Bible Dictionary

Helkai

The name Helkai means “same as Helek”.

Easton's Bible Dictionary 1897

Smooth-tongued, one of the chief priests in the time of Joiakim (Neh. 12:15).

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia 1915

hel'-ka-i, hel'-ki, hel-ka'-i (chelqay, perhaps an abbreviation for Helkiah, "Yah is my portion." Not in the Septuagint's Codex Vaticanus; Codex L: Chelkias (Ne 12:15)): The head of a priestly house in the days of Joiakim.