יָכִין
Yâkîyn · yaw-keen'
Jakin, the name of three Israelites and of a temple pillar
Lexicon
Derivation: from H3559 (כּוּן); he (or it) will establish;
Jakin, the name of three Israelites and of a temple pillar
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Jachin.
Letters
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
- כKaf20
Picture: open palm
- Concrete
- palm · open hand · sole of the foot
- Extended
- to open · to allow · to cover · to tame · like / as
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
- נNun50
Picture: a sprouting seed, or a fish in water
- Concrete
- seed · sprout · fish · offspring
- Extended
- life · continuation · heir · to perpetuate
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the hand that works › the open hand that covers › the hand that works › the seed, life continuing
The hand that works of the open hand that covers of the hand that works of the seed, life continuing.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of יָכִין above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
8 occurrences · 8 OT · 0 NT · 6 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- and jachin3 · 38%
- jachin2 · 25%
- of jachin1 · 13%
- thereof jachin1 · 13%
- to jachin1 · 13%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.