Zedekiah
English
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Etymology
From Hebrew צדקיהו (“God is righteous”).
Proper noun
Zedekiah
- A biblical character, the last king of Judah before the destruction of the kingdom by Babylon.
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 2 Kings 24:17:
- And the king of Babylon made Mattaniah his fathers brother king in his stead, and changed his name to Zedekiah.
- A male given name from Hebrew.
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