chilkiya · Hilkiah

What it means

chilkiya (חִלְקִיָּה) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “Hilkiah”.

A name meaning "my portion is YHWH," borne by several men: the father of Eliakim (2 Kings 18:18); the high priest who found the book of the law in Josiah's time (2 Kings 22:8); the father of the prophet Jeremiah (Jeremiah 1:1), and others.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Where it appears

• 2 Kings×11
• 1 Chronicles×5
• 2 Chronicles×8
• Ezra×1
• Nehemiah×4
• Isaiah×3
• Jeremiah×2

• 2 Kings 18:18

  They called to the king, and there came out to them Eliakim son of Hilkiah, who was over the house, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah son of Asaph, the recorder.

• 2 Kings 18:26

  Eliakim son of Hilkiah, Shebna, and Joah said to the Rabshakeh, “Speak, please, to your servants in Aramaic, for we understand it; and do not speak with us in the language of Judah in the ears of the people who are on the wall.”

• 2 Kings 18:37

  Eliakim son of Hilkiah, who was over the house, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah son of Asaph, the recorder, came to Hezekiah with their clothes torn, and they told him the words of the Rabshakeh.

• 2 Kings 22:4

  “Go up to Hilkiah the high priest, and let him count the silver that has been brought into the house of YHWH, which the keepers of the threshold have gathered from the people;

• 2 Kings 22:8

  Hilkiah the high priest said to Shaphan the scribe, “The book of the law I have found in the house of YHWH.” And Hilkiah gave the book to Shaphan, and he read it.

• 2 Kings 22:10

  Shaphan the scribe told the king, saying, “Hilkiah the priest has given me a book.” And Shaphan read it before the king.

• 2 Kings 22:12

  The king commanded Hilkiah the priest, Ahikam son of Shaphan, Achbor son of Micaiah, Shaphan the scribe, and Asaiah the servant of the king, saying,

• 2 Kings 22:14

  Hilkiah the priest, Ahikam, Achbor, Shaphan, and Asaiah went to Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum son of Tikvah son of Harhas, keeper of the garments —she was living in Jerusalem in the Second Quarter— and they spoke with her.

• 2 Kings 23:4

  The king commanded Hilkiah the high priest and the priests of the second order and the keepers of the threshold to bring out from the temple of YHWH all the utensils made for Baal, for the Asherah, and for all the army of the heavens; and he burned them outside Jerusalem in the fields of the Kidron, and carried their dust to Bethel.

• 2 Kings 23:24

  Moreover, those who call up the dead and the spiritists, the teraphim, the idols, and all the detestable things that were seen in the land of Judah and in Jerusalem, Josiah purged, in order to confirm the words of the law written in the book that Hilkiah the priest found in the house of YHWH.

• 1 Chronicles 6:13

  and Shallum fathered Hilkiah, and Hilkiah fathered Azariah;

• 1 Chronicles 6:45

  the son of Hashabiah, the son of Amaziah, the son of Hilkiah,

• 1 Chronicles 9:11

  and Azariah the son of Hilkiah, the son of Meshullam, the son of Zadok, the son of Meraioth, the son of Ahitub, the leader of the house of Elohim;

• 1 Chronicles 26:11

  Hilkiah the second, Tebaliah the third, Zechariah the fourth; all the sons and brothers of Hosah, thirteen.

• 2 Chronicles 34:9

  They came to Hilkiah the high priest and gave the silver that was brought into the house of Elohim, which the Levites, the keepers of the threshold, had gathered from the hand of Manasseh and Ephraim and from all the remnant of Israel and from all Judah and Benjamin, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

• 2 Chronicles 34:14

  When they were bringing out the silver that had been brought into the house of YHWH, Hilkiah the priest found the book of the law of YHWH given through Moses.

• 2 Chronicles 34:15

  Hilkiah answered and said to Shaphan the scribe, “The book of the law I have found in the house of YHWH.” And Hilkiah gave the book to Shaphan.

• 2 Chronicles 34:18

  Shaphan the scribe told the king, saying, “Hilkiah the priest has given me a book.” And Shaphan read in it before the king.

• 2 Chronicles 34:20

  The king commanded Hilkiah, Ahikam son of Shaphan, Abdon son of Micah, Shaphan the scribe, and Asaiah the servant of the king, saying,

• 2 Chronicles 34:22

  So Hilkiah and those of the king went to Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum son of Tokhath son of Hasrah, keeper of the garments; and she was living in Jerusalem in the second quarter; and they spoke to her to this effect.

• 2 Chronicles 35:8

  And his officials contributed as a freewill offering to the people, to the priests, and to the Levites. Hilkiah, Zechariah, and Jehiel, the leaders of the house of Elohim, gave to the priests for the Passover offerings two thousand six hundred flock animals and three hundred cattle.

• Ezra 7:1

  And after these things, in the reign of Artaxerxes king of Persia, Ezra the son of Seraiah, the son of Azariah, the son of Hilkiah,

• Nehemiah 8:4

  And Ezra the scribe stood on a tower of wood that they had made for this; and beside him stood Mattithiah, Shema, Anaiah, Uriah, Hilkiah, and Maaseiah, at his right; and at his left Pedaiah, Mishael, Malchijah, Hashum, Hashbaddanah, Zechariah, Meshullam.

• Nehemiah 11:11

  Seraiah son of Hilkiah, son of Meshullam, son of Zadok, son of Meraioth, son of Ahitub, ruler of the house of Elohim,

• Nehemiah 12:7

  Sallu, Amok, Hilkiah, Jedaiah. These were the heads of the priests and of their brothers in the days of Jeshua.

• Nehemiah 12:21

  of Hilkiah, Hashabiah; of Jedaiah, Nethanel.

• Isaiah 22:20

  And it will happen on that day that I will call my servant Eliakim son of Hilkiah;

• Isaiah 36:3

  And there came out to him Eliakim son of Hilkiah, who was over the house, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah son of Asaph, the recorder.

• Isaiah 36:22

  Eliakim son of Hilkiah, who was over the house, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah son of Asaph, the recorder, came to Hezekiah with their clothes torn, and they told him the words of the Rabshakeh.

• Jeremiah 1:1

  The words of Jeremiah son of Hilkiah, one of the priests who were in Anathoth in the land of Benjamin,

• Jeremiah 29:3

  by the hand of Eleasah son of Shaphan and Gemariah son of Hilkiah, whom Zedekiah king of Judah sent to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, to Babylon, saying:

And 3 more times.