H3253 H3253
Ismachiah, a Levite overseer during Hezekiah's reforms, possibly meaning 'Yahweh sustains'
Ismachiah served as a Levitical administrator under Hezekiah's reforms in 2 Chronicles 31:13. The name likely means 'Yahweh sustains,' though Gray suggests reading it as the simpler form found in related names. The Greek tradition renders it Samachia. His role in managing temple contributions reflects the organizational structure of Hezekiah's religious renewal.
Senses
1. sense 1 — A masculine proper name in 2 Chronicles 31:13 identifying a Levite involved in Hezekiah's temple administration. The theophoric element suggests divine sustenance or support, fitting the context of faithful stewardship during a period of covenant renewal and centralized worship reform in Judah. 1×
AR["وَ-يِسْمَكْيَا"]·ben["ও-যিস্মখিয়"]·DE["[ויסמכיהו]"]·EN["and-Ismachiah"]·FR["[ויסמכיהו]"]·heb["ו-יסמכיהו"]·HI["और-यिस्मख्याहू"]·ID["dan-Yismakhya"]·IT["[ויסמכיהו]"]·jav["lan-Yismakhya"]·KO["그리고-이스마겸야와"]·PT["e-Yismakyahu"]·RU["и-Йисмахьяху"]·ES["y-Yismajyahu"]·SW["wyismakyahwּ"]·TR["ve-Yismakya"]·urd["اور-یسمکیاہ"]
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
† יִסְמַכְיָ֫הוּ n.pr.m. (י׳ sustaineth, but perhaps read סמ׳ as foreg. GrayProp. N. 291, No. 60);—Levite name 2 Ch 31:13; 𝔊 Σαμαχ(ε)ια.