Word Study · Strong's H6667 · Hebrew
צִדְקִיָּה
Tsidqiah
tsid-kee-yaw'
Strong's 1890 spelling: Tsidqîyâh
“Tsidkijah, the name of six Israelites”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
Tsidkijah, the name of six Israelites
Rendered in the KJV as
Zedekiah, Zidkijah.
- 63occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 6 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 26inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 63 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 26
- צִדְקִיָּ֖הוּ12
- צִדְקִיָּ֣הוּ9
- צִדְקִיָּ֔הוּ4
- צִדְקִיָּ֜הוּ4
- צִדְקִיָּ֥ה3
- צִדְקִיָּ֗הוּ3
- צִדְקִיָּ֨הוּ3
- צִדְקִיָּֽהוּ׃3
- צִדְקִיָּ֣ה2
- צִדְקִיָּ֙הוּ֙2
- צִדְקִיָּ֥הוּ2
- צִדְקִיָּ֛הוּ2
and 14 more spellings in the ledger below.
How it is rendered · 5
- Zedekiah54
- of Zedekiah4
- and Zedekiah3
- like Zedekiah1
- O Zedekiah1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 3
- proper noun (a name)55
- preposition + proper noun (a name)5
- conjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)3
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HNpm · 55
- HR/Npm · 5
- HC/Npm · 3
All 63, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
- Jeremiah48 of 63 · 76%
- 2 Kings6 of 63 · 10%
- 2 Chronicles4 of 63 · 6%
- 1 Kings2 of 63 · 3%
- 1 Chronicles2 of 63 · 3%
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1 Kings2 occurrences
- 1 Kings 22:11צִדְקִיָּ֥הtzidkiyahproper noun (a name)Now Zedekiah son of Chenaanah had made for himself iron horns and declared, “This is what the LORD says: ‘With these you shall gore the Arameans until they are finished off.’”here: Zedekiah
- 1 Kings 22:24צִדְקִיָּ֣הוּtzidkiyahuproper noun (a name)Then Zedekiah son of Chenaanah went up, struck Micaiah in the face, and demanded, “Which way did the Spirit of the LORD go when He departed from me to speak with you?”here: Zedekiah
2 Kings6 occurrences
- 2 Kings 24:17צִדְקִיָּֽהוּ׃ פtzidkiyahuproper noun (a name)Then the king of Babylon made Mattaniah, Jehoiachin’s uncle, king in his place and changed his name to Zedekiah.here: Zedekiah
- 2 Kings 24:18צִדְקִיָּ֣הוּtzidkiyahuproper noun (a name)Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem eleven years. His mother’s name was Hamutal daughter of Jeremiah; she was from Libnah.here: Zedekiah
- 2 Kings 24:20צִדְקִיָּ֖הוּtzidkiyahuproper noun (a name)For because of the anger of the LORD, all this happened in Jerusalem and Judah, until He finally banished them from His presence. And Zedekiah also rebelled against the king of Babylon.here: Zedekiah
- 2 Kings 25:2צִדְקִיָּֽהוּ׃tzidkiyahuproper noun (a name)And the city was kept under siege until King Zedekiah’s eleventh year.here: Zedekiah
- 2 Kings 25:7צִדְקִיָּ֔הוּtzidkiyahuproper noun (a name)And they slaughtered the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes. Then they put out his eyes, bound him with bronze shackles, and took him to Babylon.here: Zedekiah
- 2 Kings 25:7צִדְקִיָּ֙הוּ֙tzidkiyahuproper noun (a name)And they slaughtered the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes. Then they put out his eyes, bound him with bronze shackles, and took him to Babylon.here: Zedekiah
1 Chronicles2 occurrences
- 1 Chronicles 3:15צִדְקִיָּ֔הוּtzidkiyahuproper noun (a name)The sons of Josiah: Johanan was the firstborn, Jehoiakim the second, Zedekiah the third, and Shallum the fourth.here: Zedekiah
- 1 Chronicles 3:16צִדְקִיָּ֥הtzidkiyahproper noun (a name)The successors of Jehoiakim: Jeconiah his son, and Zedekiah.here: Zedekiah
2 Chronicles4 occurrences
- 2 Chronicles 18:10צִדְקִיָּ֥הוּtzidkiyahuproper noun (a name)Now Zedekiah son of Chenaanah had made for himself iron horns and declared, “This is what the LORD says: ‘With these you shall gore the Arameans until they are finished off.’”here: Zedekiah
- 2 Chronicles 18:23צִדְקִיָּ֣הוּtzidkiyahuproper noun (a name)Then Zedekiah son of Chenaanah went up, struck Micaiah in the face, and demanded, “Which way did the Spirit of the LORD go when He departed from me to speak with you?”here: Zedekiah
