Hebrew proper noun (a person) · H296
אֲחִיקָם
Achiqamakh-ee-kawm'
Ahikam
20 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: ʼĂchîyqâm
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H296is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 3 of 39Old Testament books
- 11spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H296
Achikam, an Israelite
The King James renders it: Ahikam.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
Achiqam is rendered "Ahikam". It stands 20 times in the Hebrew text, across three books.
- Sixteen of the uses stand in Jeremiah, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.2 Kings 22:12and commanded Hilkiah the priest, Ahikam son of Shaphan, Achbor son of Micaiah, Shaphan the scribe, and Asaiah the servant of the king:
- The Greek text spells it eleven different ways.
The first use
and commanded Hilkiah the priest, Ahikam son of Shaphan, Achbor son of Micaiah, Shaphan the scribe, and Asaiah the servant of the king:
2 Kings 22:12אֲחִיקָ֣ם
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Sixteen of the word's twenty uses are in Jeremiah.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- Ahikam19
- and Ahikam1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| אֲחִידָה | achidah | riddle | Uses1 |
| אֲחִירָמִי | Achirami | Ahiramite | Uses1 |
All 20, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
11 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- אֲחִיקָ֣ם6
- אֲחִיקָ֖ם3
- אֲחִיקָ֥ם2
- אֲחִיקָ֑ם2
- אֲחִיקָ֤ם1
- אֲחִיקָם֙1
- אֲחִיקָ֧ם1
- אֲחִיקָ֔ם1
- אֲחִיקָֽם׃1
- אֲחִיקָֽם׃ ס1
- וַאֲחִיקָ֨ם1
The grammar of each form
- proper noun (a name)19HNpm
- conjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)1HC/Npm
2 Kings
three uses
and commanded Hilkiah the priest, Ahikam son of Shaphan, Achbor son of Micaiah, Shaphan the scribe, and Asaiah the servant of the king:
- אֲחִיקָ֣םʾachikamproper noun (a name)tagged: Ahikam
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.
- וַאֲחִיקָ֨םvaachikamconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: and Ahikam
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.
- אֲחִיקָ֥םʾachikamproper noun (a name)tagged: Ahikam
2 Chronicles
one use
and commanded Hilkiah, Ahikam son of Shaphan, Abdon son of Micah, Shaphan the scribe, and Asaiah the servant of the king:
- אֲחִיקָ֣םʾachikamproper noun (a name)tagged: Ahikam
Jeremiah
sixteen uses
Nevertheless, Ahikam son of Shaphan supported Jeremiah, so he was not handed over to the people to be put to death.
- אֲחִיקָ֣םʾachikamproper noun (a name)tagged: Ahikam
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.
- אֲחִיקָ֣םʾachikamproper noun (a name)tagged: Ahikam
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.
- אֲחִיקָ֣םʾachikamproper noun (a name)tagged: Ahikam
So Jeremiah went to Gedaliah son of Ahikam at Mizpah and stayed with him among the people who were left in the land.
- אֲחִיקָ֖םʾachikamproper noun (a name)tagged: Ahikam
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,
- אֲחִיקָ֖םʾachikamproper noun (a name)tagged: Ahikam
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.
- אֲחִיקָ֤םʾachikamproper noun (a name)tagged: Ahikam
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,
- אֲחִיקָ֥םʾachikamproper noun (a name)tagged: Ahikam
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.
- אֲחִיקָֽם׃ʾachikamproper noun (a name)tagged: Ahikam
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.”
- אֲחִיקָם֙ʾachikamproper noun (a name)tagged: Ahikam
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.
- אֲחִיקָ֖םʾachikamproper noun (a name)tagged: Ahikam
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.
- אֲחִיקָ֧םʾachikamproper noun (a name)tagged: Ahikam
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.”
- אֲחִיקָֽם׃ סʾachikamproper noun (a name)tagged: Ahikam
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.
- אֲחִיקָ֑םʾachikamproper noun (a name)tagged: Ahikam
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.
- אֲחִיקָ֑םʾachikamproper noun (a name)tagged: Ahikam
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.
- אֲחִיקָ֔םʾachikamproper noun (a name)tagged: Ahikam
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.
- אֲחִיקָ֣םʾachikamproper noun (a name)tagged: Ahikam
The letters
Gematria 159· 719 mispar gadol
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.