Given name
Jechoniah
“Yah establishes”·“the Lord will establish”
Jechoniah is used as a given name.
Original Hebrewיהויכין
Meaning & origin
What it means
As a biblical name, Jechoniah means “Yah establishes” or “the Lord will establish.”
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Where it comes from
Jechoniah is a biblical name from Hebrew.
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How it developed
From the Hebrew verb kun (כון), “to be set up, fixed or established.”
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In the Bible
In the Bible, the name Jechoniah appears in 2 Kings 24:8.
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Jechoniah’s family of names
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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