How to Pronounce Jokneam
Joke-NEE-urn
Jokneam is pronounced Joke-NEE-urn (ˈdʒɑːkniəm): three syllables, stress on the second. Also heard: JAHK-nee-uhm.
What does Jokneam mean?
Jokneam means “possessing, or building up, of the people”.
Hitchcock’s Bible Names (1869), public domain.
Where was Jokneam?
Gathered by the people, (Josh. 19:11; 21:34), a city “of Carmel” (12:22), i.e., on Carmel, allotted with its suburbs to the Merarite Levites. It is the modern Tell Kaimon, about 12 miles south-west of Nazareth, on the south of the river Kishon.
Adapted from Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897), public domain.
Also pronounced
JAHK-nee-uhm
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