Hillkiah — the meaning of the Hebrew name חִלְקִיָּה

חִלְקִיָּה

Chilqîyâh · pronounced khil-kee-yaw' · Strong's H2518 · a man

Hillkiah means portion of Jah.

Built from

חֵלֶק chêleq (from, H2506) — properly, smoothness (of the tongue) open in the lexicon ›

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

Strong's definition

or חִלְקִיָּהוּ; from H2506 and H3050; portion of Jah; Chilhijah, the name of eight Israelites.

First appearance

2Kgs 18:18 And when they had called to the king, there came out to them Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, which was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah the son of Asaph the recorder. (KJV)

Every verse that names Hillkiah

31 occurrences in 31 verses — 2 Kings, 1 Chronicles, 2 Chronicles, Ezra, Nehemiah, Isaiah, Jeremiah

2Kgs 18:182Kgs 18:262Kgs 18:372Kgs 22:42Kgs 22:82Kgs 22:102Kgs 22:122Kgs 22:142Kgs 23:42Kgs 23:241Chr 5:391Chr 6:301Chr 9:111Chr 26:112Chr 34:92Chr 34:142Chr 34:152Chr 34:182Chr 34:202Chr 34:222Chr 35:8Ezra 7:1Neh 8:4Neh 11:11Neh 12:7Neh 12:21Isa 22:20Isa 36:3Isa 36:22Jer 1:1Jer 29:3

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