Chenaanah
כְּנַעֲנָהStrong’s H3668kenaanah (ke-na-a-nah)
Appears in 5 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Kenaanah is the Hebrew word usually translated “kenaanah”. It appears in 5 verses of the Old Testament.
“And Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah made him horns of iron: and he said, Thus saith the LORD, With these shalt thou push the Syrians, until thou have consumed them.”
Meaning
- Father of Zedekiah the false prophet of Ahab
- Son of Bilhan, grandson of Jediael, and great grandson of Benjamin and the founder of a house of Benjamin
- Father of Zedekiah the false prophet of Ahab
- Son of Bilhan, grandson of Jediael, and great grandson of Benjamin and the founder of a house of Benjamin
How it's translated
- kenaanah 4
- and kenaanah 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- 1 Kings 2
- 2 Chronicles 2
- 1 Chronicles 1
3 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- 1 Kings 22:24But Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah went near, and smote Micaiah on the cheek, and said, Which way went the Spirit of the LORD from me to speak unto thee?
- 1 Chronicles 7:10The sons also of Jediael; Bilhan: and the sons of Bilhan; Jeush, and Benjamin, and Ehud, and Chenaanah, and Zethan, and Tharshish, and Ahishahar.
- 2 Chronicles 18:10And Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah had made him horns of iron, and said, Thus saith the LORD, With these thou shalt push Syria until they be consumed.
- 2 Chronicles 18:23Then Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah came near, and smote Micaiah upon the cheek, and said, Which way went the Spirit of the LORD from me to speak unto thee?
Hebrew dictionary
כְּנַעֲנָה kenaanah · Chenaanah
A man living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at 1Ki.22.11; father of: Zedekiah (H6667) § Chenaanah = "trader" 1) father of Zedekiah the false prophet of Ahab 2) son of Bilhan, grandson of Jediael, and great grandson of Benjamin and the founder of a house of Benjamin
כְּנַעֲנָה kenaanah · Chenaanah
A man of the tribe of Benjamin living at the time of Divided Monarchy, only mentioned at 1Ch.7.10; son of: Bilhan (H1092H); brother of: Jeush (H3266H), Benjamin (H1144H), Ehud (H0164H), Zethan (H2133), Tarshish (H8659I) and Ahishahar (H0300) § Chenaanah = "trader" 1) father of Zedekiah the false prophet of Ahab 2) son of Bilhan, grandson of Jediael, and great grandson of Benjamin and the founder of a house of Benjamin
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.