Nᵉthanyâh — H5418

Definition

masculine proper noun

Nethanjah, the name of four Israelites

1. Nethaniah = "given of Jehovah"
2. son of Elishama of the royal family of Judah and father of Ishmael who murdered Gedaliah
3. father of Jehudi
4. a Levite, one of the 4 sons of Asaph the minstrel
5. a Levite in the reign of king Jehoshaphat of Judah

Usually translated as

Nethaniah

Origin

or Nᵉthanyâhûw; from H5414 and H3050; given of Jah

• Derived from Nâthan (H5414)
• Derived from Yâhh (H3050)

Occurrences

Nᵉthanyâh occurs 20 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: 2 Kings (2), 1 Chronicles (2), 2 Chronicles (1), Jeremiah (15)

• 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 (נְתַנְיָ֡ה), and Johanan the son of Careah, and Seraiah the son of Tanhumeth the Netophathite, and Jaazaniah the son of a Maachathite, they and their men.
• 2 Kings 25:25 — But it came to pass in the seventh month, that Ishmael the son of Nethaniah (נְ֠תַנְיָה), the son of Elishama, of the seed royal, came, and ten men with him, and smote Gedaliah, that he died, and the Jews and the Chaldees that were with him at Mizpah.
• 1 Chronicles 25:2 — Of the sons of Asaph; Zaccur, and Joseph, and Nethaniah (וּנְתַנְיָ֥ה), and Asarelah, the sons of Asaph under the hands of Asaph, which prophesied according to the order of the king.
• 1 Chronicles 25:12 — The fifth to Nethaniah (נְתַנְיָ֔הוּ), he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:
• 2 Chronicles 17:8 — And with them he sent Levites, even Shemaiah, and Nethaniah (וּנְתַנְיָ֡הוּ), and Zebadiah, and Asahel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehonathan, and Adonijah, and Tobijah, and Tob-adonijah, Levites; and with them Elishama and Jehoram, priests.
• Jeremiah 36:14 — Therefore all the princes sent Jehudi the son of Nethaniah (נְ֠תַנְיָהוּ), the son of Shelemiah, the son of Cushi, unto Baruch, saying, Take in thine hand the roll wherein thou hast read in the ears of the people, and come. So Baruch the son of Neriah took the roll in his hand, and came unto them.
• Jeremiah 40:8 — Then they came to Gedaliah to Mizpah, even Ishmael the son of Nethaniah (נְתַנְיָ֡הוּ), 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 40:14 — And said unto him, Dost thou certainly know that Baalis the king of the Ammonites hath sent Ishmael the son of Nethaniah (נְתַנְיָ֔ה) to slay thee? But Gedaliah the son of Ahikam believed them not.
• Jeremiah 40:15 — Then Johanan the son of Kareah spake to Gedaliah in Mizpah secretly, saying, Let me go, I pray thee, and I will slay Ishmael the son of Nethaniah (נְתַנְיָ֔ה), and no man shall know it: wherefore should he slay thee, that all the Jews which are gathered unto thee should be scattered, and the remnant in Judah perish?
• Jeremiah 41:1 — Now it came to pass in the seventh month, that Ishmael the son of Nethaniah (נְתַנְיָ֣ה) the son of Elishama, of the seed royal, and the princes of the king, even ten men with him, came unto Gedaliah the son of Ahikam to Mizpah; and there they did eat bread together in Mizpah.
• Jeremiah 41:2 — Then arose Ishmael the son of Nethaniah (נְתַנְיָ֜ה), and the ten men that were with him, and smote Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan with the sword, and slew him, whom the king of Babylon had made governor over the land.
• Jeremiah 41:6 — And Ishmael the son of Nethaniah (נְתַנְיָ֤ה) went forth from Mizpah to meet them, weeping all along as he went: and it came to pass, as he met them, he said unto them, Come to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam.
• Jeremiah 41:7 — And it was so, when they came into the midst of the city, that Ishmael the son of Nethaniah (נְתַנְיָה֙) slew them, and cast them into the midst of the pit, he, and the men that were with him.
• Jeremiah 41:9 — Now the pit wherein Ishmael had cast all the dead bodies of the men, whom he had slain because of Gedaliah, was it which Asa the king had made for fear of Baasha king of Israel: and Ishmael the son of Nethaniah (נְתַנְיָ֖הוּ) filled it with them that were slain.
• Jeremiah 41:10 — Then Ishmael carried away captive all the residue of the people that were in Mizpah, even the king’s daughters, and all the people that remained in Mizpah, whom Nebuzar-adan the captain of the guard had committed to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam: and Ishmael the son of Nethaniah (נְתַנְיָ֔ה) carried them away captive, and departed to go over to the Ammonites.
• Jeremiah 41:11 — But when Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces that were with him, heard of all the evil that Ishmael the son of Nethaniah (נְתַנְיָֽה) had done,
• Jeremiah 41:12 — Then they took all the men, and went to fight with Ishmael the son of Nethaniah (נְתַנְיָ֑ה), and found him by the great waters that are in Gibeon.
• Jeremiah 41:15 — But Ishmael the son of Nethaniah (נְתַנְיָ֗ה) escaped from Johanan with eight men, and went to the Ammonites.
• Jeremiah 41:16 — Then took Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces that were with him, all the remnant of the people whom he had recovered from Ishmael the son of Nethaniah (נְתַנְיָה֙), from Mizpah, after that he had slain Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, even mighty men of war, and the women, and the children, and the eunuchs, whom he had brought again from Gibeon:
• Jeremiah 41:18 — Because of the Chaldeans: for they were afraid of them, because Ishmael the son of Nethaniah (נְתַנְיָ֗ה) had slain Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, whom the king of Babylon made governor in the land.