Word Study · Strong's H296 · Hebrew
אֲחִיקָם
Achiqam
akh-ee-kawm'
Strong's 1890 spelling: ʼĂchîyqâm
“Achikam, an Israelite”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
Achikam, an Israelite
Rendered in the KJV as
Ahikam.
- 20occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 3 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 11inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 20 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 11
- אֲחִיקָ֣ם6
- אֲחִיקָ֖ם3
- אֲחִיקָ֥ם2
- אֲחִיקָ֑ם2
- אֲחִיקָ֤ם1
- אֲחִיקָם֙1
- אֲחִיקָ֧ם1
- אֲחִיקָ֔ם1
- אֲחִיקָֽם׃1
- אֲחִיקָֽם׃ ס1
- וַאֲחִיקָ֨ם1
How it is rendered · 2
- Ahikam19
- and Ahikam1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 2
- proper noun (a name)19
- conjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HNpm · 19
- HC/Npm · 1
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The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
Jeremiah carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
2 Kings3 occurrences
- 2 Kings 22:12אֲחִיקָ֣םʾachikamproper noun (a name)and commanded Hilkiah the priest, Ahikam son of Shaphan, Achbor son of Micaiah, Shaphan the scribe, and Asaiah the servant of the king:here: Ahikam
- 2 Kings 22:14וַאֲחִיקָ֨םvaachikamconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)So Hilkiah the priest, Ahikam, Achbor, Shaphan, and Asaiah went and spoke to Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum son of Tikvah, the son of Harhas, the keeper of the wardrobe. She lived in Jerusalem, in the Second District.here: and Ahikam
- 2 Kings 25:22אֲחִיקָ֥םʾachikamproper noun (a name)Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon appointed Gedaliah son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, over the people he had left behind in the land of Judah.here: Ahikam
2 Chronicles1 occurrence
Jeremiah16 occurrences
- Jeremiah 26:24אֲחִיקָ֣םʾachikamproper noun (a name)Nevertheless, Ahikam son of Shaphan supported Jeremiah, so he was not handed over to the people to be put to death.here: Ahikam
- Jeremiah 39:14אֲחִיקָ֣םʾachikamproper noun (a name)had Jeremiah brought from the courtyard of the guard, and they turned him over to Gedaliah son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, to take him home. So Jeremiah remained among his own people.here: Ahikam
- Jeremiah 40:5אֲחִיקָ֣םʾachikamproper noun (a name)But before Jeremiah turned to go, Nebuzaradan added, “Return to Gedaliah son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, whom the king of Babylon has appointed over the cities of Judah, and stay with him among the people, or go anywhere else that seems right.” Then the captain of the guard gave him a ration and a gift and released him.here: Ahikam
- Jeremiah 40:6אֲחִיקָ֖םʾachikamproper noun (a name)So Jeremiah went to Gedaliah son of Ahikam at Mizpah and stayed with him among the people who were left in the land.here: Ahikam
- Jeremiah 40:7אֲחִיקָ֖םʾachikamproper noun (a name)When all the commanders and men of the armies in the field heard that the king of Babylon had appointed Gedaliah son of Ahikam over the land and that he had put him in charge of the men, women, and children who were the poorest of the land and had not been exiled to Babylon,here: Ahikam
- Jeremiah 40:9אֲחִיקָ֤םʾachikamproper noun (a name)Gedaliah son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, swore an oath to them and their men, assuring them, “Do not be afraid to serve the Chaldeans. Live in the land and serve the king of Babylon, and it will go well with you.here: Ahikam
- Jeremiah 40:11אֲחִיקָ֥םʾachikamproper noun (a name)When all the Jews in Moab, Ammon, Edom, and all the other lands heard that the king of Babylon had left a remnant in Judah and had appointed Gedaliah son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, over them,here: Ahikam
- Jeremiah 40:14אֲחִיקָֽם׃ʾachikamproper noun (a name)and said to him, “Are you aware that Baalis king of the Ammonites has sent Ishmael son of Nethaniah to take your life?” But Gedaliah son of Ahikam did not believe them.here: Ahikam
- Jeremiah 40:16אֲחִיקָם֙ʾachikamproper noun (a name)But Gedaliah son of Ahikam said to Johanan son of Kareah, “Do not do such a thing! What you are saying about Ishmael is a lie.”here: Ahikam
- Jeremiah 41:1אֲחִיקָ֖םʾachikamproper noun (a name)In the seventh month, Ishmael son of Nethaniah, the son of Elishama, who was a member of the royal family and one of the king’s chief officers, came with ten men to Gedaliah son of Ahikam at Mizpah, and they ate a meal together there.here: Ahikam
- Jeremiah 41:2אֲחִיקָ֧םʾachikamproper noun (a name)Then Ishmael son of Nethaniah and the ten men who were with him got up and struck down Gedaliah son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, with the sword, killing the one whom the king of Babylon had appointed to govern the land.here: Ahikam
- Jeremiah 41:6אֲחִיקָֽם׃ סʾachikamproper noun (a name)And Ishmael son of Nethaniah went out from Mizpah to meet them, weeping as he went. When Ishmael encountered the men, he said, “Come to Gedaliah son of Ahikam.”here: Ahikam
- Jeremiah 41:10אֲחִיקָ֑םʾachikamproper noun (a name)Then Ishmael took captive all the remnant of the people of Mizpah—the daughters of the king along with all the others who remained in Mizpah—over whom Nebuzaradan captain of the guard had appointed Gedaliah son of Ahikam. Ishmael son of Nethaniah took them captive and set off to cross over to the Ammonites.here: Ahikam
- Jeremiah 41:16אֲחִיקָ֑םʾachikamproper noun (a name)Then Johanan son of Kareah and all the commanders of the armies with him took the whole remnant of the people from Mizpah whom he had recovered from Ishmael son of Nethaniah after Ishmael had killed Gedaliah son of Ahikam: the soldiers, women, children, and court officials he had brought back from Gibeon.here: Ahikam
- Jeremiah 41:18אֲחִיקָ֔םʾachikamproper noun (a name)to escape the Chaldeans. For they were afraid of the Chaldeans because Ishmael son of Nethaniah had struck down Gedaliah son of Ahikam, whom the king of Babylon had appointed over the land.here: Ahikam
- Jeremiah 43:6אֲחִיקָ֣םʾachikamproper noun (a name)the men, the women, the children, the king’s daughters, and everyone whom Nebuzaradan captain of the guard had allowed to remain with Gedaliah son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, as well as Jeremiah the prophet and Baruch son of Neriah.here: Ahikam