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Tikvah
(hope).
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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)
In the Bible
2
Verses where Tikvah is named. Berean Standard Bible (public domain).
- 2 Kings 22:14
So Hilkiah the priest, Ahikam, Achbor, Shaphan, and Asaiah went and spoke to Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum son of Tikvah, the son of Harhas, the keeper of the wardrobe. She lived in Jerusalem, in the Second District.
- Ezra 10:15
(Only Jonathan son of Asahel and Jahzeiah son of Tikvah, supported by Meshullam and Shabbethai the Levite, opposed this plan.)
Scripture on Tikvah
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Sources · Hitchcock's Bible Names (1869) · Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884)
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