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Huldah

חֻלְדָּהStrong’s H2468

chuldah (chul-dah)

Appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament

In short

Chuldah is the Hebrew word usually translated “huldah”. It appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament.

“So Hilkiah the priest, and Ahikam, and Achbor, and Shaphan, and Asahiah, went unto Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum the son of Tikvah, the son of Harhas, keeper of the wardrobe; (now she dwelt in Jerusalem in the college;) and they communed with her.”
2 Kings 22:14 KJV
Meaning
  1. A prophetess living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at 2Ki.22.14; married to Shallum (H7967H)
How it's translated
  • huldah 2

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • 2 Kings 1
  • 2 Chronicles 1

2 books in all.

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Hebrew dictionary

חֻלְדָּה chuldah · Huldah

A prophetess living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at 2Ki.22.14; married to Shallum (H7967H) § Huldah = "weasel" a prophetess in the time of Josiah whom Josiah asked for an authoritative opinion on the book of the law which Hilkiah found

From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).

Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.