Strong's H2518 (Hebrew)

Hebrew: חִלְקִיָּה (Chilqîyâh)

Pronunciation: khil-kee-yaw'

Morphology: n-pr-m

Name Meaning: Hilkiah = "my portion is Jehovah"

Derivation: or חִלְקִיָּהוּ (Chilqîyâhûw); from חֵלֶק (chêleq) [H2506] and יָהּ (Yâhh) [H3050]; portion of Jah;

Definition: Chilhijah, the name of eight Israelites

KJV Renderings: Hillkiah.

Senses

1. father of Eliakim, an officer of Hezekiah
2. high priest in the reign of Josiah
3. a Merarite Levite, son of Amzi
4. another Merarite Levite, 2nd son of Hosah
5. one of those who stood on the right of Ezra when he read the law and probably a Levite and a priest
6. a priest of Anathoth, father of the prophet Jeremiah
7. father of Gemariah who was one of Zedekiah's envoys to Babylon

Cross References

Sources. The definition, derivation and KJV renderings are James Strong's own wording from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890) — public domain. The numbered senses and the Hebrew–Greek cross-references are the editorial work of the OpenScriptures Strong's dictionary, licensed CC BY-SA 3.0; their sense-outline conventions match the Outline of Biblical Usage (Online Bible, Larry Pierce), noted as a convention match rather than a documented claim.