חִלְקִיָּהוּ
Hilkiah
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Full lexicon entry — Brown-Driver-Briggs (BDB)
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (BDB)
Where this word appears
Grammar key — what these labels mean
Part of speech
- Noun
- A naming word — a person, place, thing, or idea.
Noun type
- Proper
- A name of a specific person, place, or people (e.g. Abraham, Zion, Israel).
Every verse where H2518 appears in the Book of Ezra — 1 distinct verse. Click any verse to open its interlinear word-by-word view. Verse text shown in the World English Bible for context — . Each verse’s Hebrew form is shown with its reference; the English is not keyword-highlighted, since the data carries no word-level English alignment. Use “Compare translations” on any verse to read it across multiple English versions. This concordance covers the Hebrew Bible; Septuagint (Greek Old Testament) occurrences are not indexed here.
Ezra
About this entry
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“Hilkiah” is the headline sense of the Hebrew name חלקיה (Chilqîyâh). Scripture first uses it in 2 Kings 18:18. It appears 31 verses across 7 books of the Hebrew Bible, among its moderately common vocabulary. More than a quarter of its appearances fall in 2 Kings. The sections below give every occurrence and version rendering.
Gloss history
Strong's 1890 vs modern scholarship
About this word
Strong's H2518 catalogs a Hebrew word from the Hebrew Old Testament.
These counts are not copied from any lexicon or concordance. They are computed here, from the morphology-tagged Hebrew Old Testament. What Lemma adds →
- 31
- distinct verses
- The word appears in 31 distinct verses.
- 7 / 39
- OT books
- The word appears in 7 of 39 Old Testament books.
- #1,041
- by frequency
- Top 2500 most frequent Hebrew words (rank 1,041 of 8,640 Hebrew words by occurrence).
View all 31 occurrences in the concordance →
Most concentrated in
- 2 Kings 10 verses 32%
- 2 Chronicles 7 verses 23%
- 1 Chronicles 4 verses 13%
By section of the Old Testament
By traditional corpus
Conventional, traditional groupings — biblical authorship is debated, so this is a traditional corpus grouping, not an authorship claim. Each share is this word’s portion of its verses in that division of the Hebrew canon. Each figure is a share of the word’s 31 distinct verses.
- Writings (Ketuvim) 16 verses · 52%
- Prophets (Nevi'im) 15 verses · 48%
How translations render this word
Counts come from each version’s own published word-to-Strong’s tagging or interlinear alignment — an approximate guide to how each version renders this word, not a word-level alignment the data otherwise carries. Because each total is that version’s own tagged count, the per-version totals vary from one another and need not match the appearance or distinct-verse counts above. These counts may also differ from a printed concordance because Lemma counts each distinctly tagged rendering and does not collapse phrase taggings into a single head-word total. This is a fixed set of word-tagged versions (KJV, ASV, BSB, ULT) and does not change with the reading translation you choose elsewhere. Each version’s license is shown beside its name below (and on Sources).
- King James Version: Hilkiah 33×
- American Standard Version: Hilkiah 34×
- Berean Standard Bible: Hilkiah 30×, He 2×, Hilkiah’s 2×
- unfoldingWord Literal Text: Hilkiah 33×
King James Version Public Domain
Renders H2518 across 34 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 1 rendering that appears only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
American Standard Version Public Domain
Renders H2518 across 34 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Berean Standard Bible Public Domain
Renders H2518 across 34 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Renders H2518 across 33 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
8 senses and sub-senses in the full BDB
What do BDB’s symbols mean?
BDB uses these scholarly abbreviations:
| Symbol | Meaning |
|---|---|
| 𝔊 | the Septuagint (the ancient Greek translation, LXX) |
| 𝔙 | the Vulgate (the Latin translation) |
| 𝔖 | the Syriac version (the Peshitta) |
| 𝔗 | the Targum (the Aramaic translation) |
| ψ | the Psalms |
| √ | root (the underlying root or stem) |
| ‖ | parallel passage (a synonymous or contrasted parallel) |
| † | the dagger: every passage where the word occurs is cited |
The 8 senses and sub-senses the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon distinguishes for this word, in lexicon order (not ranked by frequency), with BDB’s own verbatim wording and sub-sense lettering. Shown in Hebrew script with BDB’s own scholarly abbreviations. The condensed entry is in the Lexicon Entry tab. See also the Forms in the corpus table below.
