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Strong's H3088 יְהוֹרָם (yehoram)

Yehoram means “Jehoram” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Same number, other testament: Strong's G3088 — lychnos (“candle”) in the Greek Bible.

Strong's Number H3088
Language Hebrew
Linked Usages 26
Books 3

Strong's H3088 Quick Answer

Strong's H3088 יְהוֹרָם (Yhowram) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. Yhowram (yeh-ho-rawm') n/p. 1. Jehovah-raised 2. Jehoram, the name of a Syrian and of three Israelites It has 26 linked Bible usages across 3 books. Visible English usage signals include jehoram, joram, and syrians. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.

Meaning
Yhowram (yeh-ho-rawm') n/p. 1. Jehovah-raised 2. Jehoram, the name of a Syrian and of three Israelites
Usage
26 linked usages
Books
3 indexed books
Corpus
Old Testament
Usage Words
jehoram, joram, and syrians

Meaning and Definition

Yhowram (yeh-ho-rawm') n/p. 1. Jehovah-raised 2. Jehoram, the name of a Syrian and of three Israelites [from H3068 and H7311] KJV: Jehoram, Joram. Root(s): H3068, H7311 Compare: H3141

Original Word
יְהוֹרָם
Transliteration
Yhowram
Derivation
Root: רום First root strongs: 3068 Second root strongs: 7311
Morphology
name

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's H3088. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

Extended Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (Brown-Driver-Briggs based)

Jehoram

Usage: 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 § Jehoram or 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 priest in the reign of Jehoshaphat

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How Strong's H3088 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render Yhowram, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.

Jehoram 1 Kings 22:50 21× Joram 2 Kings 9:17 Syrians 2 Kings 9:15

How Strong's H3088 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Old Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Old Testament with 26 linked usages.
  • The linked rows are Old Testament Hebrew usage, grouped by book for fast canonical scanning.

Strong's H3088 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's H3088 in the Old Testament

26 indexed usages in Old Testament.

1 Kings 22:50 KJV

And Jehoshaphat slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David his father: and Jehoram his son reigned in his stead.

2 Kings 1:17 KJV

So he died according to the word of the LORD which Elijah had spoken. And Jehoram reigned in his stead in the second year of Jehoram the son of Jehoshaphat king of Judah; because he had no son.

2 Kings 3:1 KJV

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.

Usage Excerpts

First 26 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H3088.

