Tikvah

Tikvah was one of two men who opposed Ezra's reforms requiring Jewish men to divorce their foreign wives.

The name Tikvah means “hope; a little line; congregation”

MaleExile and Return eraOld Testament1 book1 verse

Summary

A man living at the time of Exile and Return, only mentioned at Ezra 10:15; only referred to as Tikvah (תִּקְוָה); father of Jahzeiah.

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Tikvah

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Jahzeiah

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Mentions

  1. (Only Jonathan son of Asahel and Jahzeiah son of Tikvah, supported by Meshullam and Shabbethai the Levite, opposed this plan.)