Strong H2396H2396Kחִזְקִיָּהוּ

Hezekiah

Transliteration: chizqîyâh chizqîyâhû yechizqîyâh yechizqîyâhû
Pronunciation: {khiz-kee-yaw'} {khiz-kee-yaw'-hoo} {yekh-iz-kee-yaw'} yekh-iz-kee-yaw'-hoo
Morphology: Proper Name (Masculine) of a Person

Definition

A man living at the time of Divided Monarchy, only mentioned at Zep.1.1;
father of: Amariah (H568O)

Meaning of the name

Hezekiah or Hizkiah or Hizkijah = "Jehovah is my strength"

General definition

From H2388 and H3050; strengthened of Jah;
{Chizkijah} a king of {Judah} also the name of two other Israelites: - {Hezekiah} {Hizkiah} Hizkijah. Compare H3169 .

In the biblical story

Hezekiah

Ancestor of the prophet Zephaniah

Hezekiah was an ancestor of the prophet Zephaniah.

In the Bible

Strong H2396K appears in 1 verse of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

hizkiah1

First verses

Zephaniah 1:1
The word of the Lord which came unto Zephaniah the son of Cushi, the son of Gedaliah, the son of Amariah, the son of Hizkiah, in the days of Josiah the son of Amon, king of Judah.