Strong's H6667 (Hebrew)

Hebrew: צִדְקִיָּה (Tsidqîyâh)

Pronunciation: tsid-kee-yaw'

Morphology: n-pr-m

Name Meaning: Zedekiah = "Jehovah is righteous"

Derivation: or צִדְקִיָּהוּ (Tsidqîyâhûw); from צֶדֶק (tsedeq) [H6664] and יָהּ (Yâhh) [H3050]; right of Jah;

Definition: Tsidkijah, the name of six Israelites

KJV Renderings: Zedekiah, Zidkijah.

Senses

1. the last king of Judah renamed from 'Mattaniah' by Nebuchadnezzar; son of Josiah by wife Hamutal; placed on the throne by Nebuchadnezzar when he carried his nephew Jehoiakim in captivity
2. false prophet at the court of king Ahab of the northern kingdom of Israel
3. son of Maaseiah, a false prophet in Babylon
4. son of Hananiah, one of the princes of Judah in the time of Jeremiah
5. a priest who sealed the covenant with Nehemiah
6. son of king Jehoiakim of Judah

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.