Chănanʼêl — H2606

Definition

masculine proper noun

Chananel, probably an Israelite, from whom a tower of Jerusalem was named

1. Hananeel = "God has favoured"
2. the name of a tower in Jerusalem

Usually translated as

Hananeel

Origin

from H2603 and H410; God has favored

• Derived from Chânan (H2603)
• Derived from ʼêl (H410)

Occurrences

Chănanʼêl occurs 4 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Nehemiah (2), Jeremiah (1), Zechariah (1)

• Nehemiah 3:1 — Then Eliashib the high priest rose up with his brethren the priests, and they builded the sheep gate; they sanctified it, and set up the doors of it; even unto the tower of Meah they sanctified it, unto the tower of Hananeel (חֲנַנְאֵֽל).
• Nehemiah 12:39 — And from above the gate of Ephraim, and above the old gate, and above the fish gate, and the tower of Hananeel (חֲנַנְאֵל֙), and the tower of Meah, even unto the sheep gate: and they stood still in the prison gate.
• Jeremiah 31:38 — Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that the city shall be built to the LORD from the tower of Hananeel (חֲנַנְאֵ֖ל) unto the gate of the corner.
• Zechariah 14:10 — All the land shall be turned as a plain from Geba to Rimmon south of Jerusalem: and it shall be lifted up, and inhabited in her place, from Benjamin’s gate unto the place of the first gate, unto the corner gate, and from the tower of Hananeel (חֲנַנְאֵ֔ל) unto the king’s winepresses.