- 2 Chronicles 36:10צִדְקִיָּ֣הוּtzidkiyahuproper noun (a name)In the spring, King Nebuchadnezzar summoned Jehoiachin and brought him to Babylon, along with the articles of value from the house of the LORD. And he made Jehoiachin’s relative Zedekiah king over Judah and Jerusalem.here: Zedekiah
- 2 Chronicles 36:11צִדְקִיָּ֣הוּtzidkiyahuproper noun (a name)Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem eleven years.here: Zedekiah
Jeremiah48 occurrences
- Jeremiah 1:3לְצִדְקִיָּ֥הוּletzidkiyahupreposition + proper noun (a name)and through the days of Jehoiakim son of Josiah king of Judah, until the fifth month of the eleventh year of Zedekiah son of Josiah king of Judah, when the people of Jerusalem went into exile.here: of Zedekiah
- Jeremiah 21:1צִדְקִיָּ֗הוּtzidkiyahuproper noun (a name)This is the word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD when King Zedekiah sent to him Pashhur son of Malchijah and the priest Zephaniah son of Maaseiah. They said,here: Zedekiah
- Jeremiah 21:3צִדְקִיָּֽהוּ׃tzidkiyahuproper noun (a name)But Jeremiah answered, “You are to tell Zedekiah thathere: Zedekiah
- Jeremiah 21:7צִדְקִיָּ֣הוּtzidkiyahuproper noun (a name)‘After that,’ declares the LORD, ‘I will hand over Zedekiah king of Judah, his officers, and the people in this city who survive the plague and sword and famine, to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and to their enemies who seek their lives. He will put them to the sword; he will not spare them or show pity or compassion.’here: Zedekiah
- Jeremiah 24:8צִדְקִיָּ֨הוּtzidkiyahuproper noun (a name)But like the bad figs, so bad they cannot be eaten,’ says the LORD, ‘so will I deal with Zedekiah king of Judah, his officials, and the remnant of Jerusalem—those remaining in this land and those living in the land of Egypt.here: Zedekiah
- Jeremiah 27:3צִדְקִיָּ֖הוּtzidkiyahuproper noun (a name)Send word to the kings of Edom, Moab, Ammon, Tyre, and Sidon through the envoys who have come to Jerusalem to Zedekiah king of Judah.here: Zedekiah
- Jeremiah 27:12צִדְקִיָּ֤הtzidkiyahproper noun (a name)And to Zedekiah king of Judah I spoke the same message: “Put your necks under the yoke of the king of Babylon; serve him and his people, and live!here: Zedekiah
- Jeremiah 28:1צִדְקִיָּ֣הtzidkiyahproper noun (a name)In the fifth month of that same year, the fourth year, near the beginning of the reign of King Zedekiah of Judah, the prophet Hananiah son of Azzur, who was from Gibeon, said to me in the house of the LORD in the presence of the priests and all the people:here: Zedekiah
- Jeremiah 29:3צִדְקִיָּ֣הtzidkiyahproper noun (a name)The letter was entrusted to Elasah son of Shaphan and Gemariah son of Hilkiah, whom Zedekiah king of Judah sent to King Nebuchadnezzar in Babylon. It stated:here: Zedekiah
- Jeremiah 29:21צִדְקִיָּ֣הוּtzidkiyahuproper noun (a name)This is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says about Ahab son of Kolaiah and Zedekiah son of Maaseiah, who are prophesying to you lies in My name: “I will deliver them to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and he will kill them before your very eyes.here: Zedekiah
- Jeremiah 29:22כְּצִדְקִיָּ֣הוּketzidkiyahupreposition + proper noun (a name)Because of them, all the exiles of Judah who are in Babylon will use this curse: ‘May the LORD make you like Zedekiah and Ahab, whom the king of Babylon roasted in the fire!’here: like Zedekiah
- Jeremiah 32:1לְצִדְקִיָּ֖הוּletzidkiyahupreposition + proper noun (a name)This is the word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD in the tenth year of Zedekiah king of Judah, which was the eighteenth year of Nebuchadnezzar.here: of Zedekiah
- Jeremiah 32:3צִדְקִיָּ֥הוּtzidkiyahuproper noun (a name)For Zedekiah king of Judah had imprisoned him, saying: “Why are you prophesying like this? You claim that the LORD says, ‘Behold, I am about to deliver this city into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he will capture it.here: Zedekiah
- Jeremiah 32:4וְצִדְקִיָּ֙הוּ֙vetzidkiyahuconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)Zedekiah king of Judah will not escape from the hands of the Chaldeans, but he will surely be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon, and will speak with him face to face and see him eye to eye.here: and Zedekiah
