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title: חִזְקִיָּה — Hezekiah · The Tanakh dictionary
description: חִזְקִיָּה (2396), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 13 times: Hezekiah. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# חִזְקִיָּה

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«חִזְקִיָּה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Hezekiah** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 13 times · **Key:** 2396 · **BDB:** חִזְקִיָּ֫הוּ

### Glosses

Hezekiah (10); of.Hezekiah (2); Hizkiah (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Hezekiah [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2396/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2396/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. (י׳ hath strengthened, י׳ strengtheneth; = Assyrian Ḫazaḳi(i)au, Schr COT on 2 K 18:1 ff., Jäger BAS i, 469; cf. n.pr. יחזק on seal Gann JAs 1883 Feb.–Mar., 134 No. 7;—on format. v. LagBN 134)— 𝔊 Εζεκιας, son of Ahaz, King of Judah, seldom †חִזְקִיָּה 2 K 18:1, 10, 14(×2), 15, 16(×2), also אַנְשֵׁי ח׳ Pr 25:1 †; elsewhere in 2 K (except 20:10) חִזְקִיָּהוּ: 16:20; 18:9 + 34 times, 2 K 18–21 ‖ Is 36:1 + 31 times, Is 36–39; also †Je 26:18, 19 1 Ch 3:13 2 Ch 29:18, 27; 30:24; 32:15; in Ch usually יְחִזְקִיָּהוּ 1 Ch 4:41 2 Ch 28:27 + 35 times 2 Ch 29–33; also 2 K 20:10 Je 15:4, and in title Is 1:1; †יִחִזְקִיָּה Ho 1:1 Mi 1:1 †(if י in these three be not textual error for וְ). חִזְקִיָּה great-great-grandfather of proph. Zephaniah Zp 1:1, 𝔊 τοῦ Εζεκιου, perhaps = 1. 𝔊 Εζεκια(ς), חִזְקִיָּה man of royal Davidic line 1 Ch 3:23 prob. near time of Chr. יְחִזְקִיָּה, 𝔊 Εζεκια(ς), head of a family of returned exiles Ezr 2:16 = חִזְקִיָּה Ne 7:21, cf. also ח׳ Ne 10:18. יְחִזְקִיָּהוּ 𝔊 Εζεκιας, an Ephraimite, Ahaz’s time 2 Ch 28:12.

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Why these entries: BDB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 9 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (4 candidates); OSHB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (4 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «חִזְקִיָּה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2396/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Nehemiah 10:18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/NEH.10.18/)

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אָטֵ֥ר חִזְקִיָּ֖ה עַזּֽוּר׃

*Word for word:* Ater Hezekiah Azzur

*JPS 1917:* Ater, Hezekiah, Azzur;

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[Nehemiah 7:21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/NEH.7.21/)

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בְּנֵֽי־אָטֵ֥ר לְחִזְקִיָּ֖ה תִּשְׁעִ֥ים וּשְׁמֹנָֽה׃ס

*Word for word:* the.descendants of.Ater of Hezekiah ninety and eight

*JPS 1917:* The children of Ater, of Hezekiah, ninety and eight.

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