Yoram יוֹרָם

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Yoram
יוֹרָם
Transliterationyoram
Strong's numberH3141 (H3141H, H3141J, H3141G, H3141I)
LanguageHebrew
Part of speechname of a man
GlossJoram
Occurrences20 in 16 verses
Most frequent in2 Kings (11)

Yoram (Hebrew יוֹרָם, Strong's H3141) is a name of a man in the Old Testament, glossed “Joram”. It occurs 20 times.

Definition

H3141H: Joram

A king of the Kingdom of Israel, living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at 2Ki.1.17;
son of: Ahab (H0256) and Jezebel (H0348);
brother of: Joash (H3101H), Ahaziah (H0274) and Athaliah (H6271); also called Jehoram at 2Ki.1.17a; 3.1,6; 1x,6,7;
Also named: ye.ho.ram (יְהוֹרָם "Joram" H3088I)
§ Joram = "Jehovah is exalted"
1) son of king Jehoshaphat of Judah and himself king of Judah for 8 years; his wife was the wicked Athaliah who was probably the instigator for his returning the nation of Judah to the worship of Baal
2) son of king Ahab of the northern kingdom of Israel and king of Israel himself for 12 years; he was murdered by Jehu on the plot of land for which his father had murdered Naboth thus fulfilling the prophecy of Elijah to the very letter
3) a Levite in the time of David and an ancestor of Shelomith
4) son of Toi, king of Hamath

H3141J: Joram

A king of the tribe of Judah living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at 1Ki.22.50;
son of: Jehoshaphat (H3092I);
brother of: Azariah (H5838Q), Jehiel (H3171J), Zechariah (H2148J), Azariahu (H5838R), Michael (H4317O) and Shephatiah (H8203K); married to Athaliah (H6271);
father of: Ahaziah (H0274H) and Jehosheba (H3089); also called Joram at 2Ki.8.21,23,24; 11.2; 2x
Another name of ye.ho.ram (יְהוֹרָם "Jehoram" H3088G)
§ Joram = "Jehovah is exalted"
1) son of king Jehoshaphat of Judah and himself king of Judah for 8 years; his wife was the wicked Athaliah who was probably the instigator for his returning the nation of Judah to the worship of Baal
2) son of king Ahab of the northern kingdom of Israel and king of Israel himself for 12 years; he was murdered by Jehu on the plot of land for which his father had murdered Naboth thus fulfilling the prophecy of Elijah to the very letter
3) a Levite in the time of David and an ancestor of Shelomith
4) son of Toi, king of Hamath

H3141G: Joram

A man living at the time of United Monarchy, first mentioned at 2Sa.8.10;
son of: Toi (H8583); also called Hadoram at 1Ch.18.10;
Also named: ha.do.ram (הֲדוֹרָם "Hadoram" H1913)
§ Joram = "Jehovah is exalted"
1) son of king Jehoshaphat of Judah and himself king of Judah for 8 years; his wife was the wicked Athaliah who was probably the instigator for his returning the nation of Judah to the worship of Baal
2) son of king Ahab of the northern kingdom of Israel and king of Israel himself for 12 years; he was murdered by Jehu on the plot of land for which his father had murdered Naboth thus fulfilling the prophecy of Elijah to the very letter
3) a Levite in the time of David and an ancestor of Shelomith
4) son of Toi, king of Hamath

H3141I: Joram

A man of the tribe of Levi living at the time of Divided Monarchy, only mentioned at 1Ch.26.25;
son of: Isshiah (H3449J);
father of: Zichri (H2147L)
§ Joram = "Jehovah is exalted"
1) son of king Jehoshaphat of Judah and himself king of Judah for 8 years; his wife was the wicked Athaliah who was probably the instigator for his returning the nation of Judah to the worship of Baal
2) son of king Ahab of the northern kingdom of Israel and king of Israel himself for 12 years; he was murdered by Jehu on the plot of land for which his father had murdered Naboth thus fulfilling the prophecy of Elijah to the very letter
3) a Levite in the time of David and an ancestor of Shelomith
4) son of Toi, king of Hamath

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

KJVjoram (20)
BSBjoram (15), jehoram (3)

Verses

Every verse with Yoram, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

2 Samuel

2 Kings

1 Chronicles

2 Chronicles

Notes

  1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
  2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).
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