BIBLE DICTIONARY + WORD STUDY
How to read this: there is rarely one magic “true meaning” hidden behind an English word. A lexicon records a word’s semantic range. The intended meaning is narrowed by grammar, sentence, author, historical usage and context.
HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H3361
yoq.me.am — Jokmeam
Jokmeam = "gathered by the people" a city of refuge in Ephraim given to the Kohathite Levites Another name of yoq.ne.am (יׇקְנְעָם "Jokneam" H3362)
2 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H3362
yoq.ne.am — Jokneam
Jokneam = "the people lament" a city of Canaan conquered by Joshua and in the territory of Zebulun but allotted to the Merarite Levites and located Mount Carmel Also named: yoq.me.am (יׇקְמְעָם "Jokmeam" H3361)
4 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H6911
qiv.tsa.yim — Kibzaim
Kibzaim = "two gatherings" a Kohathite Levitical city in Ephraim at Mount Ephraim Also named: yoq.me.am (יׇקְמְעָם "Jokmeam" H3361H)
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →Gathering of the people, a city of Ephraim, which was given with its suburbs to the Levites (1 Chr. 6:68). It lay somewhere in the Jordan valley (1 Kings 4:12, R.V.; but in A.V. incorrectly “Jokneam”).
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.
