חִלְקִיָּה

Strong’s Definition

Chilhijah, the name of eight Israelites

Etymology & Derivation

or חִלְקִיָּהוּ; from H2506 (חֵלֶק) and H3050 (יָהּ); portion of Jah;

KJV Usage

Hillkiah.

Detailed Definition

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

• 1.father of eliakim, an officer of hezekiah
• 2.high priest in the reign of josiah
• 3.a merarite levite, son of amzi
• 4.another merarite levite, 2nd son of hosah
• 5.one of those who stood on the right of ezra when he read the law and probably a levite and a priest
• 6.a priest of anathoth, father of the prophet jeremiah
• 7.father of gemariah who was one of zedekiah's envoys to babylon

Scholarly Notes

Transliteration: Chilqîyâh; Pronunciation: khil-kee-yaw'