צִדְקִיָּ֫הוּ
tsid.qiy.yah
Zedekiah
Lexicon Entry
Lexicon data from STEPBible TIPNR, Tyndale House, Cambridge. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
What Original Readers Understood
Supported# Zedekiah: A Proper Name in Hebrew Scripture The Hebrew word צִדְקִיָּ֫הוּ (tsidqiyyahu), transliterated as "Zedekiah," is a proper noun—a personal name rather than a common word with variable meaning. According to the lexical data provided, this name appears only once in the biblical text, making it a relatively rare designation in the Hebrew scriptures. As a proper name, "Zedekiah" functions as an identifier for a specific individual rather than describing a quality or action. The structure of the name suggests Hebrew linguistic roots, though the lexicon data does not provide an etymological breakdown. The single occurrence in biblical manuscripts limits our ability to observe how this name was used in different contexts or applied to multiple figures within the text. Without additional lexical information about the semantic components of the name or historical context about the individual it identified, analysis must remain confined to what the data confirms: this is a Hebrew proper noun of low frequency in the biblical corpus. Any fuller understanding of its significance would require information beyond the lexicon entry itself.
Source data & methodology
Occurrences in Scripture
1 total occurrence across the text