ΧΕΛΚΕΙΑΣ, χελκειας
CHELKEIAS, chelkeias
Sounds Like: khel-KAY-ahs
Translations: Hilkiah, Chelkias
From the root: ΧΕΛΚΕΙΑΣ
Part of Speech: Proper Noun
Explanation: This is a proper name, specifically referring to a high priest in the Old Testament during the reign of King Josiah. He is known for discovering the Book of the Law in the Temple. It can also refer to other individuals with the same name.
Inflection: Singular, Masculine, Nominative or Genitive
Strong’s number: G5506 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- 2 Kings — 22:8, 22:10, 22:14, 23:24
- 1 Chronicles — 6:13
- 2 Chronicles — 34:14, 34:15, 34:18, 34:22, 35:8, 35:19
- Ezra (Alpha) — 1:8
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΧΕΛΚΕΙΑΣ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ΧΕΛΚΕΙΟΥ — of Chelkias, of Hilkiah
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