Tikvah — the meaning of the Hebrew name תִּקְוָה

תִּקְוָה

Tiqvâh · pronounced tik-vaw' · Strong's H8616 · a man

Tikvah means Tikvah, the name of two Israelites.

Built from

תִּקְוָה tiqvâh (the same as, H8615) — literally a cord (as an attachment) open in the lexicon ›

Strong's definition

the same as H8615; Tikvah, the name of two Israelites.

First appearance

2Kgs 22:14 So Hilkiah the priest, and Ahikam, and Achbor, and Shaphan, and Asahiah, went unto Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum the son of Tikvah, the son of Harhas, keeper of the wardrobe; (now she dwelt in Jerusalem in the college;) and they communed with her. (KJV)

Every verse that names Tikvah

2 occurrences in 2 verses — 2 Kings, Ezra

2Kgs 22:14Ezra 10:15

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