Given name
Jekamiah
“Yah will rise”
Jekamiah is used as a given name.
Original Hebrewיקמיה
Meaning & origin
What it means
As a biblical name, Jekamiah means “Yah will rise.”
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Where it comes from
Jekamiah is a biblical name from Hebrew.
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How it developed
From the Hebrew verb qum (קום), “to rise up or stand.”
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In the Bible
In the Bible, the name Jekamiah appears in 1 Chronicles 2:41.
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Jekamiah’s family of names
See also 13
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
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