Hephzibah
חֶפְצִי־בָהּStrong’s H2657chephtsi bah (cheph-tsi bah)
Appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Chephtsi bah is the Hebrew word usually translated “hephzi-” and “-bah”. It appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament.
“Manasseh was twelve years old when he began to reign, and reigned fifty and five years in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Hephzibah.”
Meaning
- The queen of King Hezekiah and mother of Manasseh
- A name for Jesusalem (fig.)
How it's translated
- hephzi- 2
- -bah 2
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- 2 Kings 1
- Isaiah 1
2 books in all.
Hebrew dictionary
חֶפְצִי־בָהּ chephtsi bah · Hephzibah
A woman living at the time of Divided Monarchy, only mentioned at 2Ki.21.1; married to Hezekiah (H2396); mother of: Manasseh (H4519H) § Hephzi-bah = "my delight is in her" 1) the queen of King Hezekiah and mother of Manasseh 2) a name for Jesusalem (fig.)
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.