Senses
1. Hezekiah (personal name) — Proper masculine name meaning 'YHWH has strengthened,' spelled variously as Chizkiyahu, Chizkiyah, Yechizkiyahu. Primarily refers to Hezekiah king of Judah (c. 715-686 BC), the righteous son of Ahaz who removed high places, broke the bronze serpent, and trusted YHWH against Sennacherib's siege (2 Kgs 18-20; 2 Chr 29-32; Isa 36-39). Also borne by an ancestor of Zephaniah (Zeph 1:1), individuals in genealogies of 1 Chronicles (1 Chr 3:13, 4:41), heads of families among post-exilic returnees (Ezra 2:16; Neh 7:21), and a signatory of Nehemiah's covenant (Neh 10:17). Used in headings of Proverbs (Prov 25:1) and Isaiah (Isa 1:1). 130×
AR["حِزْقِيَّا","حِزْقِيَّاهُو"]·ben["হিষ্কিয়","হিষ্কিয়র","হিস্কিয়"]·DE["Hiskia"]·EN["Chizkiyah","Chizkiyahu"]·FR["Ézéchias"]·heb["חזקיהו","חיזקיה","חיזקיהו"]·HI["हिज़किय्याह","हिज़किय्याहू"]·ID["Hizkia"]·IT["Chizkiyah","Ezechia"]·jav["Hizkia","Hizkiya"]·KO["히스기야","히스기야가","히스기야에게","히스기야의"]·PT["Chizkiyahu","Chizqiyahu"]·RU["Хизкии","Хизкийяху","Хизкияху"]·ES["Ezequías"]·SW["Hezekia"]·TR["Hizkiya","Hizkiya'nın","Hizkiya'ya"]·urd["حزقیاہ"]
2 Kgs 16:20, 2 Kgs 18:1, 2 Kgs 18:9, 2 Kgs 18:13, 2 Kgs 18:14, 2 Kgs 18:14, 2 Kgs 18:15, 2 Kgs 18:16, 2 Kgs 18:16, 2 Kgs 18:17, 2 Kgs 18:19, 2 Kgs 18:22 (+38 more)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
חִזְקִיָּ֫הוּ, חִזְקִיָּה, יְחִזְקִיָּ֫הוּ, יְחִזְקִיָּה n.pr.m. (י׳ hath strengthened, י׳ strengtheneth; = Assyrian Ḫazaḳi(i)au, Schr COT on 2 K 18:1 ff., Jäger BAS i, 469; cf. n.pr. יחזק on seal Gann JAs 1883 Feb.–Mar., 134 No. 7;—on format. v. LagBN 134)— 1. 𝔊 Εζεκιας, son of Ahaz, King of Judah, seldom †חִזְקִיָּה 2 K 18:1, 10, 14(×2), 15, 16(×2), also אַנְשֵׁי ח׳ Pr 25:1 †; elsewhere in 2 K…