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HebrewH5418Proper Noun (Masculine)

נְתַנְיָ֫הוּ

ne.tan.yah

20Occurrences
H5418Strong's #
Proper Noun (Masculine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

Nethanjah, the name of four Israelites

or נְתַנְיָהוּ; from H5414 (נָתַן) and H3050 (יָהּ); given of Jah;

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
A man living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at ; 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

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Proper Noun (Masculine)

Morphology Code

N:N-M-P

Full Description

Proper Noun, Masculine

Occurrences

נְתַנְיָ֫הוּ appears 20 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

Jeremiah
15
1 Chronicles
2
2 Kings
2
2 Chronicles
1

Key Passages

1 Chronicles 25:2BSB

From the sons of Asaph: Zaccur, Joseph, Nethaniah, and Asarelah. These sons of Asaph were under the direction of Asaph, who prophesied under the direction of the king.

2 Kings 25:25BSB

In the seventh month, however, Ishmael son of Nethaniah, the son of Elishama, who was a member of the royal family, came with ten men and struck down and killed Gedaliah, along with the Judeans and Chaldeans who were with him at Mizpah.

Jeremiah 40:15BSB

Then Johanan son of Kareah spoke privately to Gedaliah at Mizpah. “Let me go and kill Ishmael son of Nethaniah,” he said. “No one will know it. Why should he take your life and scatter all the people of Judah who have gathered to you, so that the remnant of Judah would perish?”

Jeremiah 41:7BSB

And when they came into the city, Ishmael son of Nethaniah and the men with him slaughtered them and threw them into a cistern.

Jeremiah 41:12BSB

they took all their men and went to fight Ishmael son of Nethaniah. And they found him near the great pool in Gibeon.

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