Definition

Chizkijah, a king of Judah, also the name of two other Israelites

Etymology

or חִזְקִיָּהוּ; also יְחִזְקִיָּה; or יְחִזְקִיָּהוּ; from H2388 (חָזַק) and H3050 (יָהּ); strengthened of Jah;

Where the KJV renders it

• Hezekiah
• Hizkiah
• Hizkijah. Compare H3169 (יְחִזְקִיָּה)

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.

What the first audience heard

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