Strong's Hebrew Concordance

H8616: תִּקְוָה

Tiqvâh · pronounced tik-vaw' · “Tikvah”

Definition

Tikvah, the name of two Israelites

KJV translates it as: Tikvah.

Word origin: the same as H8615 (תִּקְוָה);

Extended definition

A man living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at 2Ki.22.14;
son of: Harhas (H2745);
father of: Shallum (H7967H); also called Tokhath (Qere. Ketiv: Tokahath; KJV: Tikvath) at 2Ch.34.22;
Also named: to.qa.hat (תּוֹקַהַת "Tokhath" H8445)
§ Tikvath or Tikvah = "hope"
1) father of Shallum, the husband of the prophetess Huldah in the time of king Josiah of Judah
2) father of Jahaziah (Tikvah) in the time of Ezra

Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).

How H8616 is translated

  • tikvah ×2
  • tokhath ×1

Bible verses with H8616 (Tiqvâh)

Tiqvâh appears in 3 verses.

  • 2 Kings 22:14

    So Hilkiah the priest, and Ahikam, and Achbor, and Shaphan, and Asahiah, went unto Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum the son of Tikvah, the son of Harhas, keeper of the wardrobe; (now she dwelt in Jerusalem in the college;) and they communed with her.

  • 2 Chronicles 34:22

    And Hilkiah, and they that the king had appointed, went to Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum the son of Tikvath, the son of Hasrah, keeper of the wardrobe; (now she dwelt in Jerusalem in the college:) and they spake to her to that effect.

  • Ezra 10:15

    Only Jonathan the son of Asahel and Jahaziah the son of Tikvah were employed about this matter: and Meshullam and Shabbethai the Levite helped them.