Zedekiah

[zed-i-kahy-uh]

noun

1. Also Zidkijah the last king of Judah. 2 Kings 24, 25; Jeremiah 52:1–11.

2. a male given name.

Zedekiah

/ ˌzɛdəˈkaɪə /

noun

1. Douay spelling: Sedecias. Old Testament the last king of Judah, who died in captivity at Babylon

Word History and Origins

Origin of Zedekiah¹

From Hebrew Ṣidqīyyāh “God is my righteousness”

Example Sentences

Sam Stewart Jr. scored on a 2-yard run and Brasch hit Zedekiah Centers for the 2-point conversion to get Cal Poly even at 14 with 12:19 left in the third quarter.

From Seattle Times

During an ayahuasca trip, Shanon had a vision of the Biblical king Zedekiah.

From Scientific American

Zedekiah’s faith was so strong that, chained and blinded, he still sang praises to God.

From Scientific American

After overthrowing Zedekiah, a rival king burned his sons to death in front of him and gouged out his eyes.

From Scientific American

But unlike Zedekiah, Spinoza equated God not with the emotional, judgmental, personal deity of the Bible but with the impersonal, rational order of nature.

From Scientific American