H3153: יְזַנְיָה
Yᵉzanyâh · pronounced yez-an-yaw' · “Jezaniah”
Definition
Jezanjah, an Israelite
KJV translates it as: Jezaniah.
Word origin: or יְזַנְיָהוּ; probably for H2970 (יַאֲזַנְיָה);
Extended definition
A man living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at 2Ki.25.23;
son of: Hoshaiah (H1955H); also called Jaazaniah at 2Ki.25.23; Azariah at Jer.43.2;
§ Jezaniah = "Jehovah has listened"
son of Hoshaiah the Maachathite and one of the captains who escaped from Jerusalem during the last siege of the Babylonians; one of the first to return to Gedaliah at Mizpah where he took a prominent part after the assassination of Gedaliah
son of: Hoshaiah (H1955H); also called Jaazaniah at 2Ki.25.23; Azariah at Jer.43.2;
§ Jezaniah = "Jehovah has listened"
son of Hoshaiah the Maachathite and one of the captains who escaped from Jerusalem during the last siege of the Babylonians; one of the first to return to Gedaliah at Mizpah where he took a prominent part after the assassination of Gedaliah
Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).
How H3153 is translated
- jezaniah ×1
Bible verses with H3153 (Yᵉzanyâh)
Yᵉzanyâh appears in 1 verse.
- Jeremiah 42:1
Then all the captains of the forces, and Johanan the son of Kareah, and Jezaniah the son of Hoshaiah, and all the people from the least even unto the greatest, came near,