חִלְקִיָּה
Chilqîyâh · khil-kee-yaw'
Chilhijah, the name of eight Israelites
Lexicon
Derivation: or חִלְקִיָּהוּ; from H2506 (חֵלֶק) and H3050 (יָהּ); portion of Jah;
Chilhijah, the name of eight Israelites
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Hillkiah.
Letters
- חHet8
Picture: courtyard wall or enclosure
- Concrete
- wall · fence · tent wall
- Extended
- to separate · protection · the inside vs. the outside · private
- לLamed30
Picture: shepherd's staff or goad
- Concrete
- staff · goad · yoke · cattle prod
- Extended
- authority · to lead · to teach · to bind · toward
- 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 › authority, the one who leads › what comes behind, the returning cycle › the hand that works › to reveal, behold
To separate and protect of authority, the one who leads of what comes behind, the returning cycle of the hand that works that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of חִלְקִיָּה 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
34 occurrences · 34 OT · 0 NT · 25 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- of hilkiah12 · 35%
- hilkiah10 · 29%
- and hilkiah7 · 21%
- to hilkiah2 · 6%
- so hilkiah1 · 3%
- that hilkiah1 · 3%
- hilkiah's1 · 3%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.