חלקיה
chaalaqayah
proper masculine noun
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From חלק (H2506) and יה (H3050)
or חלקיהו Chilqîyâhûw; from H2506 and H3050; portion of Jah; Chilhijah, the name of eight Israelites:—Hillkiah.
Outline
- Hilkiah = "my portion is Jehovah"
- father of Eliakim, an officer of Hezekiah
- high priest in the reign of Josiah
- a Merarite Levite, son of Amzi
- another Merarite Levite, 2nd son of Hosah
- one of those who stood on the right of Ezra when he read the law and probably a Levite and a priest
- a priest of Anathoth, father of the prophet Jeremiah
- father of Gemariah who was one of Zedekiah's envoys to Babylon