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Zedekiah

Zedekiah proper noun: a biblical character, the last king of Judah before the destruction of the kingdom by Babylon.

Proper noun

Zedekiah

  1. A biblical character, the last king of Judah before the destruction of the kingdom by Babylon.
    • And the king of Babylon made Mattaniah his fathers brother king in his stead, and changed his name to Zedekiah.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 2 Kings 24:17
  2. A male given name from Hebrew.

Forms of Zedekiah

alternative formTzidkiyahu

Origin of Zedekiah

From Hebrew צדקיהו (“God is righteous”).

Words formed from Zedekiah

Questions about Zedekiah

What does Zedekiah mean?
Zedekiah means a biblical character, the last king of Judah before the destruction of the kingdom by Babylon.
What part of speech is Zedekiah?
Zedekiah is a proper noun.

Words near Zedekiah in the dictionary

  1. zedded
  2. Zeddies
  3. zedding
  4. Zeddy
  5. Zedediah
  6. Zedekiah
  7. zedoaria
  8. zedoaries
  9. zedoary
  10. Zedong
  11. zedonk

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