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    Joachim

    WAH-keem

    Hebrew
    Boy
    Meaning-based name
    Meaning
    God will establish; Raised by God
    Origin
    Hebrew
    Is it in the Bible?
    No — the name Joachim does not appear in the King James Bible. Christian families use it for its meaning, "God will establish; Raised by God", and for the biblical themes that meaning touches, not because anyone in Scripture is called Joachim.
    First appears in
    Does not appear in the King James text
    Peak US usage
    No recorded United States usage in the 1880–2008 records
    Spiritual meaning
    Joachim declares divine establishment — the God who raises the poor from dust and sets beggars among princes.
    Verses on this meaning
    • Psalm 75:6-7

      "For promotion cometh neither from the east, nor from the west, nor from the south. But God is the judge: he putteth down one, and setteth up another."

    • 1 Samuel 2:8

      "He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth up the beggar from the dunghill, to set them among princes."

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