Lexical Summary Chilqiyyahu or Chilqiyyah: "my portion is Yah", the name of several Israelites Original Word: חִלְקִיָּהTransliteration: Chilqiyyahu or Chilqiyyah Phonetic Spelling: (khil-kee-yaw') Part of Speech: Proper Name Masculine Short Definition: "my portion is Yah", the name of several Israelites Meaning: Hilkiah -- "my portion is Yah", the name of several Israelites Strong's Concordance Hillkiah Or Chilqiyahuw {khil-kee-yaw'-hoo}'from cheleq and Yahh; portion of Jah; {Chilhijah, the name of eight Israelites -- Hillkiah. see HEBREW cheleq see HEBREW Yahh Brown-Driver-Briggs H2518. Chilqiyyahu or Chilqiyyah חִלְקִיָּה חִלְקִיָּהוּ, proper name, masculine (my portion is ׳י) ᵐ5 usually Ξελκ(ε)ιας, Ξελχιας; — 1 father of Eliakim, Hezekiah's officer, חלקיהו 2 Kings 18:18, 26; Isaiah 22:20; 36:3, 22; חלקיה 2 Kings 18:37. 2 high priest, Josiah's time, חלקיהו 2 Kings 22:4, 8, 14; 23:4, 24; 2 Chronicles 34:9, 14, 15 (twice in verse); 34:18, 20, 22; חלקיה 2 Kings 22:8, 10, 12; 1 Chronicles 5:39 (twice in verse); 1 Chronicles 9:11; 2 Chronicles 35:8; Ezra 7:1, compare also Nehemiah 11:11. 3 חלקיהו father of Jeremiah Jeremiah 1:1. — The following are all ׃חלקיה 4 Levites: 5 a priest, contemp. of Ezra Nehemiah 4:8; 12:7, 21. 6 father of Gemariah, an ambassador of Zedekiah to Nebuchadrezzar Jeremiah 29:3. |