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Jeconiah

Jeconiah proper noun: an ancient king of Judah, the son and successor of King Jehoiakim, who was dethroned by the King of Babylon in the 6th century BC and taken into captivity.

Proper noun

Jeconiah

  1. (historical) An ancient king of Judah, the son and successor of King Jehoiakim, who was dethroned by the King of Babylon in the 6th century BC and taken into captivity.
    Synonyms:
    Jehoiachin

Synonyms of Jeconiah

  • Jehoiachin

Origin of Jeconiah

From Latin Iechonias, Ancient Greek Ἰεχονίας (Iekhonías), from Hebrew יְכׇנְיָה (y'khonyá).

Questions about Jeconiah

What does Jeconiah mean?
Jeconiah means an ancient king of Judah, the son and successor of King Jehoiakim, who was dethroned by the King of Babylon in the 6th century BC and taken into captivity.
What part of speech is Jeconiah?
Jeconiah is a proper noun.

Words near Jeconiah in the dictionary

  1. Jebusites
  2. Jebusitic
  3. Jebusitical
  4. Jebusitish
  5. Jebya
  6. Jeconiah
  7. jecoral
  8. jecorin
  9. jects
  10. JED
  11. Jed Clampett

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