נְתַנְיָהNᵉthanyâh
Nethanjah, the name of four Israelites
Pronunciation: neth-an-yaw' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H5418
Meanings
1. father of Jehudi (Jeremiah 36:14)
2. father of Ishmael Gedaliah's murderer (Jeremiah 40:8; Jeremiah 41:9; 2 Kings 25:23)
3. Levite name
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 20 times in the Bible.
- 2 Kings 25:23 When all the army commanders and their men learned that the king of Babylon had appointed Gedaliah as governor, they went to see him at Mizpah. These included Ishmael son of Nethaniah, Johanan son of Kareah, Seraiah son of Tanhumeth the Netophathite, Jezaniah son of the Maacathite, and all their men.
- 2 Kings 25:25 But in midautumn of that year, Ishmael son of Nethaniah and grandson of Elishama, who was a member of the royal family, went to Mizpah with ten men and killed Gedaliah. He also killed all the Judeans and Babylonians who were with him at Mizpah.
- 1 Chronicles 25:2 From the sons of Asaph, there were Zaccur, Joseph, Nethaniah, and Asarelah. They worked under the direction of their father, Asaph, who proclaimed God’s messages by the king’s orders.
- 1 Chronicles 25:12 The fifth lot fell to Nethaniah and twelve of his sons and relatives.
- 2 Chronicles 17:8 He sent Levites along with them, including Shemaiah, Nethaniah, Zebadiah, Asahel, Shemiramoth, Jehonathan, Adonijah, Tobijah, and Tob-Adonijah. He also sent out the priests Elishama and Jehoram.
- Jeremiah 36:14 the officials sent Jehudi son of Nethaniah, grandson of Shelemiah and great-grandson of Cushi, to ask Baruch to come and read the messages to them, too. So Baruch took the scroll and went to them.
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).