Every Name in Tanakh

יָכִין Jachin

Every verse in which this name stands — 8 places, in canonical order, first appearance to last. These are the occurrences our own corpus tags as this name, counting every form the text writes it in, which is the number on the list.

PersonGematria 90×8 named in TanakhFirst appearance:

Strong's records this name for three Israelites and of a temple pillar. The name stands eight times in the Tanakh, first at Genesis 46:10 and last at 2 Chronicles 3:17.

Genesis 46:10בראשית מו:י

וּבְנֵי שִׁמְעוֹן יְמוּאֵל וְיָמִין וְאֹהַד וְיָכִין וְצֹחַר וְשָׁאוּל בֶּן־הַֽכְּנַעֲנִֽית

And the sons of Simeon: Jemuel, and Jamin, and Ohad, and Jachin, and Zohar, and Shaul the son of a Canaanitish woman.

Exodus 6:15שמות ו:טו

וּבְנֵי שִׁמְעוֹן יְמוּאֵל וְיָמִין וְאֹהַד וְיָכִין וְצֹחַר וְשָׁאוּל בֶּן־הַֽכְּנַעֲנִית אֵלֶּה מִשְׁפְּחֹת שִׁמְעֽוֹן

And the sons of Simeon: Jemuel, and Jamin, and Ohad, and Jachin, and Zohar, and Shaul the son of a Canaanitish woman. These are the families of Simeon.

Numbers 26:12במדבר כו:יב

בְּנֵי שִׁמְעוֹן לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָם לִנְמוּאֵל מִשְׁפַּחַת הַנְּמוּאֵלִי לְיָמִין מִשְׁפַּחַת הַיָּמִינִי לְיָכִין מִשְׁפַּחַת הַיָּכִינִֽי

The sons of Simeon after their families: of Nemuel, the family of the Nemuelites; of Jamin, the family of the Jaminites; of Jachin, the family of the Jachinites;

1 Kings 7:21מלכים א ז:כא

וַיָּקֶם אֶת־הָֽעַמֻּדִים לְאֻלָם הַֽהֵיכָל וַיָּקֶם אֶת־הָעַמּוּד הַיְמָנִי וַיִּקְרָא אֶת־שְׁמוֹ יָכִין וַיָּקֶם אֶת־הָעַמּוּד הַשְּׂמָאלִי וַיִּקְרָא אֶת־שְׁמוֹ בֹּֽעַז

And he set up the pillars at the porch of the temple; and he set up the right pillar, and called the name thereof Jachin; and he set up the left pillar, and called the name thereof Boaz.

Nehemiah 11:10נחמיה יא:י

מִן־הַֽכֹּהֲנִים יְדַֽעְיָה בֶן־יוֹיָרִיב יָכִֽין

Of the priests: Jedaiah the son of Joiarib, Jachin,

2 Chronicles 3:17דברי הימים ב ג:יז

וַיָּקֶם אֶת־הָֽעַמּוּדִים עַל־פְּנֵי הַהֵיכָל אֶחָד מִיָּמִין וְאֶחָד מֵֽהַשְּׂמֹאול וַיִּקְרָא שֵׁם־הימיני יָכִין וְשֵׁם הַשְּׂמָאלִי בֹּֽעַז

And he set up the pillars before the temple, one on the right hand, and the other on the left; and called the name of that on the right hand Jachin, and the name of that on the left Boaz.

Quick answers

What is the gematria of Jachin?

Jachin — יכין in Hebrew — has a gematria of 90 in the standard method.

How many times is Jachin named in the Tanakh?

8 times, first at Genesis 46:10.

A spelling is not a name. The written word יכין stands 10 times in the corpus, which is a different question and often a different number: the same letters can spell another name or an ordinary word, and a name written with a particle attached is a word that search never returns. It is here, as itself.

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