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jeconiah

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.17 in modern English

Syllables
je-co-ni-ah
IPA
20
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

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.

Etymology

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

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: Iechonias, Ἰεχονίας, יְכׇנְיָה

Synonyms

Jehoiachin

Questions

What does jeconiah mean?
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.
Where does jeconiah come from?
It is traced to Latin.

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