- 1. father of Eliakim, Hezekiah’s officer, חלקיהו 2 K 18:18, 26; Is 22:20; 36:3, 22; חלקיה 2 K 18:37. e.g. 2 Kings 18:18
- 2. high priest, Josiah’s time, חלקיהו 2 K 22:4, 8, 14; 23:4, 24; 2 Ch 34:9, 14, 15(×2), 18, 20, 22; חלקיה 2 K 22:8, 10, 12 1 Ch 5:39(×2) 9:11; 2 Ch 35:8; Ezr 7:1, cf. also Ne 11:11. e.g. 2 Kings 22:4
- 3. חלקיהו father of Jerem. Je 1:1.—The foll. are all חלקיה: e.g. Jeremiah 1:1
- 4. Levites:
- a. 1 Ch 6:30. e.g. 1 Chronicles 6:30
- b. 1 Ch 26:11. e.g. 1 Chronicles 26:11
- 5. a priest, contemp. of Ezra Ne 4:8; 12:7, 21. e.g. Nehemiah 4:8
- 6. father of Gemariah, an ambassador of Zedekiah to Nebuchadrezzar Je 29:3. e.g. Jeremiah 29:3
Senses from the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon (Brown, Driver, Briggs; Oxford 1906 — public domain), digitized via Sefaria, supplemented by the OpenScriptures HebrewLexicon (CC BY 4.0). Full attribution on Sources.
Word origin
n.pr.m. (my portion is י׳) 𝔊 usually Χελκ(ε)ιας, Χελχιας;—
— Brown-Driver-Briggs (Oxford 1906, public domain), digitized via Sefaria, supplemented by the OpenScriptures HebrewLexicon (CC BY 4.0). See Sources.
Derived from חלק (chêleq) (H2506) — portion.
Jastrow Dictionary
A second Hebrew/Aramaic lexicon for comparison, covering Aramaic and post-biblical (Talmudic, Targumic, Midrashic) usage that the biblical-Hebrew BDB does not. Matched by lemma rather than by Strong’s number, so a lemma may carry more than one Jastrow headword (shown separately below), and the entries cover usage well beyond the Bible.
חִלְקִיָּה
- (b. h.) pr. n. m. Ḥilkiya, Hilkiah,
- 1. the high priest in the reign of Josiah. Meg. 14ᵇ; Yalk. Josh. 9; a. e.
- 2. father of Jeremiah the prophet. Num. R. s. 8, end. Snh. 95ᵃ, a. fr.
- 3. name of several Amoraim. Y. B. Bath. III, 14ᵃ; Bab. B. Bath. 39ᵇ.—Y. Shek. I, 46ᵇ; a. e. (v. Fr. M’bo p. 85ᵃ).—Kidd. 33ᵇ.—Yeb. 9ᵃ.—B. Mets. 96ᵇ; a. e.
A Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature (Marcus Jastrow; London, Luzac, 1903) — Public Domain. Digitized via Sefaria. Digitized via Sefaria. Full attribution on Sources.
Forms in the corpus
The 24 distinct written forms H2518 takes in the Hebrew Bible, most frequent first — each parse links to that state’s occurrences in the concordance. Hebrew forms include their vowel points and cantillation, so a single lemma takes many written forms.
