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hezekiah

/ˌhɛzəˈkaɪə/

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What does hezekiah mean?

proper noun

  1. A king of Judah.
  2. A male given name from Hebrew of biblical origin.
  3. A fictitious book of the Bible, often cited as a source of made-up quotations.

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/ˌhɛzəˈkaɪə/

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Here dwell those who have repented, and Manasseh, the penitent son of Hezekiah, presides over them.
Louis GinzbergThe Legends of the Jews — Volume 1Translated by Henrietta SzoldProject Gutenberg ebook #1493
In support of his statement he quotes the passage from the song of Hezekiah: “Behold, for peace I had great bitterness.”
Martin LutherCommentary on the Epistle to the GalatiansTranslated by Theodore GraebnerProject Gutenberg ebook #1549
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‘The people mourned for him as much as for Hezekiah; and, indeed, he deserved it a great deal better,’ was her rather unorthodox conclusion.
Lucie, Lady Duff GordonLetters from the CapeProject Gutenberg ebook #886
I could tell the Lord, as Hezekiah, "Remember now O Lord, I beseech thee, how I have walked before thee in truth."
Mary White RowlandsonNarrative of the Captivity and Restoration of Mrs. Mary RowlandsonProject Gutenberg ebook #851
Yea, Heman, and Hezekiah, too, though champions in their day, were forced to bestir them, when by these assaulted; and yet, notwithstanding, they had their coats soundly brushed by them.
John BunyanThe Pilgrim's Progress from this world to that which is to come Delivered under the similitude of a dream, by John BunyanProject Gutenberg ebook #131