Achim

Fausset's Bible Dictionary

In Jesus' genealogy ( Matthew 1:14 ) Achim or Jachin (i.e. "he will establish"), contracted from Jehoiachin. The name may express the parents' faith that God would in His own time establish Messiah's throne, as Isaiah 9:7 foretold.

Holman Bible Dictionary

Matthew 1:14

Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible

ACHIM (perhaps a shortened form of Jehoiachim ), an ancestor of our Lord ( Matthew 1:14 ).

Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament

ACHIM ( Ἀχείμ ).—An ancestor of Joseph, according to the genealogy of our Lord in St. Matthew’s Gospel ( Matthew 1:14 ). The name may be a shortened form of Jehoiachim , or it may be for Ahiam (cf. 1 Chronicles 11:35 ) or Jachin (cf. Genesis 46:10 ).

Morrish Bible Dictionary

Son or descendant of Sadoc, and father of Eliud: the name occurs only in Matthew 1:14 .

Smith's Bible Dictionary

A'chim. Son of Sadoc and father of Eliud in our Lord's genealogy. Matthew 1:14 The Hebrew form of the name would be Jachin , which is a short form of Jehoiachin , the Lord will establish.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

ā´kim ( Ἀχείμ , Acheı́m ): A descendant of Zerubbabel and ancestor of Jesus, mentioned only in Matthew 1:14 .

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

( Ἀχείμ , perh. for יָכַין , Jachin [a contracted form of Jehoiachim], which the Sept., in 1 Chronicles 24:17 , Graecizes Ἀχίμ [so the Vactican, but other texts have ᾿Γαχείν ]), the son of Sadoc and father of Eleazar, among the paternal ancestors of Christ ( Matthew 1:14 ), B.C. long ante 40, and post 410.

(See Genealogy (Of Christ).)