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Lexicon :: Strong's H2396 - ḥizqîyâ

Aa
חִזְקִיָּה
Transliteration
ḥizqîyâ
Pronunciation
khiz-kee-yaw'
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Part of Speech
proper masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Strong’s Definitions

חִזְקִיָּה Chizqîyâh, khiz-kee-yaw'; or חִזְקִיָּהוּ Chizqîyâhûw; also יְחִזְקִיָּה Yᵉchizqîyâh; or יְחִזְקִיָּהוּ Yᵉchizqîyâhûw; from H2388 and H3050; strengthened of Jah; Chizkijah, a king of Judah, also the name of two other Israelites:—Hezekiah, Hizkiah, Hizkijah. Compare H3169.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 87x

The KJV translates Strong's H2396 in the following manner: Hezekiah (85x), Hizkiah (1x), Hizkijah (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 87x
The KJV translates Strong's H2396 in the following manner: Hezekiah (85x), Hizkiah (1x), Hizkijah (1x).

  1. Hezekiah or Hizkiah or Hizkijah = "Jehovah is my strength"

    1. 12th king of Judah, son of Ahaz and Abijah; a good king in that he served Jehovah and did away with idolatrous practices

    2. great-great-grandfather of Zephaniah the prophet

    3. son of Neariah, a descendant of David

    4. head of a family of returning exiles in the time of Nehemiah

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
חִזְקִיָּה Chizqîyâh, khiz-kee-yaw'; or חִזְקִיָּהוּ Chizqîyâhûw; also יְחִזְקִיָּה Yᵉchizqîyâh; or יְחִזְקִיָּהוּ Yᵉchizqîyâhûw; from H2388 and H3050; strengthened of Jah; Chizkijah, a king of Judah, also the name of two other Israelites:—Hezekiah, Hizkiah, Hizkijah. Compare H3169.
STRONGS H2396: Abbreviations
חִזְקִיָּ֫הוּ, חִזְקִיָּה, [H3169 יְחִזְקִיָּהוּ, יְחִזְקִיָּה] proper name, masculine (י׳ hath strengthened, י׳ stengtheneth; ＝Assyrian Ḫazaḳi(i)au, SchrCOT on 2 Kings 18:1 ff., JägerBAS i, 469; compare proper name יחזק on seal GannJAs 1883 Feb. — Mar., 134 No. 7; — on formative see LagBN 134) —
1. Greek Version of the LXX Εξεκιας, son of Ahaz, King of Judah, seldom חִזְקִיָּה 2 Kings 18:1, 2 Kings 18:10, 2 Kings 18:14 (twice in verse); 2 Kings 18:15, 2 Kings 18:16 (twice in verse), also אַנְשֵׁי ח׳ Proverbs 25:1; elsewhere in 2 Kings (except [H3169 2 Kings 20:10]) חִזְקִיָּהוּ: 2 Kings 16:20; 2 Kings 18:9 + 34 times, 2 Kings 18-21 || Isaiah 36:1 + 31 times, Isaiah 36-39; also Jeremiah 26:18, 19; 1 Chronicles 3:13; 2 Chronicles 29:18, 2 Chronicles 29:27; 2 Chronicles 30:24; 2 Chronicles 32:15; in Chronicles usually. יְחִזְקִיָּחוּ 1 Chronicles 4:41; 2 Chronicles 28:27 + 35 times 2 Chronicles 29-33; also [H3169 2 Kings 20:10]; Jeremiah 15:4, and in title Isaiah 1:1; יִחִזְקִיָה Hosea 1:1; Micah 1:1 (if י in these three be not text error for וְ).
† 2. חִזְקִיָּה great-great-grandfather of prophet Zephaniah Zephaniah 1:1, Greek Version of the LXXτοῦ Εξεκιου, perhaps ＝1.
† 3. Greek Version of the LXX Εξεκια(ς), חִזְקִיָּה man of royal Davidic line 1 Chronicles 3:23 probably near time of Chronicles.
† 4. יְחִזְקִיָּה, Greek Version of the LXX Εξεκια(ς), head of a family of returned exiles Ezra 2:16 = חִזְקִיָּה Nehemiah 7:21, compare also ח׳ Nehemiah 10:18 [Nehemiah 10:17].
† 5. יְחִזְקִיָּהוּ Greek Version of the LXX Εξεκιας, an Ephraimite, Ahaz's time [H3169 2 Chronicles 28:12].
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

