Chephtsîy bâhh — H2657

Definition

feminine proper noun

Cheptsi-bah, a fanciful name for Palestine

1. Hephzi-bah = "my delight is in her"
2. the queen of King Hezekiah and mother of Manasseh
3. a name for Jesusalem (fig.)

Usually translated as

Hephzi-bah

Origin

from H2656 with suffixes; my delight (is) in her

• Derived from Chêphets (H2656)

Occurrences

Chephtsîy bâhh occurs 2 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: 2 Kings (1), Isaiah (1)

• 2 Kings 21:1 — Manasseh was twelve years old when he began to reign, and reigned fifty and five years in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Hephzi-bah (חֶפְצִי).
• Isaiah 62:4 — Thou shalt no more be termed Forsaken; neither shall thy land any more be termed Desolate: but thou shalt be called Hephzi-bah (חֶפְצִי), and thy land Beulah: for the LORD delighteth in thee, and thy land shall be married.