Jezaniah
יַאֲזַנְיָ֫הוּStrong’s H3153yaazanyah (ya-a-zan-yah)
Appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament
In short
Yaazanyah is the Hebrew word usually translated “jezaniah”. It appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament.
“Then all the captains of the forces, and Johanan the son of Kareah, and Jezaniah the son of Hoshaiah, and all the people from the least even unto the greatest, came near,”
Meaning
- A Judean, son of the Maachathite, a captain of the Judean forces who visited Gedaliah at Mizpah after Gedaliah had been appointed governor of Judah by Nebuchadnezzar
- Son of Shaphan, an elder of Israel in the days of Ezekiel
- Son of Azur, one of the princes of the people against whom Ezekiel was directed to prophesy
How it's translated
- and jezaniah 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Jeremiah 1
1 book in all.
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Hebrew dictionary
יַאֲזַנְיָ֫הוּ yaazanyah · Jezaniah
A man living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at 2Ki.25.23; son of: Hoshaiah (H1955H); also called Jaazaniah at 2Ki.25.23; Azariah at Jer.43.2; Another spelling of ye.zan.yah (יְזַנְיָה "Jezaniah" H3153) § Jaazaniah = "Jehovah hears" 1) a Judean, son of the Maachathite, a captain of the Judean forces who visited Gedaliah at Mizpah after Gedaliah had been appointed governor of Judah by Nebuchadnezzar 2) son of Shaphan, an elder of Israel in the days of Ezekiel 3) son of Azur, one of the princes of the people against whom Ezekiel was directed to prophesy …
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.