- Jeremiah 32:5צִדְקִיָּ֙הוּ֙tzidkiyahuproper noun (a name)He will take Zedekiah to Babylon, where he will stay until I attend to him, declares the LORD. If you fight against the Chaldeans, you will not succeed.’”here: Zedekiah
- Jeremiah 34:2צִדְקִיָּ֖הוּtzidkiyahuproper noun (a name)The LORD, the God of Israel, told Jeremiah to go and speak to Zedekiah king of Judah and tell him that this is what the LORD says: “Behold, I am about to deliver this city into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he will burn it down.here: Zedekiah
- Jeremiah 34:4צִדְקִיָּ֖הוּtzidkiyahuproper noun (a name)Yet hear the word of the LORD, O Zedekiah king of Judah. This is what the LORD says concerning you: You will not die by the sword;here: O Zedekiah
- Jeremiah 34:6צִדְקִיָּ֖הוּtzidkiyahuproper noun (a name)In Jerusalem, then, Jeremiah the prophet relayed all these words to Zedekiah king of Judahhere: Zedekiah
- Jeremiah 34:8צִדְקִיָּ֜הוּtzidkiyahuproper noun (a name)After King Zedekiah had made a covenant with all the people in Jerusalem to proclaim liberty, the word came to Jeremiah from the LORDhere: Zedekiah
- Jeremiah 34:21צִדְקִיָּ֨הוּtzidkiyahuproper noun (a name)And I will deliver Zedekiah king of Judah and his officials into the hands of their enemies who seek their lives, to the army of the king of Babylon that had withdrawn from you.here: Zedekiah
- Jeremiah 36:12וְצִדְקִיָּ֥הוּvetzidkiyahuconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)he went down to the scribe’s chamber in the king’s palace, where all the officials were sitting: Elishama the scribe, Delaiah son of Shemaiah, Elnathan son of Achbor, Gemariah son of Shaphan, Zedekiah son of Hananiah, and all the other officials.here: and Zedekiah
- Jeremiah 37:1צִדְקִיָּ֖הוּtzidkiyahuproper noun (a name)Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon made Zedekiah son of Josiah the king of Judah, and he reigned in place of Coniah son of Jehoiakim.here: Zedekiah
- Jeremiah 37:3צִדְקִיָּ֜הוּtzidkiyahuproper noun (a name)Yet King Zedekiah sent Jehucal son of Shelemiah and Zephaniah the priest, the son of Maaseiah, to Jeremiah the prophet with the message, “Please pray to the LORD our God for us!”here: Zedekiah
- Jeremiah 37:17צִדְקִיָּ֜הוּtzidkiyahuproper noun (a name)Later, King Zedekiah sent for Jeremiah and received him in his palace, where he asked him privately, “Is there a word from the LORD?” “There is,” Jeremiah replied. “You will be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon.”here: Zedekiah
- Jeremiah 37:18צִדְקִיָּ֑הוּtzidkiyahuproper noun (a name)Then Jeremiah asked King Zedekiah, “How have I sinned against you or your servants or these people, that you have put me in prison?here: Zedekiah
- Jeremiah 37:21צִדְקִיָּ֗הוּtzidkiyahuproper noun (a name)So King Zedekiah gave orders for Jeremiah to be placed in the courtyard of the guard and given a loaf of bread daily from the street of the bakers, until all the bread in the city was gone. So Jeremiah remained in the courtyard of the guard.here: Zedekiah
- Jeremiah 38:5צִדְקִיָּ֔הוּtzidkiyahuproper noun (a name)“Here he is,” replied King Zedekiah. “He is in your hands, since the king can do nothing to stop you.”here: Zedekiah
- Jeremiah 38:14צִדְקִיָּ֗הוּtzidkiyahuproper noun (a name)Then King Zedekiah sent for Jeremiah the prophet and received him at the third entrance to the house of the LORD. “I am going to ask you something,” said the king to Jeremiah. “Do not hide anything from me.”here: Zedekiah
- Jeremiah 38:15צִדְקִיָּ֔הוּtzidkiyahuproper noun (a name)“If I tell you,” Jeremiah replied, “you will surely put me to death. And even if I give you advice, you will not listen to me.”here: Zedekiah
- Jeremiah 38:16צִדְקִיָּ֛הוּtzidkiyahuproper noun (a name)But King Zedekiah swore secretly to Jeremiah, “As surely as the LORD lives, who has given us this life, I will not kill you, nor will I deliver you into the hands of these men who are seeking your life.”here: Zedekiah
- Jeremiah 38:17צִדְקִיָּ֡הוּtzidkiyahuproper noun (a name)Then Jeremiah said to Zedekiah, “This is what the LORD God of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: ‘If you indeed surrender to the officers of the king of Babylon, then you will live, this city will not be burned down, and you and your household will survive.here: Zedekiah
