Bible Names

Nethaniah: meaning of the name

Nethaniah means “the gift of the Lord.”
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (1869)boy name

Nethaniah in Hebrew and Greek

נְתַנְיָה H5418

Nᵉthanyâh (neth-an-yaw') — Nethanjah, the name of four Israelites

or נְתַנְיָהוּ; from H5414 (נָתַן) and H3050 (יָהּ); given of Jah;

People named Nethaniah in the Bible

Nethaniah in Scripture

“Nethaniah” appears in 20 verses of the King James Version; here are the first 8.

  • 2 Kings 25:23

    And when all the captains of the armies, they and their men, heard that the king of Babylon had made Gedaliah governor, there came to Gedaliah to Mizpah, even Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and Johanan the son of Careah, and Seraiah the son of Tanhumeth the Netophathite, and Jaazaniah the son of a Maachathite, they and their men.

  • 2 Kings 25:25

    But it came to pass in the seventh month, that Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, the son of Elishama, of the seed royal, came, and ten men with him, and smote Gedaliah, that he died, and the Jews and the Chaldees that were with him at Mizpah.

  • 1 Chronicles 25:2

    Of the sons of Asaph; Zaccur, and Joseph, and Nethaniah, and Asarelah, the sons of Asaph under the hands of Asaph, which prophesied according to the order of the king.

  • 1 Chronicles 25:12

    The fifth to Nethaniah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:

  • 2 Chronicles 17:8

    And with them he sent Levites, even Shemaiah, and Nethaniah, and Zebadiah, and Asahel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehonathan, and Adonijah, and Tobijah, and Tob–adonijah, Levites; and with them Elishama and Jehoram, priests.

  • Jeremiah 36:14

    Therefore all the princes sent Jehudi the son of Nethaniah, the son of Shelemiah, the son of Cushi, unto Baruch, saying, Take in thine hand the roll wherein thou hast read in the ears of the people, and come. So Baruch the son of Neriah took the roll in his hand, and came unto them.

  • Jeremiah 40:8

    Then they came to Gedaliah to Mizpah, even Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and Johanan and Jonathan the sons of Kareah, and Seraiah the son of Tanhumeth, and the sons of Ephai the Netophathite, and Jezaniah the son of a Maachathite, they and their men.

  • Jeremiah 40:14

    And said unto him, Dost thou certainly know that Baalis the king of the Ammonites hath sent Ishmael the son of Nethaniah to slay thee? But Gedaliah the son of Ahikam believed them not.