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).