Ezekiel, (Hebrew: יְחֶזְקֵאל, Yehezkel, IPA: [jəx.ezˈqel]), "Go will strengthen", from חזק, hazak, [xa'zaq], literally "to fasten upon", figuratively "strong", and אל, el, [ʔel], literally "strength", figuratively "Almighty". (Arabic: ذو الكفل) According to religious texts, he was a prophet and priest in the Bible who prophesied for 22 years sometime in the 6th century BC in the form of visions while exiled in Babylon, as recorded in the Book of Ezekiel.