Nethaniah
נְתַנְיָ֫הוּStrong’s H5418netanyah (ne-tan-yah)
Appears in 20 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Netanyah is the Hebrew word usually translated “nethaniah”. It appears in 20 verses of the Old Testament.
“And when all the captains of the armies, they and their men, heard that the king of Babylon had made Gedaliah governor, there came to Gedaliah to Mizpah, even Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and Johanan the son of Careah, and Seraiah the son of Tanhumeth the Netophathite, and Jaazaniah the son of a Maachathite, they and their men.”
Meaning
- Son of Elishama of the royal family of Judah and father of Ishmael who murdered Gedaliah
- Father of Jehudi
- A Levite, one of the 4 sons of Asaph the minstrel
- A Levite in the reign of king Jehoshaphat of Judah
- Son of Elishama of the royal family of Judah and father of Ishmael who murdered Gedaliah
- Father of Jehudi
- A Levite, one of the 4 sons of Asaph the minstrel
- A Levite in the reign of king Jehoshaphat of Judah
- Son of Elishama of the royal family of Judah and father of Ishmael who murdered Gedaliah
- Father of Jehudi
- A Levite, one of the 4 sons of Asaph the minstrel
- A Levite in the reign of king Jehoshaphat of Judah
- Son of Elishama of the royal family of Judah and father of Ishmael who murdered Gedaliah
- Father of Jehudi
- A Levite, one of the 4 sons of Asaph the minstrel
- A Levite in the reign of king Jehoshaphat of Judah
How it's translated
- nethaniah 18
- and nethaniah 2
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Jeremiah 15
- 2 Kings 2
- 1 Chronicles 2
- 2 Chronicles 1
4 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- 2 Kings 25:25But it came to pass in the seventh month, that Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, the son of Elishama, of the seed royal, came, and ten men with him, and smote Gedaliah, that he died, and the Jews and the Chaldees that were with him at Mizpah.
- 1 Chronicles 25:2Of the sons of Asaph; Zaccur, and Joseph, and Nethaniah, and Asarelah, the sons of Asaph under the hands of Asaph, which prophesied according to the order of the king.
- 1 Chronicles 25:12The fifth to Nethaniah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:
- 2 Chronicles 17:8And with them he sent Levites, even Shemaiah, and Nethaniah, and Zebadiah, and Asahel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehonathan, and Adonijah, and Tobijah, and Tobadonijah, Levites; and with them Elishama and Jehoram, priests.
- Jeremiah 36:14Therefore all the princes sent Jehudi the son of Nethaniah, the son of Shelemiah, the son of Cushi, unto Baruch, saying, Take in thine hand the roll wherein thou hast read in the ears of the people, and come. So Baruch the son of Neriah took the roll in his hand, and came unto them.
- Jeremiah 40:8Then they came to Gedaliah to Mizpah, even Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and Johanan and Jonathan the sons of Kareah, and Seraiah the son of Tanhumeth, and the sons of Ephai the Netophathite, and Jezaniah the son of a Maachathite, they and their men.
Hebrew dictionary
נְתַנְיָ֫הוּ netanyah · Nethaniah
A man living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at 2Ki.25.23; son of: Elishama (H0476I); father of: Ishmael (H3458H) § Nethaniah = "given of Jehovah" 1) son of Elishama of the royal family of Judah and father of Ishmael who murdered Gedaliah 2) father of Jehudi 3) a Levite, one of the 4 sons of Asaph the minstrel 4) a Levite in the reign of king Jehoshaphat of Judah
נְתַנְיָ֫הוּ netanyah · Nethaniah
A man of the tribe of Levi living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at 1Ch.25.2; son of: Asaph (H0623H); brother of: Zaccur (H2139J), Joseph (H3130I) and Asharelah (H0841) § Nethaniah = "given of Jehovah" 1) son of Elishama of the royal family of Judah and father of Ishmael who murdered Gedaliah 2) father of Jehudi 3) a Levite, one of the 4 sons of Asaph the minstrel 4) a Levite in the reign of king Jehoshaphat of Judah
נְתַנְיָ֫הוּ netanyah · Nethaniah
A man living at the time of Divided Monarchy, only mentioned at 2Ch.17.8 § Nethaniah = "given of Jehovah" 1) son of Elishama of the royal family of Judah and father of Ishmael who murdered Gedaliah 2) father of Jehudi 3) a Levite, one of the 4 sons of Asaph the minstrel 4) a Levite in the reign of king Jehoshaphat of Judah
נְתַנְיָ֫הוּ netanyah · Nethaniah
A man living at the time of Divided Monarchy, only mentioned at Jer.36.14; son of: Shelemiah (H8018K); father of: Jehudi (H3065) § Nethaniah = "given of Jehovah" 1) son of Elishama of the royal family of Judah and father of Ishmael who murdered Gedaliah 2) father of Jehudi 3) a Levite, one of the 4 sons of Asaph the minstrel 4) a Levite in the reign of king Jehoshaphat of Judah
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.