H2396 - חִזְקִיָּה - Chizqîyâh - khiz-kee-yaw' - Hezekiah
Original: חִזְקִיָּה
Transliteration: Chizqîyâh
Phonetic: khiz-kee-yaw'
Short Definition: Hezekiah
Original:
BDB Definition:
Hezekiah or Hizkiah or Hizkijah = "Jehovah is my strength"- 12th king of Judah, son of Ahaz and Abijah; a good king in that he served Jehovah and did away with idolatrous practices
- great-great-grandfather of Zephaniah the prophet
- son of Neariah, a descendant of David
- head of a family of returning exiles in the time of Nehemiah
Cognate: H2388, H2389, H2390, H2391, H2392, H2393, H2394, H2395, H3168, H3169