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2 Kings 3:1

“Now Jehoram the son of Ahab began to reign over Israel in Samaria the eighteenth year of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, and reigned twelve years.” (KJV)

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Lexical meaning

יְהוֹרָםYᵉhôwrâm · yeh-ho-rawm'
H3088 · Hebrew
Definition
Jehoram, the name of a Syrian and of three Israelites
Derivation
from H3068 (יְהֹוָה) and H7311 (רוּם); Jehovah-raised;
KJV renderings
Jehoram, Joram. Compare H3141 (יוֹרָם).
Grammar
  • וִ — conjunction
  • יהוֹרָ֣ם — proper noun
Code HC/Np
Usage
Occurs 29 times in the Hebrew Bible.1 Kings 22:512 Kings 1:172 Kings 1:172 Kings 3:62 Kings 8:16

Theological interpretation (AI)

The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read יְהוֹרָם here.

Verse 2

Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.