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H2396 - חִזְקִיָּה - Chizqîyâh - khiz-kee-yaw' - Hezekiah

Original: חִזְקִיָּה

Transliteration: Chizqîyâh

Phonetic: khiz-kee-yaw'

Short Definition: Hezekiah

Original: יחזקיּהוּ יחזקיּה חזקיּהוּ חזקיּה

Transliteration: chizqı̂yâh chizqı̂yâhû yechizqı̂yâh yechizqı̂yâhû

Phonetic: khiz-kee-yaw'

BDB Definition:

Hezekiah or Hizkiah or Hizkijah = "Jehovah is my strength"
  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

Origin: from H2388 and H3050

TWOT entry: None

Part(s) of speech: Proper Name Masculine

Cognate: H2388, H2389, H2390, H2391, H2392, H2393, H2394, H2395, H3168, H3169

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