חִזְקִיָּ֫הוּ, H2396
Hezekiah — personal name meaning 'YHWH has strengthened,' chiefly the righteous king of Judah (c. 715-686 BC)
Chizkiyahu (also spelled Chizkiyah, Yechizkiyahu) is a theophoric name built from chazaq ('be strong') and a divine suffix, yielding 'YHWH has strengthened.' Of its 130 occurrences, the vast majority designate the king of Judah who succeeded his idolatrous father Ahaz and instituted sweeping religious reforms (2 Kgs 18:3-6). His reign is remembered for the miraculous deliverance of Jerusalem from Sennacherib's siege (2 Kgs 19:35; Isa 37:36) and the sign of the sundial's shadow retreating during his illness (2 Kgs 20:11). Proverbs 25:1 attributes a scribal collection to 'the men of Hezekiah.' The Assyrian annals confirm him as Hazakiiahu, a rare case of biblical-cuneiform name alignment.
Senses
1. Hezekiah (personal name) — The proper masculine name Hezekiah, a theophoric compound meaning 'YHWH has strengthened.' Its primary referent is the reforming king of Judah who purified worship, withstood Sennacherib's invasion (2 Kgs 18-19; Isa 36-37), and received a miraculous extension of life (2 Kgs 20:1-11). Secondary bearers include an ancestor in 1 Chr 3:23 and a post-exilic figure in Zephaniah 1:1. Assyrian records spell the name Hazakiiahu, and the Septuagint renders it Ezekias — giving rise to Spanish 'Ezequias,' French 'Ezechias,' and German 'Hiskia.' 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)
Related Senses
G3588 1. definite article (18298×)H0853 1. definite direct object marker (10915×)G2532 1. (8312×)H3068 1. YHWH (the divine name) (6522×)H0834a 1. relative pronoun (who/which/that) (4839×)H3588a 1. causal: because, for (3498×)G1161 1. and (2806×)H3478 1. Israel (proper name and nation) (2507×)G4771 1. you (plural address) (1853×)H1931 1. personal pronoun he/she/it (1431×)G3739 1. relative pronoun who/which/that (1149×)H1732 1. David (proper name) (1075×)H2088 1. this, this one (demonstrative) (1059×)G1063 1. (1047×)G3778 1. this thing, these things (1003×)H???? 2. (1002×)G2424 1. (924×)G3754 1. that (content clause) (881×)H2009 1. presentative particle: behold, look (881×)H0589 1. I (first person singular pronoun) (874×)
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…