּן and יָהּ; Jah will establish; Jekonjah, a Jewish king; Jeconiah. Compare כׇּנְיָהוּ.

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Root Family

כון (k-w-n) — establishing, setting up, making firm, confirming, preparing

Strong's Lemma SIBI-P1
H3078 יְהוֹיָכִין YHWH establishes
H3112 יוֹיָכִין Yahweh establishes
H3199 יָכִין to He-Establishes
H3200 יָכִינִי the Yakinite
H3559 כּוּן I will establish

Word Forms

3 distinct forms

SIDANCE Surface Transliteration Morphology Common SIBI-P1 Occurrences
H3204-01 יְכָנְיָ֣ה yekhaneyah HNp Jeconiah Yah Establishes 5
H3204-03 יְכָונְיָ֨ה yekhavneyah HNp Jeconiah Yahweh establishes 1
H3204-02 יְכָנְיָ֣הוּ yekhaneyahu HNp Jeconiah Yahweh establishes 1

Occurrences in Scripture

7 total occurrences

SIDANCE Reference Word Transliteration Morphology Common SIBI-P1
H3204-02 Jeremiah 24:1 יְכָנְיָ֣הוּ yekhaneyahu HNp Jeconiah Yahweh establishes
H3204-03 Jeremiah 27:20 יְכָונְיָ֨ה yekhavneyah HNp Jeconiah Yahweh establishes
H3204-01 Jeremiah 28:4 יְכָנְיָ֣ה yekhaneyah HNp Jeconiah Yah Establishes
H3204-01 Jeremiah 29:2 יְכָנְיָֽה yekhaneyah HNp Jeconiah Yah Establishes
H3204-01 Esther 2:6 יְכָנְיָ֣ה yekhaneyah HNp Jeconiah Yah Establishes
H3204-01 1 Chronicles 3:16 יְכָנְיָ֥ה yekhaneyah HNp Jeconiah Yah Establishes
H3204-01 1 Chronicles 3:17 יְכָנְיָ֣ה yekhaneyah HNp Jeconiah Yah Establishes
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