Jecoliah

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The origin of the name Jecoliah is Hebrew
This is how Jecoliah is written in Hebrew:This is how it is pronounced
יִבְחָר yib-khar’
The biblical meaning of the name Jecoliah is:
According to:Meaning:
Strong“Jehovah is able”
Gesenius”strong by means of Jehovah”
Hitchcock“perfection, or power, of the Lord”

In The Bible:
Jecoliah was

1.  the wife of King Amaziah, and mother of King Uzziah 


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

2 Chronicles 26:3 KJV
Sixteen years old was Uzziah when he began to reign, and he reigned fifty and two years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name also was Jecoliah of Jerusalem.