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HebrewH2396Proper Noun (Masculine)

חִזְקִיָּהוּ

chiz.qiy.yah

115Occurrences
H2396Strong's #
Proper Noun (Masculine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

Chizkijah, a king of Judah, also the name of two other Israelites

or חִזְקִיָּהוּ; also יְחִזְקִיָּה; or יְחִזְקִיָּהוּ; from H2388 (חָזַק) and H3050 (יָהּ); strengthened of Jah;

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
A king of the tribe of Judah living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at ; son of: Ahaz (H0271) and Abi (H0021); brother of: Maaseiah (H4641J); married to Hephzibah (H2657); father of: Manasseh (H4519H) § Hezekiah or Hizkiah or Hizkijah = "Jehovah is my strength" 1) 12th king of Judah, son of Ahaz and Abijah; a good king in that he served Jehovah and did away with idolatrous practices 2) great-great-grandfather of Zephaniah the prophet 3) son of Neariah, a descendant of ) head of a family of returning exiles in the time of Nehemiah

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Proper Noun (Masculine)

Morphology Code

N:N-M-P

Full Description

Proper Noun, Masculine

Occurrences

חִזְקִיָּהוּ appears 115 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

2 Chronicles
38
2 Kings
38
Isaiah
30
1 Chronicles
3
Jeremiah
3
Nehemiah
1
Proverbs
1
Zephaniah
1

Key Passages

1 Chronicles 3:13BSB

Ahaz his son, Hezekiah his son, Manasseh his son,

2 Chronicles 32:8BSB

With him is only the arm of flesh, but with us is the LORD our God to help us and to fight our battles.”So the people were strengthened by the words of Hezekiah king of Judah.

2 Kings 18:14BSB

So Hezekiah king of Judah sent word to the king of Assyria at Lachish, saying, “I have done wrong; withdraw from me, and I will pay whatever you demand from me.”And the king of Assyria exacted from Hezekiah king of Judah three hundred talents of silver and thirty talents of gold.

2 Kings 20:10BSB

“It is easy for the shadow to lengthen ten steps,” answered Hezekiah, “but not for it to go back ten steps.”

Isaiah 37:9BSB

Now Sennacherib had been warned about Tirhakah king of Cush: “He has set out to fight against you.”On hearing this, Sennacherib sent messengers to Hezekiah, saying,

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