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Helkai
In Bible versions:
Helkai: NET AVS NIV NRSV NASB TEV
priest over the house of Meraioth under Joiakim and Nehemiah
part; portion ( --> same as Helek)
part; portion ( --> same as Helek)
Hebrew
Strongs #02517: yqlx Chelqay
Helkai = "my portion is Jehovah"1) chief of Meremoth's priestly family in the time of Joiakim
2517 Chelqay khel-kah'ee
from 2505; apportioned; Chelkai, an Israelite:-Helkai.see HEBREW for 02505
Helkai [EBD]
smooth-tongued, one of the chief priests in the time of Joiakim (Neh. 12:15).
Helkai [NAVE]
HELKAI, a priest, Neh. 12:15.HELKAI [ISBE]
HELKAI - hel'-ka-i, hel'-ki, hel-ka'-i (chelqay, perhaps an abbreviation for Helkiah, "Yah is my portion." Not in the Septuagint's Codex Vaticanus; Codex L: Chelkias (Neh 12:15)): The head of a priestly house in the days of Joiakim.