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Tokhath

תּוֹקַהַתStrong’s H8616

toqahat (to-qa-hat)

Appears in 3 verses of the Old Testament

In short

Toqahat is the Hebrew word usually translated “tikvah” and “tokhath”. It appears in 3 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 man living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at 2Ki.22.14
  2. Father of Shallum, the husband of the prophetess Huldah in the time of king Josiah of Judah
  3. Father of Jahaziah (Tikvah) in the time of Ezra
How it's translated
  • tikvah 2
  • tokhath 1

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

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

3 books in all.

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Hebrew dictionary

תּוֹקַהַת toqahat · Tokhath

A man living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at 2Ki.22.14; son of: Harhas (H2745); father of: Shallum (H7967H); also called Tokhath (Qere. Ketiv: Tokahath; KJV: Tikvath) at 2Ch.34.22; Another name of tiq.vah (תִּקְוָה "Tikvah" H8616G) § Tikvath or Tikvah = "hope" father of Shallum, the husband of the prophetess Huldah in the time of king Josiah of Judah

תִּקְוָה tiqvah · Tikvah

A man living at the time of Exile and Return, only mentioned at Ezr.10.15; father of: Jahzeiah (H3167) § Tikvath or Tikvah = "hope" 1) father of Shallum, the husband of the prophetess Huldah in the time of king Josiah of Judah 2) father of Jahaziah (Tikvah) in the time of Ezra

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.