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Meaning and etymology of the name Jehoiachin
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Jehoiachin 
There's only one person called Jehoiachin in the Bible. He is the son and successor of king Jehoiakim of Judah, and also the last king of Jerusalem (2 Kings 24:8). Nebuchadnezzar takes him to Babylon where he remains until his death (2 Kings 24:8-16). In the book of 1 Chronicles and Esther, he is called  (Jehoiachin), which is the reversal of the name Jeconiah, and the prophet Jeremiah calls him Coniah in 22:24 and 28.
The name Jehoiachin consists of two elements, the first part being  , Jah, which in turn is an abbreviated form of the Tetragrammaton; the name of the Lord: YHWH.
The final part of the name Jehoiachin comes from the verb  (kun), meaning to be established, fixed, prepared, certain, etc. This frequently occurring verb has the basic meaning of "to bring something into being with the
For a meaning of the name Jehoiakin, NOBS Study Bible Name List reads Yahweh Establishes, Jones' Dictionary of Old Testament Proper Names has The Lord Will establish and BDB Theological Dictionary proposes Yah Appointeth.
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