Lexicon / H3153
יְזַנְיָה
ye.zan.yah
  • Jezaniah
  • Yahweh heareth

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Glosses: Jezaniah

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

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Glosses: Yahweh heareth

יַאֲזַנְיָ֫הוּ n.pr.m Yahweh heareth a Judæan an elder of Isr. son of Shaphan son of Jeremiah a leading Judæan, son of Azur a leading Judæan . ()