Bible Names

Chenaanah: meaning of the name

Chenaanah means “broken in pieces.”
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (1869)

Chenaanah in Hebrew and Greek

כְּנַעֲנָה H3668

Kᵉnaʻănâh (ken-ah-an-aw') — Kenaanah, the name of two Israelites

feminine of H3667 (כְּנַעַן);

People named Chenaanah in the Bible

Chenaanah in Scripture

“Chenaanah” appears in 5 verses of the King James Version.

  • 1 Kings 22:11

    And Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah made him horns of iron: and he said, Thus saith the Lord, With these shalt thou push the Syrians, until thou have consumed them.

  • 1 Kings 22:24

    But Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah went near, and smote Micaiah on the cheek, and said, Which way went the Spirit of the Lord from me to speak unto thee?

  • 1 Chronicles 7:10

    The sons also of Jediael; Bilhan: and the sons of Bilhan; Jeush, and Benjamin, and Ehud, and Chenaanah, and Zethan, and Tharshish, and Ahishahar.

  • 2 Chronicles 18:10

    And Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah had made him horns of iron, and said, Thus saith the Lord, With these thou shalt push Syria until they be consumed.

  • 2 Chronicles 18:23

    Then Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah came near, and smote Micaiah upon the cheek, and said, Which way went the Spirit of the Lord from me to speak unto thee?