Strong's H3169 (Hebrew)

Hebrew: יְחִזְקִיָּה (Yᵉchizqîyâh)

Pronunciation: yekh-iz-kee-yaw'

Morphology: n-pr-m

Name Meaning: Hezekiah or Jehizkiah = "Jehovah has made strong"

Derivation: or יְחִזְקִיָּהוּ (Yᵉchizqîyâhûw); from יְרוּשָׁא (Yᵉrûwshâʼ) [H3388] and יָהּ (Yâhh) [H3050]; strengthened of Jah;

Definition: Jechizkijah, the name of five Israelites

KJV Renderings: Hezekiah, Jehizkiah. Compare חִזְקִיָּה (Chizqîyâh) [H2396].

Senses

1. son of king Ahazby Abi or Abijah and the 12th king of Judah; his reign was characterised by his godly conduct; reigned for 29 years
2. head of a family of returning exiles in the time of Nehemiah
3. an Ephraimite in the time of Ahaz

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.