יְזַנְיָה

Strong’s Definition

Jezanjah, an Israelite

Etymology & Derivation

or יְזַנְיָהוּ; probably for H2970 (יַאֲזַנְיָה);

KJV Usage

Jezaniah.

Detailed Definition

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

• 1.son of hoshaiah the maachathite and one of the captains who escaped from jerusalem during the last siege of the babylonians; one of the first to return to gedaliah at mizpah where he took a prominent part after the assassination of gedaliah

Scholarly Notes

Transliteration: Yᵉzanyâh; Pronunciation: yez-an-yaw'