Chilqîyâh — H2518

H2518 · Hebrew — חלקיה

Pronunciation: khil-kee-yaw'

Other spellings: Chilqîyâhûw חִלְקִיָּהוּ

Definition

masculine proper noun

Chilhijah, the name of eight Israelites

  1. Hilkiah = "my portion is Jehovah"
  2. father of Eliakim, an officer of Hezekiah
  3. high priest in the reign of Josiah
  4. a Merarite Levite, son of Amzi
  5. another Merarite Levite, 2nd son of Hosah
  6. one of those who stood on the right of Ezra when he read the law and probably a Levite and a priest
  7. a priest of Anathoth, father of the prophet Jeremiah
  8. father of Gemariah who was one of Zedekiah's envoys to Babylon

Usually translated as

Hillkiah

Origin

or Chilqîyâhûw; from H2506 and H3050; portion of Jah

Occurrences

Chilqîyâh occurs 34 times in 31 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: 2 Kings (10), 1 Chronicles (4), 2 Chronicles (7), Ezra (1), Nehemiah (4), Isaiah (3), Jeremiah (2)

Strong's Lexicon — C