Hezekiah — the meaning of the Hebrew name יְחִזְקִיָּה

יְחִזְקִיָּה

Yᵉchizqîyâh · pronounced yekh-iz-kee-yaw' · Strong's H3169 · a man · also spelled Jehizkiah

Hezekiah means strengthened of Jah.

Built from

יְרוּשָׁא Yᵉrûwshâʼ (from, H3388) — possessed open in the lexicon ›

יָהּ Yâhh (and, H3050) — Jah, the sacred name open in the lexicon ›

Strong's definition

or יְחִזְקִיָּהוּ; from H3388 and H3050; strengthened of Jah; Jechizkijah, the name of five Israelites.

First appearance

2Chr 28:12 Then certain of the heads of the children of Ephraim, Azariah the son of Johanan, Berechiah the son of Meshillemoth, and Jehizkiah the son of Shallum, and Amasa the son of Hadlai, stood up against them that came from the war, (KJV)

Every verse that names Hezekiah

1 occurrence in 1 verse — 2 Chronicles

2Chr 28:12

Other people or places called Hezekiah

Hezekiah (H2396) — strengthened of Jah

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