Hebrew word · H3153

יְזַנְיָה

vizanyah

Jezaniah

Appears once in the Hebrew Old Testament.

What it means

A man living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at 2Ki.25.23;

son of: Hoshaiah (H1955H); also called Jaazaniah at 2Ki.25.23; Azariah at Jer.43.2;

§ Jezaniah = "Jehovah has listened"

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

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

Where it appears

Jeremiah · 1

  1. Jeremiah 42:1 וִֽיזַנְיָ֖ה and Jezaniah

    Then all the commanders of the forces, along with Johanan son of Kareah, Jezaniah son of Hoshaiah, and all the people from the least to the greatest, approached

    Here: A second named leader. The name probably means 'YHWH listens,' which fits awkwardly with a scene where they ask for YHWH's word and then refuse it (ch. 43). Whether he is the 'Azariah' of 43:2 is debated.

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