יְחִזְקִיָּה
Yᵉchizqîyâh · yekh-iz-kee-yaw'
Jechizkijah, the name of five Israelites
Lexicon
Derivation: or יְחִזְקִיָּהוּ; from H3388 (יְרוּשָׁא) and H3050 (יָהּ); strengthened of Jah;
Jechizkijah, the name of five 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, Jehizkiah. Compare H2396 (חִזְקִיָּה).
Letters
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
- 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)
the hand that works › to separate and protect › to cut, to sustain › what comes behind, the returning cycle › the hand that works › to reveal, behold
The hand that works that works 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 יְחִזְקִיָּה 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
4 occurrences · 4 OT · 0 NT · 3 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- and hezekiah12 · 27%
- of hezekiah8 · 18%
- hezekiah5 · 11%
- then hezekiah4 · 9%
- but hezekiah2 · 5%
- to hezekiah2 · 5%
- and when hezekiah2 · 5%
- and jehizkiah1 · 2%
- moreover hezekiah1 · 2%
- with him,) unto hezekiah1 · 2%
- doth not hezekiah1 · 2%
- hath not the same hezekiah1 · 2%
- and for this cause hezekiah1 · 2%
- notwithstanding hezekiah1 · 2%
- this same hezekiah1 · 2%
- which hezekiah1 · 2%
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.