H2970: יַאֲזַנְיָה
Yaʼăzanyâh · pronounced yah-az-an-yaw' · “Jaazaniah”
Definition
Jaazanjah, the name of four Israelites
KJV translates it as: Jaazaniah. Compare H3153 (יְזַנְיָה).
Word origin: or יַאֲזַנְיָהוּ; from H238 (אָזַן) and H3050 (יָהּ); heard of Jah;
Extended definition
son of: Jeremiah (H3414N)
§ Jaazaniah = "Jehovah hears"
1) a Judean, son of the Maachathite, a captain of the Judean forces who visited Gedaliah at Mizpah after Gedaliah had been appointed governor of Judah by Nebuchadnezzar
2) son of Shaphan, an elder of Israel in the days of Ezekiel
3) son of Azur, one of the princes of the people against whom Ezekiel was directed to prophesy
4) a Rechabite, son of Jeremiah the prophet
Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).
How H2970 is translated
- jaazaniah ×4
- jezaniah ×1
Bible verses with H2970 (Yaʼăzanyâh)
Yaʼăzanyâh appears in 5 verses.
- 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.
- Jeremiah 35:3
Then I took Jaazaniah the son of Jeremiah, the son of Habaziniah, and his brethren, and all his sons, and the whole house of the Rechabites;
- 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.
- Ezekiel 8:11
And there stood before them seventy men of the ancients of the house of Israel, and in the midst of them stood Jaazaniah the son of Shaphan, with every man his censer in his hand; and a thick cloud of incense went up.
- Ezekiel 11:1
Moreover the spirit lifted me up, and brought me unto the east gate of the Lord’s house, which looketh eastward: and behold at the door of the gate five and twenty men; among whom I saw Jaazaniah the son of Azur, and Pelatiah the son of Benaiah, princes of the people.