Bible Names

Janoah: meaning of the name

Janoah means “Janohah, resting; tarrying; deriving.”
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (1869)

Janoah in Hebrew and Greek

יָנוֹחַ H3239

Yânôwach (yaw-no'-akh or (with enclitic) Yanowchah yaw-no'-khaw) — Janoach or Janochah, a place in Palestine

from H3240 (יָנַח); quiet;

Places named Janoah

Janoah in Scripture

“Janoah” appears in 1 verse of the King James Version.

  • 2 Kings 15:29

    In the days of Pekah king of Israel came Tiglath–pileser king of Assyria, and took Ijon, and Abel–beth–maachah, and Janoah, and Kedesh, and Hazor, and Gilead, and Galilee, all the land of Naphtali, and carried them captive to Assyria.