Ozni — the meaning of the Hebrew name אׇזְנִי

אׇזְנִי

ʼOznîy · pronounced oz-nee' · Strong's H244 · a man and a people · also spelled Oznites

Ozni means having (quick) ears.

Built from

אֹזֶן ʼôzen (from, H241) — broadness. i.e. (concrete) the ear (from its form in man) open in the lexicon ›

from H241; having (quick) ears; Ozni, an Israelite; also an Oznite (collectively), his descendant.

Num 26:16 Of Ozni, the family of the Oznites: of Eri, the family of the Erites: (KJV)

1 occurrence in 1 verse — Numbers

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Definitions from Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (public domain); occurrences from the Westminster Leningrad Codex via Hebrew Explorer's interlinear.

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