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HebrewH2607Proper Noun (Masculine)

חֲנָנִי

cha.na.ni

11Occurrences
H2607Strong's #
Proper Noun (Masculine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

Chanani, the name of six Israelites

from H2603 (חָנַן); gracious;

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
A prophet living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at ; father of: Jehu (H3058) § Hanani = "gracious" 1) one of the sons of Heman, a chief musician of David, and head of the 18th course of the service 2) a seer who rebuked Asa, king of Judah, and was imprisoned 2a) maybe, father of Jehu the seer who testified against Baasha 3) one of the priests who in the time of Ezra took a foreign wife 4) brother of Nehemiah whom Nehemiah appointed governor of Jerusalem 5) another priest who was the chief musician under Nehemiah

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Proper Noun (Masculine)

Morphology Code

N:N-M-P

Full Description

Proper Noun, Masculine

Occurrences

חֲנָנִי appears 11 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

2 Chronicles
3
Nehemiah
3
1 Chronicles
2
1 Kings
2
Ezra
1

Key Passages

1 Chronicles 25:4BSB

From the sons of Heman: Bukkiah, Mattaniah, Uzziel, Shebuel, Jerimoth, Hananiah, Hanani, Eliathah, Giddalti, Romamti-ezer, Joshbekashah, Mallothi, Hothir, and Mahazioth.

1 Kings 16:1BSB

Then the word of the LORD came to Jehu son of Hanani against Baasha, saying:

2 Chronicles 16:7BSB

At that time Hanani the seer came to King Asa of Judah and told him, “Because you have relied on the king of Aram and not on the LORD your God, the army of the king of Aram has escaped from your hand.

2 Chronicles 20:34BSB

As for the rest of the acts of Jehoshaphat, from beginning to end, they are indeed written in the Chronicles of Jehu son of Hanani, which are recorded in the Book of the Kings of Israel.

Nehemiah 1:2BSB

Hanani, one of my brothers, arrived with men from Judah. So I questioned them about the remnant of the Jews who had survived the exile, and also about Jerusalem.

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.