- Jeremiah 38:19צִדְקִיָּ֖הוּtzidkiyahuproper noun (a name)But King Zedekiah said to Jeremiah, “I am afraid of the Jews who have deserted to the Chaldeans, for the Chaldeans may deliver me into their hands to abuse me.”here: Zedekiah
- Jeremiah 38:24צִדְקִיָּ֜הוּtzidkiyahuproper noun (a name)Then Zedekiah warned Jeremiah, “Do not let anyone know about this conversation, or you will die.here: Zedekiah
- Jeremiah 39:1לְצִדְקִיָּ֨הוּletzidkiyahupreposition + proper noun (a name)In the ninth year of Zedekiah king of Judah, in the tenth month, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon marched against Jerusalem with his entire army and laid siege to the city.here: of Zedekiah
- Jeremiah 39:2לְצִדְקִיָּ֔הוּletzidkiyahupreposition + proper noun (a name)And on the ninth day of the fourth month of Zedekiah’s eleventh year, the city was breached.here: of Zedekiah
- Jeremiah 39:4צִדְקִיָּ֨הוּtzidkiyahuproper noun (a name)When Zedekiah king of Judah and all the soldiers saw them, they fled. They left the city at night by way of the king’s garden, through the gate between the two walls, and they went out along the route to the Arabah.here: Zedekiah
- Jeremiah 39:5צִדְקִיָּהוּ֮tzidkiyahuproper noun (a name)But the army of the Chaldeans pursued them and overtook Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho. They seized him and brought him up to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon at Riblah in the land of Hamath, where he pronounced judgment on him.here: Zedekiah
- Jeremiah 39:6צִדְקִיָּ֛הוּtzidkiyahuproper noun (a name)There at Riblah the king of Babylon slaughtered the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes, and he also killed all the nobles of Judah.here: Zedekiah
- Jeremiah 39:7צִדְקִיָּ֖הוּtzidkiyahuproper noun (a name)Then he put out Zedekiah’s eyes and bound him with bronze chains to take him to Babylon.here: Zedekiah
- Jeremiah 44:30צִדְקִיָּ֣הוּtzidkiyahuproper noun (a name)This is what the LORD says: Behold, I will deliver Pharaoh Hophra king of Egypt into the hands of his enemies who seek his life, just as I delivered Zedekiah king of Judah into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, the enemy who was seeking his life.”here: Zedekiah
- Jeremiah 49:34צִדְקִיָּ֥הtzidkiyahproper noun (a name)This is the word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah the prophet concerning Elam at the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah.here: Zedekiah
- Jeremiah 51:59צִדְקִיָּ֤הוּtzidkiyahuproper noun (a name)This is the message that Jeremiah the prophet gave to the quartermaster Seraiah son of Neriah, the son of Mahseiah, when he went to Babylon with King Zedekiah of Judah in the fourth year of Zedekiah’s reign.here: Zedekiah
- Jeremiah 52:1צִדְקִיָּ֣הוּtzidkiyahuproper noun (a name)Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem eleven years. His mother’s name was Hamutal daughter of Jeremiah; she was from Libnah.here: Zedekiah
- Jeremiah 52:3צִדְקִיָּ֖הוּtzidkiyahuproper noun (a name)For because of the anger of the LORD, all this happened in Jerusalem and Judah, until He finally banished them from His presence. And Zedekiah also rebelled against the king of Babylon.here: Zedekiah
- Jeremiah 52:5צִדְקִיָּֽהוּ׃tzidkiyahuproper noun (a name)And the city was kept under siege until King Zedekiah’s eleventh year.here: Zedekiah
- Jeremiah 52:8צִדְקִיָּ֖הוּtzidkiyahuproper noun (a name)but the army of the Chaldeans pursued the king and overtook Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho, and all his army was separated from him.here: Zedekiah
- Jeremiah 52:10צִדְקִיָּ֖הוּtzidkiyahuproper noun (a name)There at Riblah the king of Babylon slaughtered the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes, and he also killed all the officials of Judah.here: Zedekiah
- Jeremiah 52:11צִדְקִיָּ֖הוּtzidkiyahuproper noun (a name)Then he put out Zedekiah’s eyes, bound him with bronze shackles, and took him to Babylon, where he kept him in custody until his dying day.here: Zedekiah