Bible Dictionary

Jakim

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.

Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897)

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.

Smith's Bible Dictionary (1863)

(whom God sets up).

Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible (1898) & Schaff's Bible Dictionary

JA'KIM (whom God sets up). A Benjamite. 1 Chr 8:19. Head of the twelfth course of the priests. 1 Chr 24:12.

Hitchcock's Bible Names (1869)

rising; confirming; establishing