rising; confirming; establishing
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary
JAKIM.1. A Benjamite (1Ch_8:19). 2. A priest, head of the 12th course (1Ch_24:12).
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible
Edited by James Hastings, D.D. Published in 1909
1. 1Ch_24:12.
2. 1Ch_8:19.
Fausset's Bible Dictionary
By Andrew Robert Fausset, co-Author of Jamieson, Fausset and Brown's 1888.
Ja'kim. (whom God sets up).
1. Head of the twelfth course of priests, in the reign of David. 1Ch_24:12. (B.C. 1014).
2. A Benjamite, one of the Bene-Shimhi, (that is, sons of Shimhi). 1Ch_8:19. (B.C. 588).
Smith's Bible Dictionary
By Dr. William Smith.Published in 1863
jā?kim (יקים( mik, yāḳı̄m, ?he (God) lifteth Up?; compare ELIAKIM):
(1) A Benjamite, a son of Shimei (1Ch_8:19).
(2) A priest, the head of the 12th of the 24 courses into which the priests were divided (1Ch_24:12).
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
PRINTER 1915.
Jakim
(Heb. Yakimn', יָקַים, establisher), the name of two men. SEE JEHOTKAH.
1. (Sept. Ε᾿λιακείμ v.r. Ι᾿ακίμ, Vulg. Jacim.) The head of the twelfth division of the sacerdotal order as arranged by David (1Ch_24:12). B.C. 1014.
2. (Sept. Ι᾿ακείμ v. r. Ι᾿ακίμ Vulg. Jacim.) One of the sons of Shimhi, a Benjamite resident at Jerusalem (1Ch_8:19). B.C. apparently cir. 588.
CYCLOPEDIA OF BIBLICAL, THEOLOGICAL AND ECCLESIASTICAL
press 1895.