The origin of the name Jachin is Hebrew
| This is how Jachin is written in Hebrew: | This is how it is pronounced |
| יָכִין | yaw-keen’ |
The biblical meaning of the name Jachin is:
| According to: | Meaning: |
| Strong | “He will establish” |
| Gesenius | ”Whom God strengthens , founds” |
| Hitchcock | “he that strengthens and makes steadfast” |
In The Bible:
Jachin was
1. The fourth son of Simeon, called also Jarib
2. The head of one of the courses (the twenty-first) of priests
3. One of the priests who returned from the Exile
The name Jachin appears in the bible in the following verses:
Genesis 46:10 KJV
“And the sons of Simeon; Jemuel, and Jamin, and Ohad, and Jachin, and Zohar, and Shaul the son of a Canaanitish woman.”
Exodus 6:15 KJV
“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 26:12 KJV
“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 7:21 KJV
“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 9:10 KJV
“And of the priests; Jedaiah, and Jehoiarib, and Jachin,”
1 Chronicles 24:17 KJV
“The one and twentieth to Jachin, the two and twentieth to Gamul,”
2 Chronicles 3:17 KJV
“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 11:10 KJV
“Of the priests: Jedaiah the son of Joiarib, Jachin.”