JEKAMEAM

jek-a-me'-am, je-kam'-e-am (yeqam`-am probably "may kinsman establish"): Head of a Levitical house (1 Chronicles 23:19; 24:23). The meaning of the name depends upon that of (`am) in compound names; see H P N , 46, 51 ff.

From the International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
Edited by James Orr, published in 1939 by Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co.