Strong H8616H8616Hתִּקְוָה
Tikvah
One of the 2 senses of Strong H8616
- Transliteration
- tiqvâh
- Pronunciation
- tik-vaw'
- Morphology
- Proper Name (Masculine) of a Person
Definition
A man living at the time of Exile and Return, only mentioned at Ezr.10.15;
father of: Jahzeiah (H3167)
father of: Jahzeiah (H3167)
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
Opposed Ezra's reforms regarding foreign wives
Tikvah was one of two men who opposed Ezra's reforms requiring Jewish men to divorce their foreign wives.
In the Bible
Strong H8616H appears in 1 verse of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- tikvah1
First verses
- Ezra 10:15Only Jonathan the son of Asahel and Jahaziah the son of Tikvah were employed about this matter: and Meshullam and Shabbethai the Levite helped them.