Hilkiah
chil.qiy.yah is a personal name borne by figures in priestly, genealogical, and royal-court settings in the Bible.
The occurrences use this proper noun as a personal name, identifying people in genealogies and lists, a priest associated with a found scroll and royal commands, and fathers named in family relationships. The supplied verses do not establish that every bearer of the name is the same person.
Senses in use
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Personal name in narrative, lists, and family lines · dominant
All supplied tokens are tagged Noun · Proper. In 2 Kings 22:8 the named priest reports finding a scroll in the house of the LORD and gives it to Shaphan; in 1 Chronicles 9:11 and Ezra 7:1 the name occurs within descent lines; and in Isaiah 22:20 it identifies Eliakim's father.
In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB consistently presents the proper noun as “Hilkiah” in narrative, genealogical, and list contexts. Because the APB is a whole-verse translation, its English confirms the named-person function without adding a lexical definition.