יוֹרָם
Joram
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Full lexicon entry — Brown-Driver-Briggs (BDB)
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Where this word appears
Grammar key — what these labels mean
Part of speech
- Noun
- A naming word — a person, place, thing, or idea.
Noun type
- Proper
- A name of a specific person, place, or people (e.g. Abraham, Zion, Israel).
Every verse where H3141 appears in the Book of 2 Kings — 11 distinct verses. Click any verse to open its interlinear word-by-word view. Verse text shown in the World English Bible for context — . Each verse’s Hebrew form is shown with its reference; the English is not keyword-highlighted, since the data carries no word-level English alignment. Use “Compare translations” on any verse to read it across multiple English versions. This concordance covers the Hebrew Bible; Septuagint (Greek Old Testament) occurrences are not indexed here.
2 Kings
- 2 Kings 8:16 לְ/יוֹרָ֤ם prep + n Proper In the fifth year of Joram the son of Ahab king of Israel, Jehoshaphat being then king of Judah, Jehoram the son of Jehoshaphat king of Judah began to reign.
- 2 Kings 8:21 יוֹרָם֙ n Proper Then Joram passed over to Zair, and all his chariots with him: and he rose up by night, and struck the Edomites who surrounded him, and the captains of the chariots; and the people fled to their tents.
- 2 Kings 8:23 יוֹרָ֖ם n Proper The rest of the acts of Joram, and all that he did, aren't they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
- 2 Kings 8:24 יוֹרָם֙ n Proper Joram slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David; and Ahaziah his son reigned in his place.
- 2 Kings 8:25 לְ/יוֹרָ֥ם prep + n Proper In the twelfth year of Joram the son of Ahab king of Israel did Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of Judah begin to reign.
- 2 Kings 8:28 יוֹרָ֣ם יוֹרָֽם n Proper n Proper He went with Joram the son of Ahab to war against Hazael king of Syria at Ramoth-gilead: and the Syrians wounded Joram.
- 2 Kings 8:29 יוֹרָ֨ם יוֹרָ֧ם n Proper n Proper King Joram returned to be healed in Jezreel of the wounds which the Syrians had given him at Ramah, when he fought against Hazael king of Syria. Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of Judah went down to see Joram the son of Ahab in Jezreel, because he was sick.
- 2 Kings 9:14 יוֹרָ֑ם וְ/יוֹרָם֩ n Proper conj + n Proper So Jehu the son of Jehoshaphat the son of Nimshi conspired against Joram. (Now Joram was keeping Ramoth-gilead, he and all Israel, because of Hazael king of Syria;
- 2 Kings 9:16 יוֹרָ֖ם יוֹרָֽם n Proper n Proper So Jehu rode in a chariot, and went to Jezreel; for Joram lay there. Ahaziah king of Judah was come down to see Joram.
- 2 Kings 9:29 לְ/יוֹרָ֖ם prep + n Proper In the eleventh year of Joram the son of Ahab began Ahaziah to reign over Judah.
- 2 Kings 11:2 י֠וֹרָם n Proper But Jehosheba, the daughter of king Joram, sister of Ahaziah, took Joash the son of Ahaziah, and stole him away from among the king's sons who were slain, even him and his nurse, [and put them] in the bedchamber; and they hid him from Athaliah, so that he was not slain;
About this entry
At a glance — auto-summarized from this page’s data, not written by a person. Every figure links to its source below. This summary describes the numbers; it doesn’t interpret them.
“Joram” is the headline sense of the Hebrew name יורם (Yôwrâm). More than two-thirds of its appearances fall in 2 Kings. The Hebrew Bible uses it across 16 verses — uncommon. First canonically at 2 Samuel 8:10, it enters the text early. See 16-verse concordance and the renderings breakdown below.
Gloss history
Strong's 1890 vs modern scholarship
About this word
Strong's H3141 catalogs a Hebrew word from the Hebrew Old Testament.
These counts are not copied from any lexicon or concordance. They are computed here, from the morphology-tagged Hebrew Old Testament. What Lemma adds →
- 16
- distinct verses
- The word appears in 16 distinct verses.
- 4 / 39
- OT books
- The word appears in 4 of 39 Old Testament books.
- #1,513
- by frequency
- Top 2500 most frequent Hebrew words (rank 1,513 of 8,640 Hebrew words by occurrence).
View all 16 occurrences in the concordance →
Most concentrated in
- 2 Kings 11 verses 69%
- 1 Chronicles 2 verses 13%
- 2 Chronicles 2 verses 13%
By section of the Old Testament
By traditional corpus
Conventional, traditional groupings — biblical authorship is debated, so this is a traditional corpus grouping, not an authorship claim. Each share is this word’s portion of its verses in that division of the Hebrew canon. Each figure is a share of the word’s 16 distinct verses.
