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Helkai
Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897) · International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915)
THE DICTIONARY — Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897)
smooth-tongued, one of the chief priests in the time of Joiakim (Nehemiah 12:15).
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The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915), general editor James Orr — public domain, printed whole.
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 (Ne 12:15)): The head of a priestly house in the days of Joiakim.