proper name, masculine (׳י hath strengthened, ׳י stengtheneth; = Assyrian –aza‡i(i)au, Schr^COT on 2 Kings 18:1ff., Jäger^{BAS i, 469}; compare proper name יחזק on seal Gann^{JAs 1883 Feb. — Mar., 134 No. 7}; — on formative see Lag^{BN 134}) —

1 ᵐ5 Εξεκιας, son of Ahaz, King of Judah, seldom חִזְקִיָּה 2 Kings 18:1,10,14 (twice in verse); 2 Kings 18:15,16 (twice in verse), also ׳אַנְשֵׁי ח Proverbs 25:1 ; elsewhere in 2Kings (except Proverbs 20:10) חִזְקִיָּהוּ: Proverbs 16:20; Proverbs 18:9 34t., 2 Kings 18-21 "" Isaiah 36:1 31t., Isaiah 36-39; also Jeremiah 26:18,19; 1 Chronicles 3:13; 2Chronicles 29:18,27; 30:24; 32:15; in Chronicles use. יְחִזְקִיָּחוּ 1 Chronicles 4:41; 2Chronicles 28:27 35t. 2 Chron 29-33; also 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, ᵐ5 τοῦ Εξεκιου, perhaps =

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3 ᵐ5 Εξεκια(ς), חִזְקִיָּה man of royal Davidic line 1 Chronicles 3:23 probably near time of Char.

4 יְחִזְקִיָּה, ᵐ5 Εξεκια(ς), head of a family of returned exiles Ezra 2:16 = חִזְקִיָּה Nehemiah 7:21, compare also ׳ח Nehemiah 10:18.

5 יְחִזְקִיָּהוּ ᵐ5 Εξεκιας, an Ephraimite, Ahaz's time 2 Chronicles 28:12.