Person New Testament
Eliakim
Eliakim was an ancestor of Jesus mentioned in Matthew's genealogy. Mentioned once in Scripture, at Matthew 1:13.
Why it matters. Ancestor of Jesus in Matthew's genealogy
- Primary passages
- Last reviewed
- 2026-08-30 by the FaithGraph team
About Eliakim
Eliakim is mentioned twice in Mat.1.13 in the genealogy of Jesus Christ. He was the son of Abiud and the father of Azor. Eliakim is listed in the third set of fourteen generations, spanning from the time after the Babylonian exile to the birth of Jesus. The genealogy in Matthew's Gospel traces Jesus' lineage through his legal father, Joseph, emphasizing his royal descent from King David.
Description from STEPBible TIPNR (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0, lightly reformatted. This is background reference material, not Scripture and not a FaithGraph editorial claim.
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Family
Family links from STEPBible TIPNR (CC BY 4.0). Where the dataset marks an identification as uncertain, the mark is kept. Matthew and Luke give different genealogies for Jesus; see the Lineage page, which never merges them.
Appears in Scripture
Named in 1 verse across 1 book. Occurrence data from STEPBible TIPNR (CC BY 4.0); references only, no translation text.
Matthew (1 verse)