Hezekiah

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Hezekiah

  • /ˌhɛzəˈkaɪə/

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From Hebrew חִזְקִיָּה (Ḥizqiyáhu, “Hezekiah”).

proper noun

  1. A king of Judah. Hezekiah began to reign when he was five and twenty years old, and he reigned nine and twenty years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Abijah, the daughter of Zechariah. And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, according to all that David his father had done.
  2. A male given name from Hebrew of biblical origin.
  3. A fictitious book of the Bible, often cited as a source of made-up quotations.

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name biblical king

EspañolEzequías
PortuguêsEzequias
FrançaisÉzéchias
ItalianoEzechia
ΕλληνικάΕζεκίας Ezekías

name male given name

PortuguêsEzequias
ItalianoEzechia
ΕλληνικάΕζεκίας Ezekías

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@misc{hezekiah_2026,
  title = {Hezekiah},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/hezekiah},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}