Kôwnanyâhûw — H3562

Definition

masculine proper noun

Conanjah, the name of two Israelites

1. Cononiah or Conaniah = "Jehovah has established"
2. a Levite ruler in the time of Hezekiah
3. a Levite chief in the time of Josiah

Usually translated as

Cononiah, Conaniah

Origin

from H3559 and H3050; Jah has sustained

• Derived from Kûwn (H3559)
• Derived from Yâhh (H3050)

Occurrences

Kôwnanyâhûw occurs 3 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: 2 Chronicles (3)

• 2 Chronicles 31:12 — And brought in the offerings and the tithes and the dedicated things faithfully: over which Cononiah (כָּֽנַנְיָ֣הוּ) the Levite was ruler, and Shimei his brother was the next.
• 2 Chronicles 31:13 — And Jehiel, and Azaziah, and Nahath, and Asahel, and Jerimoth, and Jozabad, and Eliel, and Ismachiah, and Mahath, and Benaiah, were overseers under the hand of Cononiah (כָּֽנַנְיָ֙הוּ֙) and Shimei his brother, at the commandment of Hezekiah the king, and Azariah the ruler of the house of God.
• 2 Chronicles 35:9 — Conaniah (וְ֠כָֽנַנְיָהוּ) also, and Shemaiah and Nethaneel, his brethren, and Hashabiah and Jeiel and Jozabad, chief of the Levites, gave unto the Levites for passover offerings five thousand small cattle, and five hundred oxen.