H2396

חִזְקִיָּה

Chizqîyâh · khiz-kee-yaw'

Chizkijah, a king of Judah, also the name of two other Israelites

Lexicon

Derivation: or חִזְקִיָּהוּ; also יְחִזְקִיָּה; or יְחִזְקִיָּהוּ; from H2388 (חָזַק) and H3050 (יָהּ); strengthened of Jah;

Chizkijah, a king of Judah, also the name of two other Israelites

Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.

KJV renderings: Hezekiah, Hizkiah, Hizkijah. Compare H3169 (יְחִזְקִיָּה).

Letters

חHet8
Picture: courtyard wall or enclosure
Concrete
wall · fence · tent wall
Extended
to separate · protection · the inside vs. the outside · private
זZayin7
Picture: a weapon, mattock or sword
Concrete
weapon · cutting tool · plough
Extended
to cut · to harvest · to sustain by cutting · food
קQof100
Picture: the back of the head, or the sun on the horizon
Concrete
back of the head · rising sun · circle
Extended
what is behind · the last · a cycle · to come around again
יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
Concrete
hand · arm · work
Extended
a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
Concrete
a man calling out · a window · breath
Extended
behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)

Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)

to separate and protect › to cut, to sustain › what comes behind, the returning cycle › the hand that works › to reveal, behold

To separate and protect that works to cut, to sustain of what comes behind, the returning cycle of the hand that works that works to reveal, behold.

Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of חִזְקִיָּה above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.

Usage

127 occurrences · 127 OT · 0 NT · 42 distinct forms

KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.

hezekiah21 · 24%
and hezekiah17 · 20%
to hezekiah10 · 11%
of hezekiah6 · 7%
unto hezekiah5 · 6%
that hezekiah4 · 5%
did hezekiah2 · 2%
which hezekiah2 · 2%
ye now to hezekiah2 · 2%
let not hezekiah2 · 2%
neither let hezekiah2 · 2%
not to hezekiah2 · 2%
it: and hezekiah2 · 2%
was hezekiah2 · 2%
they unto thee? and hezekiah2 · 2%
not unto hezekiah1 · 1%
for hezekiah1 · 1%
hizkijah1 · 1%
beware lest hezekiah1 · 1%
then hezekiah1 · 1%
of hizkiah1 · 1%

Where it is used, by book.

Inflected forms found in the text.

חִזְקִיָּ֖הוּ17חִזְקִיָּ֑הוּ11חִזְקִיָּ֔הוּ10חִזְקִיָּ֙הוּ֙9יְחִזְקִיָּ֣הוּ7חִזְקִיָּ֣הוּ5יְחִזְקִיָּ֖הוּ5יְחִזְקִיָּ֙הוּ֙5יְחִזְקִיָּ֔הוּ5יְחִזְקִיָּ֗הוּ4חִזְקִיָּ֛הוּ4יְחִזְקִיָּ֜הוּ4

Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.