Achim

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

In Jesus’ genealogy (Mat 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 Isa 9:7 foretold.

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

SEE GENEALOGY (OF CHRIST).

[A’chim]

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

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

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

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