Bible dictionaries

Jakim

What Bible dictionaries say about “Jakim”, one article after the other.

Easton’s Bible Dictionary & Webster’s 1828 Dictionary

Jakim - (Easton's Bible Dictionary)

Establisher. (1.) Chief of the twelfth priestly order (1 Chr. 24:12).

(2.) A Benjamite (1 Chr. 8:19).

(3.) Margin in Matt. 1:11 means Jehoiakim.

Matthew George Easton, Easton’s Bible Dictionary; Noah Webster, American Dictionary of the English Language (1828)

ja'-kim (yaqim, "he (God) lifteth Up"; compare ELIAKIM):

(1) A Benjamite, a son of Shimei (1Ch 8:19).

(2) A priest, the head of the 12th of the 24 courses into which the priests were divided (1Ch 24:12).

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia — James Orr, general editor and contributors; CrossWire SWORD module ISBE 2.2

(whom God sets up).

Head of the twelfth course of priests in the reign of David. (1 Chronicles 24:12) (B.C. 1014.)
A Benjamite, one of the Bene-Shimhi. (1 Chronicles 8:19) (B.C. 588.)

William Smith; revised by F. N. Peloubet and M. A. Peloubet; CrossWire SWORD module Smith 1.3