Ezekiel — the meaning of the Hebrew name יְחֶזְקֵאל

יְחֶזְקֵאל

Yᵉchezqêʼl · pronounced yekh-ez-kale' · Strong's H3168 · a man · also spelled Jehezekel

Ezekiel means God will strengthen.

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חָזַק châzaq (from, H2388) — to fasten upon open in the lexicon ›

אֵל ʼêl (and, H410) — strength open in the lexicon ›

from H2388 and H410; God will strengthen; Jechezkel, the name of two Israelites.

1Chr 24:16 The nineteenth to Pethahiah, the twentieth to Jehezekel, (KJV)

3 occurrences in 3 verses — 1 Chronicles, Ezekiel

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Definitions from Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (public domain); occurrences from the Westminster Leningrad Codex via Hebrew Explorer's interlinear.

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