The meaning of “חִזְקִיָּה”

or חִזְקִיָּהוּ Chizqîyâhûw (khiz-kee-yaw'-hoo); also יְחִזְקִיָּה Yᵉchizqîyâh (yekh-iz-kee-yaw'); or יְחִזְקִיָּהוּ Yᵉchizqîyâhûw (yekh-iz-kee-yaw'-hoo); from חָזַק and יָהּ; strengthened of Jah Hezekiah, Hizkiah, Hizkijah. Compare יְחִזְקִיָּה. - § Hezekiah or Hizkiah or Hizkijah = "Jehovah is my strength" - Chizkijah, a king of Judah, also the name of two other Israelites 1) 12th king of Judah, son of Ahaz and Abijah; a good king in that he served Jehovah and did away with idolatrous practices 2) great-great-grandfather of Zephaniah the prophet 3) son of Neariah, a descendant of David 4) head of a family of returning exiles in the time of Nehemiah