- Prophets (Nevi'im) 12 verses · 75%
- Writings (Ketuvim) 4 verses · 25%
How translations render this word
Counts come from each version’s own published word-to-Strong’s tagging or interlinear alignment — an approximate guide to how each version renders this word, not a word-level alignment the data otherwise carries. Because each total is that version’s own tagged count, the per-version totals vary from one another and need not match the appearance or distinct-verse counts above. These counts may also differ from a printed concordance because Lemma counts each distinctly tagged rendering and does not collapse phrase taggings into a single head-word total. This is a fixed set of word-tagged versions (KJV, ASV, BSB, ULT) and does not change with the reading translation you choose elsewhere. Each version’s license is shown beside its name below (and on Sources).
- King James Version: Joram 18×
- American Standard Version: Joram 18×
- Berean Standard Bible: Joram 15×, Jehoram 3×
- unfoldingWord Literal Text: Joram 19×
King James Version Public Domain
Renders H3141 across 20 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 2 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
American Standard Version Public Domain
Renders H3141 across 20 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 2 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
Berean Standard Bible Public Domain
Renders H3141 across 19 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 1 rendering that appears only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 1 further occurrence.
unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Renders H3141 across 20 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 1 rendering that appears only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
Senses in the full BDB
What do BDB’s symbols mean?
BDB uses these scholarly abbreviations:
| Symbol | Meaning |
|---|---|
| 𝔊 | the Septuagint (the ancient Greek translation, LXX) |
| 𝔙 | the Vulgate (the Latin translation) |
| 𝔖 | the Syriac version (the Peshitta) |
| 𝔗 | the Targum (the Aramaic translation) |
| ψ | the Psalms |
| √ | root (the underlying root or stem) |
| ‖ | parallel passage (a synonymous or contrasted parallel) |
| † | the dagger: every passage where the word occurs is cited |
The 5 senses and sub-senses the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon distinguishes for this word, in lexicon order (not ranked by frequency), with BDB’s own verbatim wording and sub-sense lettering. Shown in Hebrew script with BDB’s own scholarly abbreviations. The condensed entry is in the Lexicon Entry tab. See also the Forms in the corpus table below.
- 1. יְהוֹ׳ (𝔊 Ἰωραμ) king of Judah, son of Jehoshaphat 1 K 22:51 2 K 1:17; 8:16, 25, 29; 12:19 2 Ch 21:1, 3, 4, 5, 9, 16; 22:1, 6, 11; = יוֹ׳ 2 K 8:21, 23, 24; 11:2 1 Ch 3:11. e.g. 1 Kings 22:51
- 2. יְהוֹ׳ (𝔊 Ἰωραμ) king of Israel son of Ahab 2 K 1:17; 3:1, 6; 9:15, 17, 21, 22, 23 2 Ch 2, 6, 7; = יוֹ׳ 2 K 8:16, 25, 28(×2), 29(×2); 9:14(×2), 16(×2), 29 2 Ch 22:5, 7. e.g. 2 Kings 1:17
- 3. יְהוֹ׳ priest in time of Jehoshaphat 2 Ch 17:8 (𝔊 Ἰωραμ, Ἰωραν). e.g. 2 Chronicles 17:8
- 4. יוֹ׳ son of Tou, king of Hamath 2 S 8:10 (𝔊 Ἰεδδουραν) prob. error for הֲדוֹרָם ‖ 1 Ch 18:10. e.g. 2 Samuel 8:10
- 5. יֹרָם a Levite 1 Ch 26:25 (𝔊 Ἰωραμ). e.g. 1 Chronicles 26:25
Senses from the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon (Brown, Driver, Briggs; Oxford 1906 — public domain), digitized via Sefaria, supplemented by the OpenScriptures HebrewLexicon (CC BY 4.0). Full attribution on Sources.
Word origin
n.pr.m. (י׳ is exalted; cf. מַלְכִּירָם; further, Ph. בעלרם, רמבעל; Sab. אלרם DHMZMG 1876, 686)—
— Brown-Driver-Briggs (Oxford 1906, public domain), digitized via Sefaria, supplemented by the OpenScriptures HebrewLexicon (CC BY 4.0). See Sources.
Derived from יהורם (Yᵉhôwrâm) (H3088) — Jehoram.
Jastrow Dictionary
A second Hebrew/Aramaic lexicon for comparison, covering Aramaic and post-biblical (Talmudic, Targumic, Midrashic) usage that the biblical-Hebrew BDB does not. Matched by lemma rather than by Strong’s number, so a lemma may carry more than one Jastrow headword (shown separately below), and the entries cover usage well beyond the Bible.
