Yᵉchizqîyâh — H3169

H3169 · Hebrew — יחזקיה

Pronunciation: yekh-iz-kee-yaw'

Other spellings: Yᵉchizqîyâhûw יְחִזְקִיָּהוּ

Definition

masculine proper noun

Jechizkijah, the name of five Israelites

  1. Hezekiah or Jehizkiah = "Jehovah has made strong"
  2. son of king Ahazby Abi or Abijah and the 12th king of Judah; his reign was characterised by his godly conduct; reigned for 29 years
  3. head of a family of returning exiles in the time of Nehemiah
  4. an Ephraimite in the time of Ahaz

Usually translated as

Hezekiah, Jehizkiah

Origin

or Yᵉchizqîyâhûw; from H3388 and H3050; strengthened of Jah

Occurrences

Yᵉchizqîyâh occurs 44 times in 42 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: 2 Kings (1), 1 Chronicles (1), 2 Chronicles (35), Ezra (1), Isaiah (1), Jeremiah (1), Hosea (1), Micah (1)

Strong's Lexicon — Y