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HebrewH2970Proper Noun (Masculine)

יַאֲזַנְיָ֫הוּ

ya.a.zan.yah

5Occurrences
H2970Strong's #
Proper Noun (Masculine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

Jaazanjah, the name of four Israelites

or יַאֲזַנְיָהוּ; from H238 (אָזַן) and H3050 (יָהּ); heard of Jah;

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
A man living at the time of Divided Monarchy, only mentioned at ; son of: Jeremiah (H3414N) § Jaazaniah = "Jehovah hears" 1) a Judean, son of the Maachathite, a captain of the Judean forces who visited Gedaliah at Mizpah after Gedaliah had been appointed governor of Judah by Nebuchadnezzar 2) son of Shaphan, an elder of Israel in the days of Ezekiel 3) son of Azur, one of the princes of the people against whom Ezekiel was directed to prophesy 4) a Rechabite, son of Jeremiah the prophet

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Proper Noun (Masculine)

Morphology Code

N:N-M-P

Full Description

Proper Noun, Masculine

Occurrences

יַאֲזַנְיָ֫הוּ appears 5 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

Ezk
2
Jeremiah
2
2 Kings
1

Key Passages

2 Kings 25:23BSB

When all the commanders of the armies and their men heard that the king of Babylon had appointed Gedaliah as governor, they came to Gedaliah at Mizpah—Ishmael son of Nethaniah, Johanan son of Kareah, Seraiah son of Tanhumeth the Netophathite, and Jaazaniah son of the Maacathite, as well as their men.

Ezk 11:1BSB

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Ezk 8:11BSB

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Jeremiah 35:3BSB

So I took Jaazaniah son of Jeremiah, the son of Habazziniah, and his brothers and all his sons—the entire house of the Rechabites—

Jeremiah 40:8BSB

they came to Gedaliah at Mizpah—Ishmael son of Nethaniah, Johanan and Jonathan the sons of Kareah, Seraiah son of Tanhumeth, the sons of Ephai the Netophathite, and Jezaniah son of the Maacathite—they and their men.

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