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HebrewH6271Proper Noun (Feminine)

עֲתַלְיָ֫הוּ

a.tal.yah

17Occurrences
H6271Strong's #
Proper Noun (Feminine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

Athaljah, the name of an Israelitess and two Israelites

or עֲתַלְיָהוּ; from the same as H6270 (עַתְלַי) and H3050 (יָהּ); Jah has constrained;

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
A queen living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at ; daughter of: Ahab (H0256); sister of: Joash (H3101H), Ahaziah (H0274) and Joram (H3141H); married to Jehoram (H3088); mother of: Ahaziah (H0274H) and Jehosheba (H3089) § Athaliah = "afflicted of the Lord" 1) son of Jeroham of the tribe of Benjamin 2) father of Jeshaiah of the sons of Elam who was one of the heads of a family who returned with Ezra from exile 3) the daughter of Ahab and Jezebel and the wife of king Jehoram of Judah; killer of all the members of the royal family of Judah with the exception of one baby named Joash who was hidden by the high priest Jehoiada until 6 years had passed and Jehoiada led the revolution to put him on the throne, overthrowing Athaliah and putting her to death

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Proper Noun (Feminine)

Morphology Code

N:N-F-P

Full Description

Proper Noun, Feminine

Occurrences

עֲתַלְיָ֫הוּ appears 17 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

2 Chronicles
8
2 Kings
7
1 Chronicles
1
Ezra
1

Key Passages

1 Chronicles 8:26BSB

Shamsherai, Shehariah, Athaliah,

2 Chronicles 22:11BSB

But Jehoshabeath daughter of King Jehoram took Joash son of Ahaziah and stole him away from among the sons of the king who were being murdered, and she put him and his nurse in a bedroom. Because Jehoshabeath, the daughter of King Jehoram and the wife of Jehoiada the priest, was Ahaziah’s sister, she hid Joash from Athaliah so that she could not kill him.

2 Chronicles 23:13BSB

And she looked out and saw the king standing by his pillar at the entrance. The officers and trumpeters were beside the king, and all the people of the land were rejoicing and blowing trumpets, while the singers with musical instruments were leading the praises.Then Athaliah tore her clothes and screamed, “Treason, treason!”

2 Kings 11:1BSB

When Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she proceeded to annihilate all the royal heirs.

2 Kings 11:13BSB

When Athaliah heard the noise from the guards and the people, she went out to the people in the house of the LORD.

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.