Yᵉkolyâh — H3203

Definition

feminine proper noun

Jekoljah or Jekiljah, an Israelitess

1. Jecoliah or Jecholiah = "Jehovah is able"
2. wife of king Amaziah of Judah and mother of king Uzziah (Azariah)

Usually translated as

Jecholiah, Jecoliah

Origin

and Yᵉkolyâhûw; or (2 Chronicles 26:3) Yᵉkîylᵉyâh; from H3201 and H3050; Jah will enable

• Derived from Yâkôl (H3201)
• Derived from Yâhh (H3050)

Occurrences

Yᵉkolyâh occurs 2 times in the King James.

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

• 2 Kings 15:2 — Sixteen years old was he when he began to reign, and he reigned two and fifty years in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Jecholiah (יְכָלְיָ֖הוּ) of Jerusalem.
• 2 Chronicles 26:3 — Sixteen years old was Uzziah when he began to reign, and he reigned fifty and two years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name also was Jecoliah (יְכָלְיָ֖ה) of Jerusalem.