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Nethaniah — the meaning of the Hebrew name נְתַנְיָה

נְתַנְיָה

Nᵉthanyâh · pronounced neth-an-yaw' · Strong's H5418 · a man

Nethaniah means given of Jah.

Built from

נָתַן nâthan (from, H5414) — to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.) open in the lexicon ›

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

Strong's definition

or נְתַנְיָהוּ; from H5414 and H3050; given of Jah; Nethanjah, 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 Nethaniah

20 occurrences in 20 verses — 2 Kings, 1 Chronicles, 2 Chronicles, Jeremiah

2Kgs 25:232Kgs 25:251Chr 25:21Chr 25:122Chr 17:8Jer 36:14Jer 40:8Jer 40:14Jer 40:15Jer 41:1Jer 41:2Jer 41:6Jer 41:7Jer 41:9Jer 41:10Jer 41:11Jer 41:12Jer 41:15Jer 41:16Jer 41:18

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