יְהוֹרָם
- (b. h.) pr. n. m. Jehoram, Joram,
- 1. son of Ahab, king of Israel. Ber. 10ᵃ. Ex. R. s. 31; a. e.
- 2. son of Joshafat, king of Judah. Hor. 11ᵇ, v. יֵהוּא
יוֹרָם
- v. יְהוֹרָם
יורם
- , Targ. Prov. XVIII, 11 some ed., read ירום, v. רוּם.—Ib. XXIII, 29 יורם קנצן עינוי ed. Lag., Ms. Var. יודמקנען, יודענען, a corrupt. of סומקנות עיינין, v. סוּמְקָנוּתָא.
A Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature (Marcus Jastrow; London, Luzac, 1903) — Public Domain. Digitized via Sefaria. Digitized via Sefaria. Full attribution on Sources.
Forms in the corpus
The 15 distinct written forms H3141 takes in the Hebrew Bible, most frequent first — each parse links to that state’s occurrences in the concordance. Hebrew forms include their vowel points and cantillation, so a single lemma takes many written forms.
| Form | Parsing | Example | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| יוֹרָֽם | Noun, Proper | 2 Chronicles 22:5 | 3 |
| יוֹרָ֑ם | Noun, Proper | 2 Chronicles 22:7 | 2 |
| יוֹרָ֖ם | Noun, Proper | 2 Kings 8:23 | 2 |
| יוֹרָם֙ | Noun, Proper | 2 Kings 8:21 | 2 |
| וְ/יֹרָ֣ם | Noun, Proper | 1 Chronicles 26:25 | 1 |
| וְ/יוֹרָם֩ | Noun, Proper | 2 Kings 9:14 | 1 |
| י֠וֹרָם | Noun, Proper | 2 Kings 11:2 | 1 |
| יֽוֹרָם | Noun, Proper | 2 Samuel 8:10 | 1 |
| יוֹרָ֣ם | Noun, Proper | 2 Kings 8:28 | 1 |
| יוֹרָ֥ם | Noun, Proper | 1 Chronicles 3:11 | 1 |
| יוֹרָ֧ם | Noun, Proper | 2 Kings 8:29 | 1 |
| יוֹרָ֨ם | Noun, Proper | 2 Kings 8:29 | 1 |
| לְ/יוֹרָ֖ם | Noun, Proper | 2 Kings 9:29 | 1 |
| לְ/יוֹרָ֤ם | Noun, Proper | 2 Kings 8:16 | 1 |
| לְ/יוֹרָ֥ם | Noun, Proper | 2 Kings 8:25 | 1 |
Same root — word family
Other BDB entries built from the same root as H3141, grouped by Strong’s listed origin. These share a root / origin per the lexicon — not necessarily a shared meaning. Each links to that word’s own entry.
Derives from
Proper names from this root
People and places named from this root — a name, not an additional meaning of the word.
Compare all same-root words → 2 of the same-root words are proper names (people or places). They share a root, not necessarily a meaning.
Bible dictionary
Public-domain dictionary articles matched to this entry by name (Joram). A biblical name can be shared by more than one person or place, so an article may treat several.
Easton's Bible Dictionary · M. G. Easton, 1897
=Jeho'ram. (1.) One of the kings of Israel (2 Kings 8:16, 25, 28). He was the son of Ahab.
(2.) Jehoram, the son and successor of Jehoshaphat on the throne of Judah (2 Kings 8:24).
Smith's Bible Dictionary · William Smith, 1863
(whom Jehovah has exalted).
+ Son of Ahab king of Israel. (2 Kings 8:16,25,28,29; 9:14,17,21-23,29) [Jehoram, 1] + Son of Jehosphaphat; king of Judah. (2 Kings 8:21,23,24; 1 Chronicles 3:11; 2 Chronicles 22:5,7; Matthew 1:8) [Jehoram, 2] + A priest in the reign of Jehoshaphat. (2 Chronicles 17:8) + A Levite, ancestor of Shelomith, in the time of David. (1 Chronicles 26:25) + Son of Toi king of Hamath. (2 Samuel 8:10) [Hadoram] + 1 Esd. 1:9. [Josabad, 3]
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary · Roswell D. Hitchcock, 1869
to cast; elevated
Classic public-domain reference works; full attribution on Sources.
Septuagint verse parallels
This word appears in 16 verses that also exist in the Greek Old Testament (Septuagint), out of the 16 Hebrew verses it occurs in. You can read those verses in Greek by switching the Old Testament edition to the Septuagint.
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