2 Kings

16:20; 18:1; 18:1; 18:9; 18:10; 18:14; 18:15; 18:16

1 Chronicles

3:13; 3:23; 4:41

2 Chronicles

28:27; 29:18; 29:27; 30:24; 32:15

Ezra

2:16

Nehemiah

7:21; 10:17

Proverbs

25:1

Isaiah

1:1; 36:1

Jeremiah

15:4; 26:18; 26:19

Hosea

1:1

Micah

1:1

Zephaniah

1:1

H2396

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Strong's Number H2396 matches the Hebrew חִזְקִיָּה (ḥizqîyâ),
which occurs 40 times in 38 verses in '2Ch' in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 28:27

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 28:27 - And Ahaz slept with his fathers [in death], and they buried him in the city, in Jerusalem, but they did not bring him into the tombs of the kings of Israel. And his son Hezekiah reigned in his place.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 29:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 29:1 -

Hezekiah became king when he was twenty-five years old, and he reigned twenty-nine years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Abijah the daughter of Zechariah.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 29:18

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 29:18 - Then they went inside to King Hezekiah and said, “We have cleansed the entire house (temple) of the LORD, the altar of burnt offering with all of its utensils, and the table of showbread with all its utensils.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 29:20

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 29:20 -

Then King Hezekiah arose early and assembled the officials of the city, and went up to the house of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 29:27

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 29:27 - Then Hezekiah gave the order to offer the burnt offering on the altar. And when the burnt offering began, the song to the LORD also began with the trumpets accompanied by the instruments of David, king of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 29:30

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 29:30 - Also King Hezekiah and the officials ordered the Levites to exclaim praises to the LORD with the words of David and of Asaph the seer. And they exclaimed praises with joy, and bowed down and worshiped.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 29:31

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 29:31 -

Then Hezekiah said, “Now you have consecrated yourselves to the LORD; approach and bring sacrifices and thank offerings into the house of the LORD.” And the assembly brought in sacrifices and thank offerings, and all those who were willing brought burnt offerings.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 29:36

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 29:36 - Then Hezekiah and all the people rejoiced because of what God had prepared for the people, for the thing came about suddenly.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 30:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 30:1 -

Hezekiah sent word to all Israel and to Judah and also wrote letters to Ephraim and Manasseh to come to the house of the LORD at Jerusalem to celebrate the Passover Feast to the LORD God of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 30:18

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 30:18 - For the majority of the people, many from Ephraim and Manasseh, Issachar and Zebulun, had not purified themselves, and yet they ate the Passover contrary to what had been prescribed. For Hezekiah had prayed for them, saying, “May the good LORD pardon

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 30:20

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 30:20 - So the LORD listened to Hezekiah and healed the people [of their uncleanness].

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 30:22

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 30:22 - Hezekiah spoke [fn]encouragingly to all the Levites who showed good understanding in the things of the LORD. So the people ate for the appointed seven days, sacrificing peace offerings and giving thanks to the LORD God of their fathers.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 30:24

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 30:24 - For Hezekiah king of Judah gave to the assembly 1,000 bulls and 7,000 sheep, and the officials gave the assembly 1,000 bulls and 10,000 sheep. And a large number of priests consecrated themselves [for service].

