Dictionaries :: Hephzibah

Easton's Bible Dictionary

Hephzibah:

my delight is in her. (1.) The wife of Hezekiah and mother of king Manasseh (2Ki 21:1).

(2.) A symbolical name of Zion, as representing the Lord's favour toward her (Isa 62:4).

Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary

Hephzibah:

my delight is in her

International Standard Bible Encyclopaedia

Hephzibah:

hef'-zi-ba (chephtsi-bhah, "my delight is in her"):

(1) Septuagint Hopseiba, Hapseiba, Hophsiba, the mother of Manasseh (2Ki 21:1).

(2) The new name of Zion (Isa 62:4); Septuagint translates Thelema emon, "my delight."

Smith's Bible Dictionary

Hephzibah:

(1.) A name signifying "my delight in her," which is to be borne by the restored Jerusalem (Isaiah 62:4).

(2.) The queen of King Hezekiah and the mother of Manasseh (2 Kings 21:1). (B.C. 709‐696)