Athaliah
עֲתַלְיָ֫הוּStrong’s H6271atalyah (a-tal-yah)
Appears in 17 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Atalyah is the Hebrew word usually translated “athaliah”. It appears in 17 verses of the Old Testament.
“Two and twenty years old was Ahaziah when he began to reign; and he reigned one year in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Athaliah, the daughter of Omri king of Israel.”
Meaning
- Son of Jeroham of the tribe of Benjamin
- Father of Jeshaiah of the sons of Elam who was one of the heads of a family who returned with Ezra from exile
- Son of Jeroham of the tribe of Benjamin
- Father of Jeshaiah of the sons of Elam who was one of the heads of a family who returned with Ezra from exile
- Son of Jeroham of the tribe of Benjamin
- Father of Jeshaiah of the sons of Elam who was one of the heads of a family who returned with Ezra from exile
How it's translated
- athaliah 12
- and athaliah 5
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- 2 Chronicles 8
- 2 Kings 7
- 1 Chronicles 1
- Ezra 1
4 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- 2 Kings 11:1And when Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she arose and destroyed all the seed royal.
- 2 Kings 11:2But Jehosheba, the daughter of king Joram, sister of Ahaziah, took Joash the son of Ahaziah, and stole him from among the king’s sons which were slain; and they hid him, even him and his nurse, in the bedchamber from Athaliah, so that he was not slain.
- 2 Kings 11:3And he was with her hid in the house of the LORD six years. And Athaliah did reign over the land.
- 2 Kings 11:13And when Athaliah heard the noise of the guard and of the people, she came to the people into the temple of the LORD.
- 2 Kings 11:14And when she looked, behold, the king stood by a pillar, as the manner was, and the princes and the trumpeters by the king, and all the people of the land rejoiced, and blew with trumpets: and Athaliah rent her clothes, and cried, Treason, Treason.
- 2 Kings 11:20And all the people of the land rejoiced, and the city was in quiet: and they slew Athaliah with the sword beside the king’s house.
Hebrew dictionary
עֲתַלְיָ֫הוּ atalyah · Athaliah
A queen living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at 2Ki.8.26; daughter of: Ahab (H0256); sister of: Joash (H3101H), Ahaziah (H0274) and Joram (H3141H); married to Jehoram (H3088); mother of: Ahaziah (H0274H) and Jehosheba (H3089) § Athaliah = "afflicted of the Lord" 1) son of Jeroham of the tribe of Benjamin 2) father of Jeshaiah of the sons of Elam who was one of the heads of a family who returned with Ezra from exile …
עֲתַלְיָ֫הוּ atalyah · Athaliah
A man of the tribe of Benjamin living at the time of Divided Monarchy, only mentioned at 1Ch.8.26; son of: Jeroham (H3395H); brother of: Shamsherai (H8125), Shehariah (H7841), Jaareshiah (H3298), Elijah (H0452H) and Zichri (H2147J) § Athaliah = "afflicted of the Lord" 1) son of Jeroham of the tribe of Benjamin 2) father of Jeshaiah of the sons of Elam who was one of the heads of a family who returned with Ezra from exile …
עֲתַלְיָ֫הוּ atalyah · Athaliah
A man living at the time of Exile and Return, only mentioned at Ezr.8.7; father of: Jeshaiah (H3470I) § Athaliah = "afflicted of the Lord" 1) son of Jeroham of the tribe of Benjamin 2) father of Jeshaiah of the sons of Elam who was one of the heads of a family who returned with Ezra from exile …
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.