Huldah

English

Etymology

Hebrew חולדה (“weasel”).

Proper noun

Huldah

1. A prophetess in the Old Testament.
   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 2 Chronicles 34:22:
     :

     And Hilkiah, and they that the king had appointed, went to Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum the son of Tikvath, the son of Hasrah, keeper of the wardrobe; (now she dwelt in Jerusalem in the college:) and they spake to her to that effect.

2. (rare) A female given name from Hebrew.

Translations

biblical prophetess

• Danish: Hulda
• Finnish: Hulda (fi)
• German: Hulda (de)
• Hebrew: חֻלְדָּה (he) (ḥuldá)
• Norwegian: Hulda (no)
• Swedish: Hulda (sv)