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Strong H86162 sensesתִּקְוָה

Tikvah

Transliteration
tiqvâh
Pronunciation
tik-vaw'

Meaning of the name

Tikvath or Tikvah = "hope"

The 2 senses of Strong H8616

The lexicon tells 2 senses apart under this number. In the Bible, each word leads to the one it has in its verse. Strong H8616 appears in 3 verses of the KJV, all senses together.

  1. Father of Shallum, husband of Huldah the prophetessH8616G2 verses · 2 Kings, 2 Chronicles
  2. Opposed Ezra's reforms regarding foreign wivesH8616H1 verse · Ezra

General definition

The same as H8615; {Tikvah} the name of two Israelites: - Tikvah.

In the Bible

Translated in the KJV by

  • tikvah2
  • tikvath1

First verses

  1. 2 Kings 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.
  2. 2 Chronicles 34:22
    And Hilkiah, and they that the king had appointed, went to Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum the son of Tikvath, the son of Hasrah, keeper of the wardrobe; (now she dwelt in Jerusalem in the college:) and they spake to her to that effect.
  3. Ezra 10:15
    Only Jonathan the son of Asahel and Jahaziah the son of Tikvah were employed about this matter: and Meshullam and Shabbethai the Levite helped them.