STRONGS NUMBER H2608

Word Summary

Chananyah: "Yah has been gracious", the name of a number of Isr

Original Word: חֲנַנְיָה
Transliteration: Chananyah
Phonetic Spelling: (khan-an-yaw')
Part of Speech: Proper Name Masculine
Short Definition: "Yah has been gracious", the name of a number of Isr
Meaning: Hananiah -- "Yah has been gracious", the name of a number of Israelites

Strong's Concordance

Hananiah

Or Chananyahuw {khan-an-yaw'-hoo}; from chanan and Yahh; Jah has favored; Chananjah, the name of thirteen Israelites -- Hananiah.

see HEBREW chanan

see HEBREW Yahh

Brown-Driver-Briggs

H2608. Chananyah

חֲנַנְיָה חֲנַנְיָ֫הוּ,‎ proper name, masculine (׳י‎ hath been gracious) — ᵐ5‎ Ἀνανίας; חֲנַנְיָהוּ‎: (compare חנניהו‎ on Israel. Seal, Ganneau^{Jas Fev-Mars 1883, 128, No.1}) —

1 father of a prince under Jehoiakim Jeremiah 36:12.

2 captain of Uzziah's army2 Chronicles 26:11.

3 chief of one of the divisions musicians of David 1 Chronicles 25:23 = חֲנַנְיָה‎ 25:4. — חֲנַנְיָה‎:

4 a false prophet of Jeremiah's time Jeremiah 28:1, 5, 10, 11, 12, 13, 15 (twice in verse); 28:17.

5 one of the three companions of Daniel Daniel 1:6-7, 11, 19.

6 grandfather of an officer of the guard in Jeremiah's time Jeremiah 37:13.

7 a son of Zerubbabel 1 Chronicles 3:19, 21.

8 a Benjamite 1 Chronicles 8:24.

9 various post-exilic persons.

a. Ezra 10:28.

b. Nehemiah 3:8.

c. Nehemiah 3:30.