ΣΕΔΕΚΙΑΣ, σεδεκιας
SEDEKIAS, sedekias
Sounds Like: seh-deh-KEE-as
Translations: Zedekiah
From the root: ΣΕΔΕΚΙΑΣ
Part of Speech: Proper Noun
Explanation: Zedekiah is a Hebrew proper name, meaning 'My righteousness is Yahweh' or 'Yahweh is righteousness'. It refers to several individuals in the Old Testament, most notably the last king of Judah before the Babylonian exile, and also a false prophet during the time of Jeremiah. It is used to identify a specific person.
Inflection: Singular, Nominative, Masculine
Strong’s number: G4242 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Aristeas
- Aristeas’ Letter to Philocrates — 1:49
Codex Sinaiticus
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Five — 9:44
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- 1 Kings — 22:11
- 2 Kings — 24:18, 24:20
- 1 Chronicles — 3:16
- 2 Chronicles — 18:10, 18:23, 36:11
- Nehemiah — 10:1
- Jeremiah — 21:1, 36:3, 39:3, 39:4, 39:5, 43:12, 44:1, 44:3, 44:17
- Baruch — 1:8
From the same root
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