Bible Dictionary
Hizkiah
Hizkiah was an ancestor of the prophet Zephaniah. The name is also an alternate form related to Hezekiah and appears in other genealogical or covenant contexts.
Definition
Hizkiah, also written in forms related to Hezekiah, is a name meaning “might of Jehovah” or “strength of Yah.” The name belongs to an ancestor of the prophet Zephaniah and also appears in genealogical and covenant records.
Biblical Usage
Hizkiah is identified as an ancestor of Zephaniah. The name also appears for a descendant of David and in the covenant list of Nehemiah, where other textual forms are rendered Hezekiah in the Revised Version.
Historical Background
The supplied material dates the ancestor of Zephaniah before 635 B.C. and identifies the Nehemiah reference with the returned community’s covenant record.
Scripture References
Related Figures
Historical Bible Dictionaries
Easton's Bible Dictionary
An ancestor of the prophet Zephaniah (1:1).
Smith's Bible Dictionary
(might of Jehovah), an ancestor of Zephaniah the prophet. (Zephaniah 1:1) (B.C. before 635.)
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (ISBE)
<p>hiz-ki'-a (chizqiyah; Septuagint Ezekia, "strength of Yah"):</p><p>(1) A son of Neariah, a descendant of David (1Ch 3:23, the King James Version "Hezekiah").</p><p>(2) An ancestor of the prophet Zephaniah (Ze 1:1). In the Revised Version (British and American) this word is here translated "Hezekiah." This name again appears in Ne 10:17 (Hebrew 18) in the form of "Hizkijah" in the King James Version, but as "Hezekiah" in the Revised Version (British and American).</p><p>See HEZEKIAH.</p>