אֶלְיָקִים
ʼElyâqîym · el-yaw-keem'
Eljakim, the name of four Israelites
Lexicon
Derivation: from H410 (אֵל) and H6965 (קוּם); God of raising;
Eljakim, the name of four Israelites
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Eliakim.
Letters
- אAlef1
Picture: ox head
- Concrete
- ox · bull · cattle
- Extended
- strength · leader · first · the one in front
- לLamed30
Picture: shepherd's staff or goad
- Concrete
- staff · goad · yoke · cattle prod
- Extended
- authority · to lead · to teach · to bind · toward
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
- קQof100
Picture: the back of the head, or the sun on the horizon
- Concrete
- back of the head · rising sun · circle
- Extended
- what is behind · the last · a cycle · to come around again
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
- מMem40
Picture: waves of water
- Concrete
- water · sea · blood · liquid
- Extended
- chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
strength, the leader › authority, the one who leads › the hand that works › what comes behind, the returning cycle › the hand that works › water, chaos, the mighty deep
Strength, the leader of authority, the one who leads of the hand that works of what comes behind, the returning cycle of the hand that works of water, chaos, the mighty deep.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of אֶלְיָקִים 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
12 occurrences · 12 OT · 0 NT · 6 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- eliakim8 · 67%
- made eliakim2 · 17%
- to them eliakim1 · 8%
- unto him eliakim1 · 8%
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.