Strong H2518H2518Lחִלְקִיָּהוּ
Hilkiah
One of the 7 senses of Strong H2518
- Transliteration
- chilqîyâh chilqîyâhû
- Pronunciation
- {khil-kee-yaw'} khil-kee-yaw'-hoo
- Morphology
- Proper Name (Masculine) of a Person
Definition
A man living at the time of Exile and Return, first mentioned at Neh.12.7
Meaning of the name
Hilkiah = "my portion is Jehovah"
General definition
In the biblical story
Hilkiah
A priest who returned from Babylonian exile.
Hilkiah was among the priests who returned to Jerusalem from Babylonian captivity and served during the high priesthood of Jeshua and Joiakim.
In the Bible
Strong H2518L appears in 2 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- hilkiah2
First verses
- Nehemiah 12:7Sallu, Amok, Hilkiah, Jedaiah. These were the chief of the priests and of their brethren in the days of Jeshua.
- Nehemiah 12:21Of Hilkiah, Hashabiah; of Jedaiah, Nethaneel.