יַאֲזַנְיָה

Strong’s Definition

Jaazanjah, the name of four Israelites

Etymology & Derivation

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

KJV Usage

Jaazaniah. Compare H3153 (יְזַנְיָה).

Detailed Definition

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

• 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

Scholarly Notes

Transliteration: Yaʼăzanyâh; Pronunciation: yah-az-an-yaw'

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