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 31:2

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And Hezekiah appointed the divisions of the priests, and the Levites by their divisions, each in accordance with his service, both the priests and Levites, for burnt offerings and for peace offerings, to minister and to give thanks and to praise in the gates of the camp of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 31:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 31:8 - When Hezekiah and the rulers came and saw the heaps, they blessed the LORD and His people Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 31:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 31:9 - Then Hezekiah questioned the priests and Levites about the heaps.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 31:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 31:11 -

Then Hezekiah told them to prepare rooms [for storage] in the house of the LORD, and they prepared them.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 31:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 31:13 - Jehiel, Azaziah, Nahath, Asahel, Jerimoth, Jozabad, Eliel, Ismachiah, Mahath, and Benaiah were overseers directed by Conaniah and Shimei his brother by the appointment of King Hezekiah, and Azariah was the chief officer of the house of God.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 31:20

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 31:20 -

This is what Hezekiah did throughout Judah; and he did what was good, right, and true before the LORD his God.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:2 - When Hezekiah saw that Sennacherib had come and that he intended to go to war against Jerusalem,

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:8 - “With him there is only an arm of flesh, but with us is the LORD our God to help us and to fight our battles.” And the people relied on the words of Hezekiah king of Judah.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:9 -

After this, Sennacherib king of Assyria, while he was at Lachish [besieging it] with all his forces, sent his servants to Jerusalem, to Hezekiah king of Judah, and to all Judah who were at Jerusalem, saying,

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:11 - ‘Is not Hezekiah misleading you in order to let you die by famine and thirst, while saying, “The LORD our God will rescue us from the hand of the king of Assyria?”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:12 - ‘Has the same Hezekiah not taken away [fn]his [Baal’s] high places and his altars, and commanded Judah and Jerusalem, “You shall worship before [only] one altar and burn incense on it”?

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:15 - ‘So now, do not let Hezekiah deceive or mislead you like this, and do not believe him, for no god of any nation or kingdom has been able to rescue his people from my hand or the hand of my fathers. How much less will your God rescue you from my hand!’”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:16 -

And his servants said even more against the LORD God and against His servant Hezekiah.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:17

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:17 - The Assyrian king also wrote letters insulting and taunting the LORD God of Israel, and speaking against Him, saying, “As the gods of the nations of other lands have not rescued their people from my hand, so the God of Hezekiah will not rescue His people from my hand.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:20

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:20 -

But Hezekiah the king and the prophet Isaiah the son of Amoz prayed about this and cried out to heaven [for help].

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:22

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:22 - Thus the LORD saved Hezekiah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem from the hand of Sennacherib the king of Assyria and from the hand of all others, and He gave them rest on every side.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:23

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:23 - And many brought gifts to the LORD at Jerusalem and valuable presents to Hezekiah king of Judah; so from then on he was exalted in the sight of all nations.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:24

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In those days Hezekiah became terminally ill; and he prayed to the LORD, and He answered him and gave him a [miraculous] sign.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:25

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:25 - But Hezekiah did nothing [for the LORD] in return for the benefit bestowed on him, because his heart had become proud; therefore God’s wrath came on him and on Judah and Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:26

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:26 - However, Hezekiah humbled his proud heart, both he and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, so that the wrath of the LORD did not come on them during the days of Hezekiah.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:27

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Now Hezekiah had immense wealth and honor; and he made for himself treasuries for silver, gold, precious stones, spices, shields, and all kinds of delightful articles,

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:30

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:30 - This same Hezekiah also stopped up the upper outlet of the waters of Gihon and channeled them down to the west side of the City of David. Hezekiah succeeded in everything that he did.

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Now the rest of the acts of Hezekiah and his godly achievements, behold, they are written in the vision of Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz, in the Book of the Kings of Judah and Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:33

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:33 - So Hezekiah slept with his fathers [in death] and they buried him in the upper section of the tombs of the descendants of David; and all Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem honored him at his death. And his son Manasseh became king in his place.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 33:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 33:3 - For he rebuilt the [idolatrous] high places which his father Hezekiah had torn down; and he set up altars for the Baals and made the [fn]Asherim, and worshiped all the host of heaven [the sun, the moon, stars and planets] and served them.
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