Hezekiah

English

Etymology

Hebrew חִזְקִיָּה (chizkiyá, “Hezekiah”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌhɛzəˈkaɪə/
• Rhymes: -aɪə

Proper noun

Hezekiah

1. A king of Judah. (biblical character)
   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 2 Chronicles 29:1-2:

     Hezekiah began to reign when he was five and twenty years old, and he reigned nine and twenty years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Abijah, the daughter of Zechariah. And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, according to all that David his father had done.

2. A male given name from Hebrew of biblical origin.
3. A fictitious book of the Bible, often cited as a source of made-up quotations.

Related terms

• Ezekias

Translations

biblical king

• Akkadian: 𒄩𒍝𒆥𒀀𒌑 (ḫa-za-qí-a-ú)
• Danish: Ezekias
• Dutch: Hizkia, Jechizkia
• Finnish: Hiskia
• French: Ézéchias
• Hawaiian: Hezekia
• Irish: Hiziciá m
• Italian: Ezechia
• Latin: Ezechias
• Norwegian: Hiskia
• Portuguese: Ezequias (pt)
• Spanish: Ezequías m
• Swedish: Hiskia

male given name

• Hawaiian: Hekekia
• Portuguese: Ezequias (pt)

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