H3203 H3203
Yecholyahu/Yekholyah/Jecoliah, mother of King Azariah/Uzziah of Judah
The personal name of Azariah's (also called Uzziah's) mother, appearing in the royal annalistic formulas. The name is spelled יכליהו in 2 Kings 15:2 and יכליה in 2 Chronicles 26:3 (Qere; the Ketiv reads יכיליה), showing the typical variation in theophoric name endings. The name means 'Yahweh has been able' or 'Yahweh is able,' built on the root יכל (to be able, prevail). The Greek versions vary (Χαλεια, Χααια, Ιεχελια), reflecting the transliteration challenges. As queen mother, she would have held important ceremonial and possibly political roles in 8th-century Judah.
Senses
1. sense 1 — A queen mother's name preserved in the regnal records of Judah, affirming Yahweh's power and capability. The textual variants (Yecholyahu/Yekholyah/Yekilia) show the fluidity in spelling theophoric names with -yahu/-yah endings. Her son Azariah/Uzziah had one of the longest and most prosperous reigns in Judah's history, though it ended in tragedy when he was struck with leprosy. 3×
AR["[يَكِيلْيَا]", "يَكَلْيَا", "يَكُلْيَا"]·ben["(যিকাল্যা)", "[যিকিলিয়া]", "যিখলিয়"]·DE["Yecholyahu", "[יכיליה]", "[יכליה]"]·EN["Yecholyahu", "Yekholyah", "[ketiv]"]·FR["Yecholyahu", "[יכיליה]", "[יכליה]"]·heb["(יכליה)", "[יכיליה]", "[יכליהו]"]·HI["[यकील्याह]", "यकॉल्याह", "यखल्याहू"]·ID["Yekolia", "Yekolya", "[Yekilia]"]·IT["Yecholyahu", "[יכיליה]", "[יכליה]"]·jav["Yekholya", "Yékholya"]·KO["여가료이니", "여갈룜", "여콜리야"]·PT["(Q: Yekhalyah)", "Yecholyahu", "[K: Yekhilyah]"]·RU["[к]", "Иехолия", "Йехольяху"]·ES["Jecolias", "Yecolías", "[Yekilia]"]·SW["Yekolia"]·TR["Yekilya", "Yekolya"]·urd["یکلیاہ"]
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
† יְכָלְיָהוּ, יְכָלְיָה n.pr.f. (י׳ hath been able; cf. Sab. יכלאל Hal 465) mother of king Azariah: יכליהו 2 K 15:2, 𝔊 Χαλεια, 𝔊L Ιεχελια; יכליה 2 Ch 26:3 (Qr; Kt יכיליה), 𝔊 Χααια, A 𝔊L Ιεχελια.