Tikvah
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International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
TIKVAH; TIKVATH

tik'-va, tik'-vath (tiqwah, "hope"):->/cS, the Greek equivalent of the Hebrew CS:HebrewIT+chiddeqelIT-/cS): One of the rivers of Eden going "eastward to Assyria" (Genesis 2:14 margin), called the Great River (Daniel 10:4), elsewhere mentioned in the apocryphal books, as in Tob 6:1; Judith 1:6; Ecclesiasticus 24:25, called Diglath in Josephus, and Diglit in Pliny, now called in Mesopotamia Dijleh, generally supposed to be a Semitic corruption of Tigra, meaning originally an arrow, which from its rapidity of motion is symbolized. The Tigris rises in the mountains of Armenia, latitude 38 degrees 10 minutes, longitude 39 degrees 20 minutes, only a few miles from the main branch of the Euphrates. After pursuing a tortuous southeasterly course for 150 miles, it is joined by the east branch at Osman Kieui, some distance below Diarbekr. Here the stream is 450 ft. wide and 3 or 4 ft. deep. Passing through numerous mountain gorges for another 150 miles, it emerges into the region of low hills about Nineveh, and a little below into the great alluvial plain of Mesopotamia. Thence in its course to Bagdad it is joined by the Great Zab, the Lesser Zab, the Adhem, and the Diyaleh rivers, bringing a large amount of water from the Zagros Mountains. At Bagdad the overflows from the Euphrates in high water often increase the inundations. The flood season begins early in the month of March, reaching its climax about May 1, declining to its natural level by midsummer. In October and November, the volume of water increases considerably, but not so much as to overflow its banks. Below Bagdad, throughout the region of Babylonia proper, the Tigris joins with the Euphrates in furnishing the water for irrigation so successfully used in ancient times. English engineers are at present with great promise of success aiming to restore the irrigating systems of the region and the prosperity of ancient times. The total length of the river is 1,146 miles. It now joins the Euphrates about 40 miles Northwest of the Persian Gulf, the two streams there forming the Shat el Arab, but in early historical times they entered the Persian Gulf by separate mouths, the Gulf then extending a considerable distance above the present junction of the rivers, the sediment of the streams having silted up the head of the Gulf to that distance.

(1) The father-in-law of Huldah the prophetess (2 Kings 22:14) (Codex Vaticanus Thekkouau; Codex Alexandrinus Thekkoue; Lucian Thekoue), called in 2 Chronicles 34:22 "Tokhath" (Qere Kethibh Codex Vaticanus Kathoual; Codex Alexandrinus Thakouath, Lucian Thekoe). The reading of 2 Kings is to be preferred.

(2) The father of Jahzeiah (Ezra 10:15) (Codex Vaticanus Helkeia; Codex Alexandrinus Thekoue, called "Theocanus," Revised Version "Thocanus" in 1 Esdras 9:14).

Strong's Hebrew
8616. Tiqvah -- "hope," two Israelites
... Tiqvah. 8617 . "hope," two Israelites. Transliteration: Tiqvah Phonetic Spelling:
(tik-vaw') Short Definition: Tikvah. ... NASB Word Usage Tikvah (2). Tikvah. ...
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The Rediscovered Law and Its Effects
... 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 ...
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Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary
Tikvah

hope; a little line; congregation

Smith's Bible Dictionary
Tikvah

(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)
Thesaurus
Tikvah (2 Occurrences)
... Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia TIKVAH; TIKVATH. tik'-va, tik'-vath ... 9:14).
Multi-Version Concordance Tikvah (2 Occurrences). 2 Kings ...
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Tikvath (1 Occurrence)
... Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia TIKVAH; TIKVATH. tik'-va, tik'-vath (tiqwah,
"hope"):->cS, the Greek equivalent of the Hebrew CS ...
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Jahzeiah (1 Occurrence)
... Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia JAHZEIAH. ja-ze'-ya, ja'-ze-ya (yachzeyah, "Yah
sees"): In Ezra 10:15, son of Tikvah, and a contemporary of Ezra. ...
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Tigris (2 Occurrences)

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Opposed (23 Occurrences)
... Ezra 10:15 Only Jonathan the son of Asahel and Jahzeiah the son of Tikvah stood
up against this matter : and Meshullam and Shabbethai the Levite helped them. ...
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Jahaziah (1 Occurrence)
... 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. ...
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Jahzei'ah (1 Occurrence)
... Ezra 10:15 Only Jonathan the son of Asahel and Jahzeiah the son of Tikvah stood
up against this matter; and Meshullam and Shabbethai the Levite helped them. ...
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Wardrobe (4 Occurrences)
... 22:14 So Hilkiah the priest, and Ahikam, and Achbor, and Shaphan, and Asaiah, went
to Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum the son of Tikvah, the son of ...
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Thocanus
... The father of Ezekias, who with Jonathan took the matter upon them in the proceedings
under Ezra against foreign wives (1 Esdras 9:14) = Tikvah in Ezra 10:15. ...
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Employed (8 Occurrences)
... 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. ...
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Bible Concordance
Tikvah (2 Occurrences)

2 Kings 22:14 So Hilkiah the priest, and Ahikam, and Achbor, and Shaphan, and Asaiah, went to Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum the son of Tikvah, the son of Harhas, keeper of the wardrobe (now she lived in Jerusalem in the second quarter); and they talked with her.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Ezra 10:15 Only Jonathan the son of Asahel and Jahzeiah the son of Tikvah stood up against this matter : and Meshullam and Shabbethai the Levite helped them.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Subtopics

Tikvah

Tikvah: Also Called Tikvath, Father of Shallum

Tikvah: Father of Jahaziah

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Jahzeiah (1 Occurrence)

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Jahzei'ah (1 Occurrence)

Wardrobe (4 Occurrences)

Thocanus

Employed (8 Occurrences)

Meshul'lum (2 Occurrences)

Prophetess (8 Occurrences)

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Asahiah (2 Occurrences)

Asaiah (8 Occurrences)

Achbor (7 Occurrences)

Asai'ah (8 Occurrences)

Ahi'kam (19 Occurrences)

As'ahel (17 Occurrences)

Acbor (7 Occurrences)

Shabbethai (3 Occurrences)

Shab'bethai (3 Occurrences)

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Meshullam (25 Occurrences)

Supported (43 Occurrences)

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Quarter (33 Occurrences)

Asahel (17 Occurrences)

Keeper (72 Occurrences)

Talked (79 Occurrences)

Helped (64 Occurrences)

Levite (43 Occurrences)

Robes (124 Occurrences)

Hilkijah (30 Occurrences)

Hilki'ah (30 Occurrences)

Huldah (2 Occurrences)

Harhas (1 Occurrence)

Tokhath (1 Occurrence)

Hilkiah (31 Occurrences)

Talk (164 Occurrences)

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