King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER H3168
Transliteration: Yechezqel
Phonetic Spelling: (yekh-ez-kale')
Part of Speech: Proper Name Masculine
Short Definition: "God strengthens", two Israelites
Meaning: Ezekiel -- "God strengthens", two Israelites
Word Summary
Yechezqel: "God strengthens", two Israelites
Original Word: יְחֶזְקֵאלTransliteration: Yechezqel
Phonetic Spelling: (yekh-ez-kale')
Part of Speech: Proper Name Masculine
Short Definition: "God strengthens", two Israelites
Meaning: Ezekiel -- "God strengthens", two Israelites
Strong's Concordance
Ezekiel, Jehezekel From chazaq and 'el; God will strengthen; Jechezkel, the name of two Israelites -- Ezekiel, Jehezekel.
see HEBREW chazaq
see HEBREW 'el
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H3168. Yechezqel
יְחֶזְקֵאל proper name, masculine (God strengtheneth, compare foregoing; see LagBN 134) —
1 the well-known priest and prophet, son of Buzi, ᵐ5 Ιεξεκιηλ, Ezekiel 1:3; 24:24.
2 priest of 19th course (assigned to David's time) 1 Chronicles 24:16, ᵐ5 Εξεκηλ, ᵐ5L (20th course, compare A) Ιεξεκιηλ.
יְחִזְקִיָּה יְחִזְקִיָּהוּ, see חִזְקִיָּהוּ above
חזר (√ of following; meaning dubious; perhaps compare Arabic the eye was or became narrow, small, Lane731c; hence narrow-eyed animal).