Coniah in the Bible — Hidden Meaning & Symbolism

Jah is founding; Jehovah is setting up, i.e., establishing; Jah is creating. A kink of Judah who reigned about three months and was then taken captive to Babylon, while Zedekiah was made king in his stead (Jer. 37:1). Coniah was the son of Jehoiakim, and was an evil ruler, as his father had been before him. Meta. Coniah is an abbreviated form of Jeconiah and Jehoiachim. (See JECONIAH and JEHOIACHIM.)