Lexicon
חִלְקִיָּהוּ
chil.qiy.yah
H2518
N:N-M-P Hebrew

Hilkiah

34
Occurrences
7
Books
Hebrew
Language

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

  1. 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.

Passages featuring this word

Across Scripture