יְחֶזְקֵאלYᵉchezqêʼl

proper name, masculine: God strengtheneth

Pronunciation: yekh-ez-kale' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H3168

Meanings

1. the well-known priest and prophet, son of Buzi (Ezekiel 1:3; Ezekiel 24:24)

2. priest of 19th course (assigned to David's time) (1 Chronicles 24:16)

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 3 times in the Bible.

  • 1 Chronicles 24:16 The nineteenth lot fell to Pethahiah. The twentieth lot fell to Jehezkel.
  • Ezekiel 1:3 (The Lord gave this message to Ezekiel son of Buzi, a priest, beside the Kebar River in the land of the Babylonians, and he felt the hand of the Lord take hold of him.)
  • Ezekiel 24:24 Ezekiel is an example for you; you will do just as he has done. And when that time comes, you will know that I am the Sovereign Lord.”

Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).