Bible Names

Chenaniah: meaning of the name

Chenaniah means “preparation, or disposition, or strength, of the Lord.”
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (1869)boy name

Chenaniah in Hebrew and Greek

כְּנַנְיָה H3663

Kᵉnanyâh (ken-an-yaw') — Kenanjah, an Israelite

or כְּנַנְיָהוּ; from H3661 (כָּנַן) and H3050 (יָהּ); Jah has planted;

People named Chenaniah in the Bible

Chenaniah in Scripture

“Chenaniah” appears in 3 verses of the King James Version.

  • 1 Chronicles 15:22

    And Chenaniah, chief of the Levites, was for song: he instructed about the song, because he was skilful.

  • 1 Chronicles 15:27

    And David was clothed with a robe of fine linen, and all the Levites that bare the ark, and the singers, and Chenaniah the master of the song with the singers: David also had upon him an ephod of linen.

  • 1 Chronicles 26:29

    Of the Izharites, Chenaniah and his sons were for the outward business over Israel, for officers and judges.