יְחִזְקִיָּהYᵉchizqîyâh
proper name, masculine: hath strengthened, stengtheneth
Pronunciation: yekh-iz-kee-yaw' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H3169
Meanings
1. son of Ahaz, King of Judah (2 Kings 18:1; 2 Kings 18:10; 2 Kings 18:14)
2. great-great-grandfather of prophet Zephaniah (Zephaniah 1:1)
3. man of royal Davidic line (1 Chronicles 3:23)
4. head of a family of returned exiles (Ezra 2:16; Nehemiah 7:21; Nehemiah 10:18)
5. an Ephraimite, Ahaz's time (2 Chronicles 28:12)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 4 times in the Bible.
- 2 Chronicles 28:12 Then some of the leaders of Israel—Azariah son of Jehohanan, Berekiah son of Meshillemoth, Jehizkiah son of Shallum, and Amasa son of Hadlai—agreed with this and confronted the men returning from battle.
- Ezra 2:16 The family of Ater (descendants of Hezekiah) 98
- Hosea 1:1 The Lord gave this message to Hosea son of Beeri during the years when Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah were kings of Judah, and Jeroboam son of Jehoash was king of Israel.
- Micah 1:1 The Lord gave this message to Micah of Moresheth during the years when Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah were kings of Judah. The visions he saw concerned both Samaria and Jerusalem.
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).