חֲנָנִיChănânîy

proper name, masculine: (perhaps abbreviated from following)

Pronunciation: khan-aw-nee' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H2607

Meanings

1. father of the prophet Jehu (1 Kings 16:1; 1 Kings 16:7; 2 Chronicles 16:7)

2. brother of Nehemiah (Nehemiah 1:2; Nehemiah 7:2)

3. a chief musician of David (1 Chronicles 25:4; 1 Chronicles 25:25)

4. a chief musician in time of Nehemiah (Nehemiah 12:36)

5. a priest of Ezra's time (Ezra 10:20)

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 11 times in the Bible.

  • 1 Kings 16:1 This message from the Lord was delivered to King Baasha by the prophet Jehu son of Hanani:
  • 1 Kings 16:7 The message from the Lord against Baasha and his family came through the prophet Jehu son of Hanani. It was delivered because Baasha had done what was evil in the Lord’s sight (just as the family of Jeroboam had done), and also because Baasha had destroyed the family of Jeroboam. The Lord’s anger was provoked by Baasha’s sins.
  • 1 Chronicles 25:4 From the sons of Heman, there were Bukkiah, Mattaniah, Uzziel, Shubael, Jerimoth, Hananiah, Hanani, Eliathah, Giddalti, Romamti-ezer, Joshbekashah, Mallothi, Hothir, and Mahazioth.
  • 1 Chronicles 25:25 The eighteenth lot fell to Hanani and twelve of his sons and relatives.
  • 2 Chronicles 16:7 At that time Hanani the seer came to King Asa and told him, “Because you have put your trust in the king of Aram instead of in the Lord your God, you missed your chance to destroy the army of the king of Aram.
  • 2 Chronicles 19:2 Jehu son of Hanani the seer went out to meet him. “Why should you help the wicked and love those who hate the Lord?” he asked the king. “Because of what you have done, the Lord is very angry with you.
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Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).