In the bible, Jeroham is the name of the father of Elkanah and grandfather of Samuel (1SA 1:1), as well as name of son of Eliab (1CH 6:27), father of Ibneiah (1CH 9:8), and son of Pashhur (1CH 9:12)
(and others...)
. Meaning of the name: high; merciful; beloved. Related names are:
Elkanah,
Adaiah,
Meshullam (and others ...)
. The translations of Jeroham in 20 languages of the Bible are illustrated in the
ichthys
below, from
Giê-Rô-Ham in Vietnamese to
Ιερεμεηλ in Greek!
Now there was a certain man of Ramathaim-zophim, of mount Ephraim, and his name was Elkanah, the son of Jeroham, the son of Elihu, the son of Tohu, the son of Zuph, an Ephrathite: (1SA 1:1)
Eliab his son, Jeroham his son, Elkanah his son. (1CH 6:27)
The son of Elkanah, the son of Jeroham, the son of Eliel, the son of Toah, (1CH 6:34)
And Jaresiah, and Eliah, and Zichri, the sons of Jeroham. (1CH 8:27)
And Ibneiah the son of Jeroham, and Elah the son of Uzzi, the son of Michri, and Meshullam the son of Shephathiah, the son of Reuel, the son of Ibnijah; (1CH 9:8)
And Adaiah the son of Jeroham, the son of Pashur, the son of Malchijah, and Maasiai the son of Adiel, the son of Jahzerah, the son of Meshullam, the son of Meshillemith, the son of Immer; (1CH 9:12)
And Joelah, and Zebadiah, the sons of Jeroham of Gedor. (1CH 12:7)
Of Dan, Azareel the son of Jeroham. These were the princes of the tribes of Israel. (1CH 27:22)
And in the seventh year Jehoiada strengthened himself, and took the captains of hundreds, Azariah the son of Jeroham, and Ishmael the son of Jehohanan, and Azariah the son of Obed, and Maaseiah the son of Adaiah, and Elishaphat the son of Zichri, into covenant with him. (2CH 23:1)
And their brethren that did the work of the house were eight hundred twenty and two: and Adaiah the son of Jeroham, the son of Pelaliah, the son of Amzi, the son of Zechariah, the son of Pashur, the son of Malchiah, (NEH 11:12)