Yᵉchezqêʼl — H3168

Definition

masculine proper noun

Jechezkel, the name of two Israelites

1. Ezekiel or Jehezekel = "God strengthens"
2. son of Buzi and a priest and prophet; author of the book by his name; taken captive with Jehoiachin and exiled in Babylon where he prophesied for the next 22 years
3. a priest in charge of the 20th course in the time of David

Usually translated as

Ezekiel, Jehezekel

Origin

from H2388 and H410; God will strengthen

• Derived from Châzaq (H2388)
• Derived from ʼêl (H410)

Occurrences

Yᵉchezqêʼl occurs 3 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: 1 Chronicles (1), Ezekiel (2)

• 1 Chronicles 24:16 — The nineteenth to Pethahiah, the twentieth to Jehezekel (לִֽיחֶזְקֵ֖אל),
• Ezekiel 1:3 — The word of the LORD came expressly unto Ezekiel (יְחֶזְקֵ֨אל) the priest, the son of Buzi, in the land of the Chaldeans by the river Chebar; and the hand of the LORD was there upon him.
• Ezekiel 24:24 — Thus Ezekiel (יְחֶזְקֵ֤אל) is unto you a sign: according to all that he hath done shall ye do: and when this cometh, ye shall know that I am the Lord GOD.