Zedekiah (name)

Zedekiah (Hebrew: צדקיהו, romanized: Ṣiḏqiyyāhû, lit. 'God is my righteousness') is a masculine given name of Hebrew origins. It is most commonly associated with Zedekiah (c. 618 BC–after 586 BC), a Biblical figure and the last monarch of the Kingdom of Judah. The name is also used by the following:

ZedekiahPronunciation| /ˌzɛdɪˈkaɪə/ ZED-ih-KY-ə

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Gender| Male
Origin
Word/name| Hebrew
Meaning| "God is my righteousness"
Region of origin| Southern Levant

## People with the given name Zedekiah

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* Zedekiah (High Priest), High Priest of Solomon's Temple
* Zedekiah Smith Barstow (1790–1873), American minister of the Congregational church.
* Zedekiah Belknap (1781–1858), American portraitist
* Zedekiah ben Abraham Anaw, 13th-century Italian author of Halakhic works
* Zedekiah Kidwell (1814–1872), 19th-century American politician, physician, lawyer, teacher and clerk
* Zedekiah Otieno (born 1968), Kenyan footballer
* Zedekiah Johnson Purnell (1813–1882), African-American activist, businessman, and literary editor.

## Other uses

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* Zedekiah's Cave, an underground meleke limestone quarry, under the Muslim Quarter of the Old City of Jerusalem.

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