1 Kings 22:50 Old Testament, KJV
And Jehoshaphat slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David his father: and Jehoram his son reigned in his stead.
2 Kings 1:17 Old Testament, KJV
So he died according to the word of the LORD which Elijah had spoken. And Jehoram reigned in his stead in the second year of Jehoram the son of Jehoshaphat king of Judah; because he had no son.
2 Kings 3:1 Old Testament, KJV
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.
2 Kings 3:6 Old Testament, KJV
And king Jehoram went out of Samaria the same time, and numbered all Israel.
2 Kings 8:16 Old Testament, KJV
And in the fifth year of Joram the son of Ahab king of Israel, Jehoshaphat being then king of Judah, Jehoram the son of Je hoshaphat king of Judah began to reign.
2 Kings 8:25 Old Testament, KJV
In the twelfth year of Joram the son of Ahab king of Israel did Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of Judah begin to reign.
2 Kings 8:29 Old Testament, KJV
And king Joram went back to be healed in Jezreel of the wounds which the Syrians had given him at Ramah, when he fought against Hazael king of Syria. And Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of Judah went down to see Joram the son of Ahab in Jezreel, because he was sick.
2 Kings 9:15 Old Testament, KJV
But king Joram was returned to be healed in Jezreel of the wounds which the Syrians had given him, when he fought with Hazael king of Syria.) And Jehu said, If it be your minds, then let none go forth nor escape out of the city to go to tell it in Jezreel.
2 Kings 9:17 Old Testament, KJV
And there stood a watchman on the tower in Jezreel, and he spied the company of Jehu as he came, and said, I see a company. And Joram said, Take an horseman, and send to meet them, and let him say, Is it peace?
2 Kings 9:21 Old Testament, KJV
And Joram said, Make ready. And his chariot was made ready. And Joram king of Israel and Ahaziah king of Judah went out, each in his chariot, and they went out against Jehu, and met him in the portion of Naboth the Jezreelite.
2 Kings 9:22 Old Testament, KJV
And it came to pass, when Joram saw Jehu, that he said, Is it peace, Jehu? And he answered, What peace, so long as the whoredoms of thy mother Jezebel and her witchcrafts are so many?
2 Kings 9:23 Old Testament, KJV
And Joram turned his hands, and fled, and said to Ahaziah, There is treachery, O Ahaziah.
2 Kings 9:24 Old Testament, KJV
And Jehu drew a bow with his full strength, and smote Jehoram between his arms, and the arrow went out at his heart, and he sunk down in his chariot.
2 Kings 12:18 Old Testament, KJV
And Jehoash king of Judah took all the hallowed things that Jehoshaphat, and Jehoram, and Ahaziah, his fathers, kings of Judah, had dedicated, and his own hallowed things, and all the gold that was found in the treasures of the house of the LORD, and in the king's house, and sent it to Hazael king of Syria: and he went away from Jerusalem.
2 Chronicles 17:8 Old Testament, KJV
And with them he sent Levites, even Shemaiah, and Nethaniah, and Zebadiah, and Asahel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehonathan, and Adonijah, and Tobijah, and Tobadonijah, Levites; and with them Elishama and Jehoram, priests.
2 Chronicles 21:1 Old Testament, KJV
Now Jehoshaphat slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David. And Jehoram his son reigned in his stead.
2 Chronicles 21:3 Old Testament, KJV
And their father gave them great gifts of silver, and of gold, and of precious things, with fenced cities in Judah: but the kingdom gave he to Jehoram; because he was the firstborn.
2 Chronicles 21:4 Old Testament, KJV
Now when Jehoram was risen up to the kingdom of his father, he strengthened himself, and slew all his brethren with the sword, and divers also of the princes of Israel.
2 Chronicles 21:5 Old Testament, KJV
Jehoram was thirty and two years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eight years in Jerusalem.
2 Chronicles 21:9 Old Testament, KJV
Then Jehoram went forth with his princes, and all his chariots with him: and he rose up by night, and smote the Edomites which compassed him in, and the captains of the chariots.
2 Chronicles 21:16 Old Testament, KJV
Moreover the LORD stirred up against Jehoram the spirit of the Philistines, and of the Arabians, that were near the Ethiopians:
2 Chronicles 22:1 Old Testament, KJV
And the inhabitants of Jerusalem made Ahaziah his youngest son king in his stead: for the band of men that came with the Arabians to the camp had slain all the eldest. So Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of Judah reigned.
2 Chronicles 22:5 Old Testament, KJV
He walked also after their counsel, and went with Jehoram the son of Ahab king of Israel to war against Hazael king of Syria at Ramothgilead: and the Syrians smote Joram.
2 Chronicles 22:6 Old Testament, KJV
And he returned to be healed in Jezreel because of the wounds which were given him at Ramah, when he fought with Hazael king of Syria. And Azariah the son of Jehoram king of Judah went down to see Jehoram the son of Ahab at Jezreel, because he was sick.
2 Chronicles 22:7 Old Testament, KJV
And the destruction of Ahaziah was of God by coming to Joram: for when he was come, he went out with Jehoram against Jehu the son of Nimshi, whom the LORD had anointed to cut off the house of Ahab.
2 Chronicles 22:11 Old Testament, KJV
But Jehoshabeath, the daughter of the king, took Joash the son of Ahaziah, and stole him from among the king's sons that were slain, and put him and his nurse in a bedchamber. So Jehoshabeath, the daughter of king Jehoram, the wife of Jehoiada the priest, (for she was the sister of Ahaziah,) hid him from Athaliah, so that she slew him not.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's H3088, grouped by book.

1 Kings 1 usage, Old Testament
2 Kings 13 usages, Old Testament
2 Chronicles 12 usages, Old Testament

Strong's H3088 FAQ

What does yehoram (יְהוֹרָם) mean?

Yehoram (Strong's H3088) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "Jehoram". Yhowram (yeh-ho-rawm') n/p. 1. Jehovah-raised 2. Jehoram, the name of a Syrian and of three Israelites

How many times is yehoram (יְהוֹרָם) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 26 linked usages for Strong's H3088 across 3 books.

Where can I study yehoram (יְהוֹרָם) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H3088 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.

What English words translate yehoram (יְהוֹרָם)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as jehoram, joram, and syrians. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.