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יַאֲזַנְיָ֫הוּ

ya.a.zan.yahJaazaniah
hebrewOld TestamentName of a man5 occurrences3 books5 verses
This name belongs to 4 different people in the Bible:
  • Jaazaniah: Leader among the twenty-five men in Ezekiel's vision
  • Jaazaniah: Israelite elder; participated in idolatry in the temple
  • Jaazaniah: Son of Jeremiah; a Rechabite during Jeremiah's time
  • Jezaniah: A leader of the Judean forces

Definition

or יַאֲזַנְיָהוּ; from H238 and H3050; heard of Jah; Jaazanjah, the name of four Israelites
Traditional renderings: Jaazaniah. Compare H3153.

Glossary entries

Jaazaniah Azariah Jezaniah

Where it occurs

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Occurrences

5 total
  1. 2 Kings 25:23וְיַֽאֲזַנְיָ֙הוּ֙ · and Jaazaniah
    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.
  2. Jeremiah 35:3יַאֲזַנְיָ֤ה · Jaazaniah
    So I took Jaazaniah son of Jeremiah, the son of Habazziniah, and his brothers and all his sons—the entire house of the Rechabites—
  3. Jeremiah 40:8וִֽיזַנְיָ֙הוּ֙ · and Jezaniah
    …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.
  4. Ezekiel 8:11וְיַאֲזַנְיָ֨הוּ · with Jaazaniah
    Before them stood seventy elders of the house of Israel, with Jaazaniah son of Shaphan standing among them. Each had a censer in his hand, and a fragrant cloud of incense was rising.
  5. Ezekiel 11:1יַאֲזַנְיָ֧ה · Jaazaniah
    Then the Spirit lifted me up and brought me to the gate of the house of the LORD that faces east. And there at the entrance of the gate were twenty-five men. Among them I saw Jaazaniah son of Azzur and Pelatiah son of Benaiah, who were leaders of the people.