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The origin of the name Ezekiel is Hebrew

 

This is how Ezekiel is written in Hebrew:

יְחֶזְקֵאל = Yĕchezqe’l

 

The  biblical meaning of the name Ezekiel is God strengthens.

 

Ezekiel was a priest and prophet; author of the book by his name; taken captive with Jehoiachin and exiled in Babylon

 

The name Ezekiel appears in the bible in the following verses:

1 Chronicles 24:16 KJV
The nineteenth to Pethahiah, the twentieth to Jehezekel,

Ezekiel 1:3 KJV
The word of the LORD came expressly unto Ezekiel the priest, the son of Buzi, in the land of the Chaldeans by the river Chebar; and the hand of the LORD was there upon him.

Ezekiel 24:24 KJV
Thus Ezekiel is unto you a sign: according to all that he hath done shall ye do: and when this cometh, ye shall know that I am the Lord GOD.