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HebrewH2518Proper Noun (Masculine)

חִלְקִיָּהוּ

chil.qiy.yah

29Occurrences
H2518Strong's #
Proper Noun (Masculine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

Chilhijah, the name of eight Israelites

or חִלְקִיָּהוּ; from H2506 (חֵלֶק) and H3050 (יָהּ); portion of Jah;

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
A man living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at ; father of: Eliakim (H0471) § Hilkiah = "my portion is Jehovah" 1) father of Eliakim, an officer of Hezekiah 2) high priest in the reign of Josiah 3) a Merarite Levite, son of ) another Merarite Levite, 2nd son of ) one of those who stood on the right of Ezra when he read the law and probably a Levite and a priest 6) a priest of Anathoth, father of the prophet Jeremiah 7) father of Gemariah who was one of Zedekiah's envoys to Babylon

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Proper Noun (Masculine)

Morphology Code

N:N-M-P

Full Description

Proper Noun, Masculine

Occurrences

חִלְקִיָּהוּ appears 29 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

2 Kings
10
2 Chronicles
7
Nehemiah
4
Isaiah
3
1 Chronicles
2
Jeremiah
2
Ezra
1

Key Passages

1 Chronicles 26:11BSB

Hilkiah the second, Tebaliah the third, and Zechariah the fourth. The sons and brothers of Hosah numbered 13 in all.

2 Chronicles 34:18BSB

Moreover, Shaphan the scribe told the king, “Hilkiah the priest has given me a book.” And Shaphan read it in the presence of the king.

2 Kings 18:26BSB

Then Eliakim son of Hilkiah, along with Shebnah and Joah, said to the Rabshakeh, “Please speak to your servants in Aramaic, since we understand it. Do not speak with us in Hebrew in the hearing of the people on the wall.”

2 Kings 22:12BSB

and commanded Hilkiah the priest, Ahikam son of Shaphan, Achbor son of Micaiah, Shaphan the scribe, and Asaiah the servant of the king:

Isaiah 22:20BSB

On that day I will summon My servant, Eliakim son of Hilkiah.

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