חֲנַנְיָהChănanyâh
חֲנַנְיָ֫הוּ: proper name, masculine: hath been gracious
Pronunciation: khan-an-yaw' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H2608
Meanings
1. father of a prince under Jehoiakim (Jeremiah 36:12)
2. captain of Uzziah's army (2 Chronicles 26:11)
3. chief of one of the divisions musicians of David (1 Chronicles 25:23; 1 Chronicles 25:4)
4. a false prophet of Jeremiah's time (Jeremiah 28:1; Jeremiah 28:5; Jeremiah 28:10)
5. one of the three companions of Daniel (Daniel 1:6; Daniel 1:7; Daniel 1:11)
6. grandfather of an officer of the guard in Jeremiah's time (Jeremiah 37:13)
7. a son of Zerubbabel (1 Chronicles 3:19; 1 Chronicles 3:21)
8. a Benjamite (1 Chronicles 8:24)
9. various post-exilic persons
: proper name, masculine: (= Biblical Hebrew id. 5.) (Daniel 2:17)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 29 times in the Bible.
- 1 Chronicles 3:19 The sons of Pedaiah were Zerubbabel and Shimei. The sons of Zerubbabel were Meshullam and Hananiah. (Their sister was Shelomith.)
- 1 Chronicles 3:21 The sons of Hananiah were Pelatiah and Jeshaiah. Jeshaiah’s son was Rephaiah. Rephaiah’s son was Arnan. Arnan’s son was Obadiah. Obadiah’s son was Shecaniah.
- 1 Chronicles 8:24 Hananiah, Elam, Anthothijah,
- 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 25:23 The sixteenth lot fell to Hananiah and twelve of his sons and relatives.
- 2 Chronicles 26:11 Uzziah had an army of well-trained warriors, ready to march into battle, unit by unit. This army had been mustered and organized by Jeiel, the secretary of the army, and his assistant, Maaseiah. They were under the direction of Hananiah, one of the king’s officials.
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).