Tikvah

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Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible [1]

Tikvah . 1 . The father-in-law of Huldah (  2 Kings 22:14 ); called in   2 Chronicles 34:22 Tokhath. 2 . The father of Jahzeiah (  Ezra 10:15 ); called in   Esther 9:14  Esther 9:14 Thocanus .

Holman Bible Dictionary [2]

1. Father-in-law of Huldah, the prophetess ( 2 Kings 22:14;  2 Chronicles 34:22 ).

2. Father of Jahaziah who opposed Ezra's call for Israelites to divorce their foreign wives ( Ezra 10:15 ).

Fausset's Bible Dictionary [3]

1. Husband of the prophetess Huldah ( 2 Kings 22:14); (See Tikvath in  2 Chronicles 34:22.)

2.  Ezra 10:15.

Smith's Bible Dictionary [4]

Tik'vah. (Hope).

1. The father of Shallum, the husband of the prophetess, Huldah.  2 Kings 22:14. (B.C. before 632).

2. The father of Jahaziah.  Ezra 10:15.

Morrish Bible Dictionary [5]

Father of Jahaziah.  Ezra 10:15 .

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [6]

(Heb. Tikvah', תַּקְוָה , A Cord [as in  Joshua 2:18;  Joshua 2:21], or Hope [as often]), the name of two Israelites.

1. (Sept. Θεκκουέ v.r. Θεκουάν ; Vulg. Thecua. ) The son of Harhas and father of Shallum, which last was the husband of the prophetess Huldah ( 2 Kings 22:14). B.C. ante 632. He is elsewhere ( 2 Chronicles 34:22) called TIKVATH (See Tikvath) (q.v.).

2. (Sept. Θεκουέ v.r. Θέκωέ ; Vulg. Thecue. ) The father of Jahaziah, which latter was one of the "rulers" appointed to carry out the divorce of the Gentile wives after the Captivity ( Ezra 10:15). B.C. 458.

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