Lexical 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). |
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