Tikvah
“Hope; or a cord”
Summary
The name of two men in the Old Testament: the father-in-law of the prophetess Huldah, and the father of Jahaziah who helped oversee the divorce of foreign wives after the exile.
☩Father-in-Law of Huldah
Tikvah was the son of Harhas and father of Shallum, who was married to the prophetess Huldah. When the book of the Law was discovered in the temple during Josiah's reign, the delegation sent by the king consulted Huldah for a prophetic word. In the parallel account in 2 Chronicles 34:22, his name appears as Tokhath (or Tikvath in some manuscripts), likely a textual variant.
☩Father of Jahaziah
A different Tikvah was the father of Jahaziah, one of the leaders appointed to oversee the process of separating Israelite men from their foreign wives following the return from Babylonian exile under Ezra.
References
- 1.John McClintock and James Strong, "Tikvah," in Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature, vol. X (Harper & Brothers, 1867–1887).
- 2.F. N. Peloubet & M. A. Peloubet (ed.), "Tikvah," in Smith's Bible Dictionary (Porter & Coates, 1884).
- 3.James Orr (ed.), "Tikvah; Tikvath," in International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, vol. V (Howard-Severance Company, 1915).