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ʾăḥīqām אֲחִיקָם ‘Ahikam’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: from ʾāḥ אָח ‘brother’ and qāmāy קָמָי ‘-Kemai / to arise’
Roots: אח קום

ʾăḥīqām pr n m pers
Ahikam = "my brother has risen (arisen)"
1) son of Shaphan, an officer in Josiah's reign
2) protector of Jeremiah
3) father of Gedaliah

Mentioned in 2 Kings 22:12, 22:14, 25:22 Jeremiah 40:11, 40:5, 26:24, 39:14, 40:6, 40:7, 40:9, 40:14, 40:16, 41:1, 41:2, 41:6, 41:10, 41:16, 41:18, 43:6 2 Chronicles 34:20

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