Yᵉzanyâh — H3153

Definition

masculine proper noun

Jezanjah, an Israelite

1. Jezaniah = "Jehovah has listened"
2. son of Hoshaiah the Maachathite and one of the captains who escaped from Jerusalem during the last siege of the Babylonians; one of the first to return to Gedaliah at Mizpah where he took a prominent part after the assassination of Gedaliah

Usually translated as

Jezaniah

Origin

or Yᵉzanyâhûw; probably for H2970

• Yaʼăzanyâh (H2970)

Occurrences

Yᵉzanyâh occurs 2 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Jeremiah (2)

• Jeremiah 40:8 — Then they came to Gedaliah to Mizpah, even Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and Johanan and Jonathan the sons of Kareah, and Seraiah the son of Tanhumeth, and the sons of Ephai the Netophathite, and Jezaniah the son of a Maachathite, they and their men.
• Jeremiah 42:1 — Then all the captains of the forces, and Johanan the son of Kareah, and Jezaniah (וִֽיזַנְיָ֖ה) the son of Hoshaiah, and all the people from the least even unto the greatest, came near,