Chizqîyâh — H2396

H2396 · Hebrew — חזקיה

Pronunciation: khiz-kee-yaw'

Other spellings: Chizqîyâhûw חִזְקִיָּהוּ, Yᵉchizqîyâh יְחִזְקִיָּה, Yᵉchizqîyâhûw יְחִזְקִיָּהוּ

Definition

masculine proper noun

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

  1. Hezekiah or Hizkiah or Hizkijah = "Jehovah is my strength"
  2. 12th king of Judah, son of Ahaz and Abijah; a good king in that he served Jehovah and did away with idolatrous practices
  3. great-great-grandfather of Zephaniah the prophet
  4. son of Neariah, a descendant of David
  5. head of a family of returning exiles in the time of Nehemiah

Usually translated as

Hezekiah, Hizkiah, Hizkijah

Origin

or Chizqîyâhûw; also Yᵉchizqîyâh; or Yᵉchizqîyâhûw; from H2388 and H3050; strengthened of Jah

Greek equivalents

Occurrences

Chizqîyâh occurs 87 times in 78 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: 2 Kings (37), 1 Chronicles (2), 2 Chronicles (4), Nehemiah (2), Proverbs (1), Isaiah (29), Jeremiah (2), Zephaniah (1)

Strong's Lexicon — C