Strong H8616H8616Gתִּקְוָה
Tikvah
One of the 2 senses of Strong H8616
- Transliteration
- tiqvâh
- Pronunciation
- tik-vaw'
- Morphology
- Proper Name (Masculine) of a Person
Definition
Meaning of the name
Tikvath or Tikvah = "hope"
General definition
The same as H8615; {Tikvah} the name of two Israelites: - Tikvah.
In the biblical story
Tikvah
Father of Shallum, husband of Huldah the prophetess
Tikvah, also known as Tokhath, was the father of Shallum and the father-in-law of Huldah the prophetess.
In the Bible
Strong H8616G appears in 2 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- tikvah1
- tikvath1
First verses
- 2 Kings 22:14So 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 Chronicles 34:22And 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.