| Form | Parsing | Example | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| חִלְקִיָּ֣הוּ | Noun, Proper | 2 Chronicles 34:9 | 4 |
| חִלְקִיָּ֖הוּ | Noun, Proper | 2 Chronicles 34:18 | 3 |
| חִלְקִיָּ֖ה | Noun, Proper | 2 Kings 22:10 | 2 |
| חִלְקִיָּ֜ה | Noun, Proper | 1 Chronicles 9:11 | 2 |
| חִלְקִיָּ֜הוּ | Noun, Proper | 2 Chronicles 34:22 | 2 |
| חִלְקִיָּ֣ה | Noun, Proper | 2 Kings 18:37 | 2 |
| חִלְקִיָּֽה | Noun, Proper | Ezra 7:1 | 2 |
| וְ/חִלְקִיָּ֖ה | Noun, Proper | 1 Chronicles 6:13 | 1 |
| וְ/חִלְקִיָּ֛ה | Noun, Proper | Nehemiah 8:4 | 1 |
| חִ֠לְקִיָּהוּ | Noun, Proper | 2 Kings 18:26 | 1 |
| חִלְקִיָּ֑ה | Noun, Proper | Jeremiah 29:3 | 1 |
| חִלְקִיָּ֑הוּ | Noun, Proper | Jeremiah 1:1 | 1 |
| חִלְקִיָּ֔ה | Noun, Proper | 1 Chronicles 6:13 | 1 |
| חִלְקִיָּ֗הוּ | Noun, Proper | 2 Chronicles 34:15 | 1 |
| חִלְקִיָּ֛הוּ | Noun, Proper | 2 Chronicles 34:15 | 1 |
| חִלְקִיָּ֡הוּ | Noun, Proper | 2 Chronicles 34:20 | 1 |
| חִלְקִיָּ֤הוּ | Noun, Proper | 1 Chronicles 26:11 | 1 |
| חִלְקִיָּ֥הוּ | Noun, Proper | 2 Kings 23:24 | 1 |
| חִלְקִיָּ֧ה | Noun, Proper | 2 Kings 22:8 | 1 |
| חִלְקִיָּ֨ה | Noun, Proper | 2 Chronicles 35:8 | 1 |
| חִלְקִיָּ֨הוּ֙ | Noun, Proper | 2 Kings 22:4 | 1 |
| חִלְקִיָּֽהוּ | Noun, Proper | Isaiah 22:20 | 1 |
| חִלְקִיָּהוּ֩ | Noun, Proper | 2 Kings 23:4 | 1 |
| לְ/חִלְקִיָּ֣ה | Noun, Proper | Nehemiah 12:21 | 1 |
Same root — word family
Other BDB entries built from the same root as H2518, grouped by Strong’s listed origin. These share a root / origin per the lexicon — not necessarily a shared meaning. Each links to that word’s own entry.
Derives from
Shares the same root
Proper names from this root
People and places named from this root — a name, not an additional meaning of the word.
Compare all same-root words → 1 of the same-root words is a proper name (a person or place). They share a root, not necessarily a meaning.
Bible dictionary
Public-domain dictionary articles matched to this entry by name (Hilkiah). A biblical name can be shared by more than one person or place, so an article may treat several.
Easton's Bible Dictionary · M. G. Easton, 1897
Portion of Jehovah. (1.) 1 Chr. 6:54. (2.) 1 Chr. 26:11. (3.) The father of Eliakim (2 Kings 18:18, 26, 37). (4.) The father of Gemariah (Jer. 29:3). (5.) The father of the prophet Jeremiah (1:1).
(6.) The high priest in the reign of Josiah (1 Chr. 6:13; Ezra 7:1). To him and his deputy (2 Kings 23:5), along with the ordinary priests and the Levites who had charge of the gates, was entrusted the purification of the temple in Jerusalem. While this was in progress, he discovered in some hidden corner of the building a book called the "book of the law" (2 Kings 22:8) and the "book of the covenant" (23:2). Some have supposed that this "book" was nothing else than the original autograph copy of the Pentateuch written by Moses (Deut. 31:9-26). This remarkable discovery occurred in the eighteenth year of Josiah's reign (B.C. 624), a discovery which permanently affected the whole subsequent history of Israel. (See JOSIAH; SHAPHAN.)
(7.) Neh. 12:7. (8.) Neh. 8:4.
Smith's Bible Dictionary · William Smith, 1863
(God is my portion)
+ Father of Eliakim. (2 Kings 18:37; Isaiah 22:20; 36:22) [Eliakim] + High priest in the reign of Josiah. (2 Kings 22:4) seq. 2Chr 34:9 Seq.; 1 Esd. 1:8. (B.C. 623.) His high priesthood was rendered particularly illustrious by the great reformation effected under it by King Josiah, by the solemn Passover kept at Jerusalem in the 18th year of that king's reign, and above all by the discovery which he made of the book of the law of Moses in the temple. + A Merarite Levite, son of Amzi (1 Chronicles 6:45) hebr. 30. + Another Merarite Levite, second son of Hosah. (1 Chronicles 26:11) + One of those who stood on the right hand of Ezra when he read the law to the people; doubtless a Levite, and probably a priest. (Nehemiah 8:4) (B.C 410.) + A priest of Anathoth, father of the prophet Jeremiah. (Jeremiah 1:1) (B.C. before 628.) + Father of Gemariah, who was one of Zedekiah's envoys to Babylon. (Jeremiah 29:3) (B.C. long before 587.)
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary · Roswell D. Hitchcock, 1869
God is my portion
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Septuagint verse parallels
This word appears in 27 verses that also exist in the Greek Old Testament (Septuagint), out of the 31 Hebrew verses it occurs in. You can read those verses in Greek by switching the Old Testament edition to the Septuagint.
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