Bible Names

Eliakim: meaning of the name

Eliakim means “resurrection of God.”
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (1869)boy name

Eliakim in Hebrew and Greek

אֶלְיָקִים H471

ʼElyâqîym (el-yaw-keem') — Eljakim, the name of four Israelites

from H410 (אֵל) and H6965 (קוּם); God of raising;

Ἐλιακείμ G1662

Eliakeím — Eliakim, an Israelite

of Hebrew origin (H0471);

People named Eliakim in the Bible

Eliakim in Scripture

“Eliakim” appears in 14 verses of the King James Version; here are the first 8.

  • 2 Kings 18:18

    And when they had called to the king, there came out to them Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, which was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah the son of Asaph the recorder.

  • 2 Kings 18:26

    Then said Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, and Shebna, and Joah, unto Rab–shakeh, Speak, I pray thee, to thy servants in the Syrian language; for we understand it: and talk not with us in the Jews’ language in the ears of the people that are on the wall.

  • 2 Kings 18:37

    Then came Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, which was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah the son of Asaph the recorder, to Hezekiah with their clothes rent, and told him the words of Rab–shakeh.

  • 2 Kings 19:2

    And he sent Eliakim, which was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and the elders of the priests, covered with sackcloth, to Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz.

  • 2 Kings 23:34

    And Pharaoh–nechoh made Eliakim the son of Josiah king in the room of Josiah his father, and turned his name to Jehoiakim, and took Jehoahaz away: and he came to Egypt, and died there.

  • 2 Chronicles 36:4

    And the king of Egypt made Eliakim his brother king over Judah and Jerusalem, and turned his name to Jehoiakim. And Necho took Jehoahaz his brother, and carried him to Egypt.

  • Nehemiah 12:41

    And the priests; Eliakim, Maaseiah, Miniamin, Michaiah, Elioenai, Zechariah, and Hananiah, with trumpets;

  • Isaiah 22:20

    And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will call my servant Eliakim the son of Hilkiah: