Given name
Jechiliah
“Yah is able”·“Yah prevails”
Jechiliah is used as a given name.
Original Hebrewיכיליה
Meaning & origin
What it means
As a biblical name, Jechiliah means “Yah is able” or “Yah prevails.”
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Where it comes from
Jechiliah is a biblical name from Hebrew.
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How it developed
From the Hebrew verb yakol (יכל), “to be able or prevail.”
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In the Bible
In the Bible, the name Jechiliah appears in 2 Chronicles 26:3, 2 Kings 15:2.
- 2 Chronicles 26:3
- 2 Kings 15:2
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Jechiliah’s family of names
The ring: spellings.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
See also 2
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
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