Jachin

Priest who lived in Jerusalem after the exile.

A written article for Jachin is still to come. Below and alongside: where Jachin appears in Scripture, with the original words and any dates on record.

  • 600 BC
    400 BC
  • Jachin
    536 BC to 445 BC

Original word

  • יָכִין jachin
    H3199
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Where Jachin appears in Scripture

Genesis 46

וּבְנֵי שִׁמְעוֹן יְמוּאֵל וְיָמִין וְאֹהַד וְיָכִין וְצֹחַר וְשָׁאוּל בֶּן-הַֽכְּנַעֲנִֽית׃
10
And the sons of Simeon; Jemuel, and Jamin, and Ohad, and Jachin, and Zohar, and Shaul the son of a Canaanitish woman.

Exodus 6

וּבְנֵי שִׁמְעוֹן יְמוּאֵל וְיָמִין וְאֹהַד וְיָכִין וְצֹחַר וְשָׁאוּל בֶּן-הַֽכְּנַעֲנִית אֵלֶּה מִשְׁפְּחֹת שִׁמְעֽוֹן׃
15
And the sons of Simeon; Jemuel, and Jamin, and Ohad, and Jachin, and Zohar, and Shaul the son of a Canaanitish woman: these are the families of Simeon.

Numbers 26

בְּנֵי שִׁמְעוֹן לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָם לִנְמוּאֵל מִשְׁפַּחַת הַנְּמוּאֵלִי לְיָמִין מִשְׁפַּחַת הַיָּֽמִינִי לְיָכִין מִשְׁפַּחַת הַיָּֽכִינִֽי׃
12
The sons of Simeon after their families: of Nemuel, the family of the Nemuelites: of Jamin, the family of the Jaminites: of Jachin, the family of the Jachinites:

1 Kings 7

וַיָּקֶם אֶת-הָֽעַמֻּדִים לְאֻלָם הַֽהֵיכָל וַיָּקֶם אֶת-הָֽעַמּוּד הַיְמָנִי וַיִּקְרָא אֶת-שְׁמוֹ יָכִין וַיָּקֶם אֶת-הָֽעַמּוּד הַשְּׂמָאלִי וַיִּקְרָא אֶת-שְׁמוֹ בֹּֽעַז׃
21
And he set up the pillars in the porch of the temple: and he set up the right pillar, and called the name thereof Jachin: and he set up the left pillar, and called the name thereof Boaz.

1 Chronicles 9

וּמִן-הַֽכֹּהֲנִים יְדַעְיָה וִיהֽוֹיָרִיב וְיָכִֽין׃
10
And of the priests; Jedaiah, and Jehoiarib, and Jachin,

1 Chronicles 24

לְיָכִין אֶחָד וְעֶשְׂרִים לְגָמוּל שְׁנַיִם וְעֶשְׂרִֽים׃
17
The one and twentieth to Jachin, the two and twentieth to Gamul,

2 Chronicles 3

וַיָּקֶם אֶת-הָֽעַמּוּדִים עַל-פְּנֵי הַֽהֵיכָל אֶחָד מִיָּמִין וְאֶחָד מֵֽהַשְּׂמֹאול וַיִּקְרָא שֵׁם-‫(הימיני)‬ הַיְמָנִי יָכִין וְשֵׁם הַשְּׂמָאלִי בֹּֽעַז׃
17
And he reared up the pillars before the temple, one on the right hand, and the other on the left; and called the name of that on the right hand Jachin, and the name of that on the left Boaz.

Nehemiah 11

מִן-הַֽכֹּהֲנִים יְדַֽעְיָה בֶן-יֽוֹיָרִיב יָכִֽין׃
10
Of the priests: Jedaiah the son of Joiarib, Jachin.