Jaazaniah — the meaning of the Hebrew name יַאֲזַנְיָה

יַאֲזַנְיָה

Yaʼăzanyâh · pronounced yah-az-an-yaw' · Strong's H2970 · a man

Jaazaniah means heard of Jah.

Built from

אָזַן ʼâzan (from, H238) — to broaden out the ear (with the hand), i.e. (by implication) to listen open in the lexicon ›

יָהּ Yâhh (and, H3050) — Jah, the sacred name open in the lexicon ›

Strong's definition

or יַאֲזַנְיָהוּ; from H238 and H3050; heard of Jah; Jaazanjah, the name of four Israelites.

First appearance

2Kgs 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. (KJV)

Every verse that names Jaazaniah

4 occurrences in 4 verses — 2 Kings, Jeremiah, Ezekiel

2Kgs 25:23Jer 35:3Ezek 8:11Ezek 11:1

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