חֲנָנִי

Strong’s Definition

Chanani, the name of six Israelites

Etymology & Derivation

from H2603 (חָנַן); gracious;

KJV Usage

Hanani.

Detailed Definition

From the Brown–Driver–Briggs (BDB) Hebrew lexicon outline.

• 1.maybe, father of jehu the seer who testified against baasha
• 2.one of the sons of heman, a chief musician of david, and head of the 18th course of the service
• 3.a seer who rebuked asa, king of judah, and was imprisoned
• 4.one of the priests who in the time of ezra took a foreign wife
• 5.brother of nehemiah whom nehemiah appointed governor of jerusalem
• 6.another priest who was the chief musician under nehemiah

Scholarly Notes

Transliteration: Chănânîy; Pronunciation: khan-aw-nee'