Yaʼăzanyâh (H2970) — Meaning of the Hebrew word Yaʼăzanyâh in English — Strong's Lexicon

Definition

masculine proper noun

Jaazanjah, the name of four Israelites

Jaazaniah = "Jehovah hears"
a Judean, son of the Maachathite, a captain of the Judean forces who visited Gedaliah at Mizpah after Gedaliah had been appointed governor of Judah by Nebuchadnezzar
son of Shaphan, an elder of Israel in the days of Ezekiel
son of Azur, one of the princes of the people against whom Ezekiel was directed to prophesy
a Rechabite, son of Jeremiah the prophet

Yaʼăzanyâh occurs 4 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: 2 Kings (1), Jeremiah (1), Ezekiel (2)

2 Kings 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 (וְיַֽאֲזַנְיָ֙הוּ֙) the son of a Maachathite, they and their men.
Jeremiah 35:3 — Then I took Jaazaniah (יַאֲזַנְיָ֤ה) the son of Jeremiah, the son of Habaziniah, and his brethren, and all his sons, and the whole house of the Rechabites;
Ezekiel 8:11 — And there stood before them seventy men of the ancients of the house of Israel, and in the midst of them stood Jaazaniah (וְיַאֲזַנְיָ֨הוּ) the son of Shaphan, with every man his censer in his hand; and a thick cloud of incense went up.
Ezekiel 11:1 — Moreover the spirit lifted me up, and brought me unto the east gate of the LORD’s house, which looketh eastward: and behold at the door of the gate five and twenty men; among whom I saw Jaazaniah (יַאֲזַנְיָ֧ה) the son of Azur, and Pelatiah the son of Benaiah, princes of the people.