Strong H3147H3147Gיוֹתָם
Jotham
One of the 3 senses of Strong H3147
- Transliteration
- yôthâm
- Pronunciation
- yo-thawm'
- Morphology
- Proper Name (Masculine) of a Person
Definition
Meaning of the name
Jotham = "Jehovah is perfect"
General definition
In the biblical story
Jotham
Youngest son of Gideon who escaped Abimelech's massacre
Jotham, the youngest son of Gideon, was the only one to escape when Abimelech killed his seventy brothers.
In the Bible
Strong H3147G appears in 4 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- jotham4
First verses
- Judges 9:5And he went unto his father’s house at Ophrah, and slew his brethren the sons of Jerubbaal, being threescore and ten persons, upon one stone: notwithstanding yet Jotham the youngest son of Jerubbaal was left; for he hid himself.
- Judges 9:7And when they told it to Jotham, he went and stood in the top of mount Gerizim, and lifted up his voice, and cried, and said unto them, Hearken unto me, ye men of Shechem, that God may hearken unto you.
- Judges 9:21And Jotham ran away, and fled, and went to Beer, and dwelt there, for fear of Abimelech his brother.
- Judges 9:57And all the evil of the men of Shechem did God render upon their heads: and upon them came the curse of Jotham the son of Jerubbaal.