Tikvah
(hope).
The father of Shallum the husband of the prophetess Huldah. (2 Kings 22:14) (B.C. before 632.) The father of Jahaziah. (Ezra 10:15)
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible on Tikvah
1. The father-in-law of HuLDAH the prophetess, 2 K 22" (B OeKKouai), A OcKKoui, Luc. SeKovi), called in 2 Ch 34- Tokhath (Kere nnpij, Kcth. nnpin ; B Ka9ovd\, A ©a/coi;d9, Luc. QeKui). 2. The father of Jaiizeiah, a eontemporarv of Ezra, Ezr 10'= (B 'EUeii, A eeKov4), called in 1 Es 9" Thocanus. TILE, TILING (133^, k^/wmos)-— In Ezk 4' 'tile' is tlie rendering of nj3,, which is elsewhere tr. ' brick ' (LXX ttXMos). See Brick. In Lk 5", in the account of the healing of the para- lytic at Capernaum, the sufferer is said to have been let down Sia rCiv Kepafiuv (AV ' through the tiling,' RV 'through the tiles'). The parallel passage (Mk 2') is more detailed in its expressions (6.Tre(rTiya(rai' TT^v ar4yriv . . . Kal i^opv^avres), and a dithculty has been felt in reconciling these with Luke's phrase. The roofs of Oriental houses are usually forme<l by laying tree trunks with the branches and twigs from wall to wall. Above these is a layer of earth about a foot thick, and over this is spread a paste of clay and straw, which hardens in the sun and renders the roof impervious to rain. This up…
Fausset's Bible Dictionary on Tikvah
1. Husband of the prophetess Huldah (2Ki 22:14); (See TIKVATH in 2Ch 34:22.) 2. Ezr 10:15.
References
- Orr, J. (ed.) (1915) The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia. Chicago: Howard-Severance Company. [Public Domain]
- Easton, M.G. (1893) Easton's Bible Dictionary. 3rd edn. Thomas Nelson. [Public Domain]
- Nave, O.J. (1897) Nave's Topical Bible. Topical Bible Publishing Co.. [Public Domain]
- Hastings, J. (ed.) (1909) A Dictionary of the Bible. Edinburgh: T&T Clark. [Public Domain]
- Smith, W. (ed.) (1884) Smith's Bible Dictionary. London: John Murray. [Public Domain]
- Fausset, A.R. (1878) Fausset's Bible Dictionary. [Public Domain]A Critical and Expository Bible Cyclopaedia