חִזְקִיָּה

Strong’s Definition

Chizkijah, a king of Judah, also the name of two other Israelites

Etymology & Derivation

or חִזְקִיָּהוּ; also יְחִזְקִיָּה; or יְחִזְקִיָּהוּ; from H2388 (חָזַק) and H3050 (יָהּ); strengthened of Jah;

KJV Usage

Hezekiah, Hizkiah, Hizkijah. Compare H3169 (יְחִזְקִיָּה).

Detailed Definition

From the Brown–Driver–Briggs (BDB) Hebrew lexicon outline.

• 1.12th king of judah, son of ahaz and abijah; a good king in that he served jehovah and did away with idolatrous practices
• 2.great-great-grandfather of zephaniah the prophet
• 3.son of neariah, a descendant of david
• 4.head of a family of returning exiles in the time of nehemiah

Scholarly Notes

Transliteration: Chizqîyâh; Pronunciation: khiz-kee-yaw'

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