Jecoliah
יְכָלְיָהוּStrong’s H3203yekholyah (ye-khol-yah)
Appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Yekholyah is the Hebrew word usually translated “jecholiah”. It appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament.
“Sixteen years old was he when he began to reign, and he reigned two and fifty years in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Jecholiah of Jerusalem.”
Meaning
- A woman living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at 2Ki.15.2; married to Amaziah (H0558)
How it's translated
- jecholiah 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.
Explore in Scripture
Hebrew dictionary
יְכָלְיָהוּ yekholyah · Jecoliah
A woman living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at 2Ki.15.2; married to Amaziah (H0558); mother of: Uzziah (H5818) § Jecoliah or Jecholiah = "Jehovah is able" wife of king Amaziah of Judah and mother of king Uzziah (Azariah)
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.