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Meaning and etymology of the name Jehoiakim
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Jehoiakim 
There's only one man named Jehoiakim in the Bible, although two contracted forms occur as well: Jokim and Joiakim.
Jehoiakim is the son and successor of king Josiah of Judah, and his mother is called Zebidah. His name was actually Eliakim but Pharaoh Neco, who had deposed and imprisoned king Josiah, changed it to Jehoiakim (2 Kings 23:34-36). And if his subjection to the Pharaoh wasn't enough, king Nebuchadnezzar swoops in and subdues Jehoiakim for another three years. His son Jehoiachin assumes the throne after he dies, which happened after he was taken to Babylon according to 2 Chronicles 36:6 and Daniel 1:2, although the prophet Jeremiah foretold for him a donkey's burial out of the gates of Jerusalem (22:19). Jeremiah foretold some more things too, and had Baruch pen them down and read them in public. King Jehoiakim became so upset by this that he cut Jeremiah's scroll to pieces and burned it (36:23).
The name Jehoiakim consists of two elements:
1) The name  , Jah, which in turn is an abbreviated form of the Tetragrammaton  , YHWH, or Yahweh.
As shown in Mark 5:41, this verb also exists in Aramaic. Jesus uses it when He raises Jairus' daughter from the dead by saying, "talitha kum".
For a meaning of the name Jehoiakim, NOBS Study Bible Name List reads Yahweh Raises Up and BDB Theological Dictionary offers the similar Yah Raiseth Up.
Jones' Dictionary of Old Testament Proper Names proposes The Lord Will Set Up.
Other names derived of the verb qum are
Adonikam,
Ahikam,
Azrikam,
Adonikam,
Jakim,
Jekameam,
Jekamiah,
Jokmeam,
Kamon,
Kemuel and
Koa, and perhaps Achim.
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