Hebrew word · H2592

חַנִּיאֵל

chani'el

Hanniel

A name built from ḥānan, 'to be gracious, show favour', plus ʾēl, 'God': 'God is/has been gracious' or 'favour of God'.

Appears 2 times in 2 verses of the Hebrew Old Testament. ·

What it means

A man living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, only mentioned at Num.34.23;

son of: Ephod (H0641)

§ Hanniel = "favoured of God"

1) son of Ephod and a prince of the tribe of Manasseh

2) son of Ulla and a chief of the tribe of Asher; also 'Haniel'

Abridged from Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), via STEPBible.org (CC BY 4.0).

In depth

From the study of 1 Chronicles 7:39

Range of meaning

A name built from ḥānan, 'to be gracious, show favour', plus ʾēl, 'God': 'God is/has been gracious' or 'favour of God'.

Against the English

KJV spells it 'Haniel'. BSB, WEB and YLT have 'Hanniel', which keeps the doubled n of the Hebrew. It is the same name either way.

Used elsewhere in the period

In Numbers 34:23 a leader from Manasseh with this name helps divide the land. Names that praise a god's favour were common across the ancient Near East (compare the Phoenician name Hanni-baal).

Where it appears

Numbers · 1

  1. Numbers 34:23 חַנִּיאֵ֖ל Hanniel

    Hanniel son of Ephod, a leader from the tribe of Manasseh son of Joseph;

1 Chronicles · 1

  1. 1 Chronicles 7:39 וְחַנִּיאֵ֖ל and Hanniel

    The sons of Ulla: Arah, Hanniel, and Rizia.

    Here: Second name. It is a name about God: 'God has shown favour' or 'grace of God' (ḥānan, 'to be gracious', plus ʾēl, 'God'). A man from Manasseh also has this name (Numbers 34:23).

Word data: STEPBible.org (CC BY 4.0), main text only.