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Meaning and etymology of the name Achim
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Achim 
The name Achim occurs once in the Bible, in Matthew's genealogy of Christ (1:14). This Achim is the son of Zadok and the father of Eliud, and there are four generations between Achim and Joseph, the husband of Mary.
The name Achim seems somewhat similar to the Hebrew name  (Jakim), a name that occurs twice in the Old Testament; once in a genealogy of Benjamin (1 Chronicles 8:19) and once in a Levitical kohanim-list (1 Chronicles 24:12). Neither Jakim can therefore be the same as the Judaic Akim of Matthew 1:14, but it does prove that the name existed. A problem is that the Septuagint transliterates the Hebrew name Jakim as  (Yachim) on both occasions.
Spiros Zodhiates' The Complete Word Study Dictionary New Testament suggests that the name Achim is in fact a transliteration of the Herew name  (Jachin), meaning He Will Establish. The problem here is that the Septuagint transliterates the name Jachin as  .
The learned body of scholars behind the NOBS Study Bible Name List states that Achim is in fact a "short form of Jehoiachim," but lists no Jehoiachim, only
Jehoiachin ( - Yahweh establishes) and
Jehoiakim ( - Yahweh raises up).
That means that the name Achim either comes from the Hebrew verb
 (kun), meaning to be set up, fixed or established, or it comes from the verb  (qum) meaning to rise up or stand.
In the first case, the name Achim means something like Established, and is also related to the names
Chidon,
Conaniah,
Cun and
Jeconiah. In the second case, the name Achim means Raised Up and is also related to the names
Adonikam,
Ahikam,
Azrikam,
Adonikam,
Jekameam,
Jekamiah,
Jokmeam,
Kamon,
Kemuel and
Koa.
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