יְרֹחָם
Jeroham
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Full lexicon entry — Brown-Driver-Briggs (BDB)
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (BDB)
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 H3395 appears in the Book of 2 Chronicles — 1 distinct verse. 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 Chronicles
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.
The Hebrew name ירחם centers on the idea of “Jeroham.” 1 Chronicles dominates its distribution — 7 of 10 verses. The Hebrew Bible uses it across 10 verses — uncommon. Its earliest occurrence is 1 Samuel 1:1. For the data behind this summary, explore 10-verse concordance and the renderings breakdown below.
Gloss history
Strong's 1890 vs modern scholarship
About this word
Strong's H3395 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 →
- 10
- distinct verses
- The word appears in 10 distinct verses.
- 4 / 39
- OT books
- The word appears in 4 of 39 Old Testament books.
- #2,342
- by frequency
- Top 2500 most frequent Hebrew words (rank 2,342 of 8,640 Hebrew words by occurrence).
View all 10 occurrences in the concordance →
Most concentrated in
- 1 Chronicles 7 verses 70%
- 1 Samuel 1 verse 10%
- 2 Chronicles 1 verse 10%
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 10 distinct verses.
- Writings (Ketuvim) 9 verses · 90%
- Prophets (Nevi'im) 1 verse · 10%
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).
BDB lists this Strong’s number as 2 distinct words (homographs). Each count above pools all of them and is not split by sense — see the Senses section below. A low-frequency rendering may belong to a different one of those words, not the primary meaning.
- King James Version†: Jeroham 10×
- American Standard Version†: Jeroham 10×
- Berean Standard Bible†: Jeroham 10×
- unfoldingWord Literal Text†: Jeroham 10×
King James Version Public Domain
Renders H3395 across 10† tagged occurrences — most commonly:
American Standard Version Public Domain
Renders H3395 across 10† tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Berean Standard Bible Public Domain
Renders H3395 across 10† tagged occurrences — most commonly:
unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Renders H3395 across 10† tagged occurrences — most commonly:
10 senses and sub-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 10 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. father of Elkanah, grandf. of Sam., Ephraimite 1 S 1:1 (Ιερεμε[ι]ηλ, A Ιεροαμ); Levite 1 Ch 6:12, 19 (Ιδαερ, Ηααλ; A Ιεροβοαμ, Ιερεαμ; 𝔊L Ιεραμαηλ). e.g. 1 Samuel 1:1
- 2. Benjamites:
- a. 1 Ch 8:27 Ιρααμ, etc. (appar. = יְרֵמוֹת v 14). e.g. 1 Chronicles 8:27
- b. 9:8, 𝔊 id. (= a?). e.g. 1 Chronicles 9:8
- 3. priests:
- a. 1 Ch 9:12, Ι(ε)ρααμ, etc. e.g. 1 Chronicles 9:12
- b. Ne 11:11, Ι(ε)ροαμ. e.g. Nehemiah 11:11
- 4. father of a hero of David 1 Ch 12:8 (van d. H. v 7), Ρααμ, A 𝔊L Ιεροαμ. e.g. 1 Chronicles 12:8
- 5. Danite 1 Ch 27:22, Ιωραμ (𝔊L as 4). e.g. 1 Chronicles 27:22
- 6. father of a captain with Jehoiada, 2 Ch 23:1, Ιωραμ. e.g. 2 Chronicles 23:1
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. (may he be compassionated; cf. LagBN 134);—
— Brown-Driver-Briggs (Oxford 1906, public domain), digitized via Sefaria, supplemented by the OpenScriptures HebrewLexicon (CC BY 4.0). See Sources.
Derived from רחם (râcham) (H7355) — to love.
Forms in the corpus
The 8 distinct written forms H3395 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| יְרֹחָ֔ם | Noun, Proper | 1 Chronicles 6:34 | 3 |
| יְרֹחָ֑ם | Noun, Proper | 1 Chronicles 27:22 | 1 |
| יְרֹחָ֖ם | Noun, Proper | 1 Chronicles 12:7 | 1 |
| יְרֹחָ֡ם | Noun, Proper | 2 Chronicles 23:1 | 1 |
| יְרֹחָ֤ם | Noun, Proper | Nehemiah 11:12 | 1 |
| יְרֹחָ֥ם | Noun, Proper | 1 Chronicles 6:27 | 1 |
| יְרֹחָ֧ם | Noun, Proper | 1 Samuel 1:1 | 1 |
| יְרֹחָֽם | Noun, Proper | 1 Chronicles 8:27 | 1 |
Same root — word family
Other BDB entries built from the same root as H3395, 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
Shares the same root
- רחום rachûwm H7349 compassionate
- רחם racham H7356 compassion
- רחם rechem H7358 womb
- רחם râchâm H7360 vulture
- רחמני rachmânîy H7362 compassionate
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 → Showing 4 of 8 — not the complete family. 1 of the same-root words is a proper name (a person or place). They share a root, not necessarily a meaning.
Bible dictionary
Public-domain dictionary articles matched to this entry by name (Jeroham). 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
Cherished; who finds mercy. (1.) Father of Elkanah, and grandfather of the prophet Samuel (1 Sam. 1:1).
(2.) The father of Azareel, the "captain" of the tribe of Dan (1 Chr. 27:22).
(3.) 1 Chr. 12:7; a Benjamite.
(4.) 2 Chr. 23:1; one whose son assisted in placing Joash on the throne.
(5.) 1 Chr. 9:8; a Benjamite.
(6.) 1 Chr. 9:12; a priest, perhaps the same as in Neh. 11:12.
Smith's Bible Dictionary · William Smith, 1863
(cherished).
+ Father of Elkanah, the father of Samuel, of the house of Kohath. (1 Samuel 1:1; 1 Chronicles 6:27,34) (B.C. before 1142.) + A Benjamite, the founder of a family of Bene-Jeroham. (1 Chronicles 8:27) Probably the same as + Father (or progenitor) of Ibneiah. (1 Chronicles 9:8) comp. 1Chr 9:3 and 1Chr 9:9. (B.C. before 588.) + A descendant of Aaron, of the house of Immer, the leader of the sixteenth course of priests; son of Pashur, and father of Adaiah. (1 Chronicles 9:12) He appears to be mentioned again in (Nehemiah 11:12) (B.C. before 586.) + Jeroham of Gedor, some of whose sons joined David at Ziglag. (1 Chronicles 12:7) (B.C. before 1055.) + A Danite, whose son or descendant Azareel was head of his tribe in the time of David. (1 Chronicles 27:22) + Father of Azariah, one of the "captains of hundreds" in the time of Athaliah. (2 Chronicles 23:1) (B.C. before 876.)
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary · Roswell D. Hitchcock, 1869
high; merciful; beloved
Classic public-domain reference works; full attribution on Sources.
Septuagint verse parallels
This word appears in 9 verses that also exist in the Greek Old Testament (Septuagint), out of the 10 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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