Chenaniah
כְּנַנְיָ֫הוּStrong’s H3663kenanyah (ke-nan-yah)
Appears in 3 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Kenanyah is the Hebrew word usually translated “kenaniah”. It appears in 3 verses of the Old Testament.
“And Chenaniah, chief of the Levites, was for song: he instructed about the song, because he was skilful.”
Meaning
- A Levite song leader who assisted in the procession of transporting the ark
- An Izharites officer of David
How it's translated
- and kenaniah 2
- kenaniah 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- 1 Chronicles 3
1 book in all.
Explore in Scripture
- 1 Chronicles 15:27And David was clothed with a robe of fine linen, and all the Levites that bare the ark, and the singers, and Chenaniah the master of the song with the singers: David also had upon him an ephod of linen.
- 1 Chronicles 26:29Of the Izharites, Chenaniah and his sons were for the outward business over Israel, for officers and judges.
Hebrew dictionary
כְּנַנְיָ֫הוּ kenanyah · Chenaniah
A man living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at 1Ch.15.22 § Chenaniah = "Jehovah establishes" 1) a Levite song leader who assisted in the procession of transporting the ark 2) an Izharites officer of David
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.