{"def":{"lit":"Jehovah is my strength","short":"Chizkijah, a king of Judah, also the name of two other Israelites","long":["12th king of Judah, son of Ahaz and Abijah; a good king in that he served Jehovah and did away with idolatrous practices","great-great-grandfather of Zephaniah the prophet","son of Neariah, a descendant of David","head of a family of returning exiles in the time of Nehemiah"]},"deriv":"or חִזְקִיָּהוּ; also יְחִזְקִיָּה; or יְחִזְקִיָּהוּ; from H2388 and H3050; strengthened of Jah","pronun":{"ipa":"ħɪd͡z.k’ɪjˈjɔː","ipa_mod":"χiz.kiˈjɑː","sbl":"ḥizqiyyâ","dic":"hidz-kih-YAW","dic_mod":"heez-kee-YA"},"see":["H3169"],"comment":"Compare H3169."}