Bible Person
Meaning: he that strengthens and makes steadfast · Male · 2 cross references
Jachin is a priestly house-name preserved in the Jerusalem lists of Chronicles and Nehemiah. He belongs to the priestly continuity through which restored worship is maintained after exile. First appears in 1 Chr 9:10.1
AI summary: Jachin matters because the cross references place the name among the priestly families dwelling and serving in restored Jerusalem. Even a brief entry like this reflects the institutional continuity required for stable post-exilic worship. Taken together, the material presents Jachin as a priestly house-name contributing to the structured religious life of the city.1
Central Figure
Jachin
Meaning: he that strengthens and makes steadfast
One of the priests who returned from the Exile (1 Chr.
One of the priests who returned from the Exile (1 Chr. 9:10). 3
AI-assisted summary prepared for ai-BIBLE and stored as page content, based on dictionary material, person metadata, and linked Bible cross references.
Alistair de Blacquiere-Clarkson, “ai-BIBLE Bible Names JSON Factsheet Aggregating Material from Smith’s Bible Dictionary & Hitcocks’s New and Complete Analysis of the Bible.” ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
M.G.Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary, ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.