Strong H2606חֲנַנְאֵל
(Tower of) Hananel
- Transliteration
- chănan'êl
- Pronunciation
- khan-an-ale'
- Morphology
- Proper Name (Masculine) of a Person
Definition
Meaning of the name
Hananeel = "God has favoured"
Detailed definition
The Tower of Hananel, a tower in Jerusalem's wall, rebuilt by Nehemiah and mentioned in prophetic visions of the city's restoration (Neh. 3:1; 12:39; Jer. 31:38; Zech. 14:10).
In the biblical story
Tower of Hananel
A tower in Jerusalem's wall, rebuilt by Nehemiah
The Tower of Hananel, a tower in Jerusalem's wall, rebuilt by Nehemiah and mentioned in prophetic visions of the city's restoration (Neh. 3:1; 12:39; Jer. 31:38; Zech. 14:10).
In the Bible
Strong H2606 appears in 4 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- hananeel4
First verses
- Nehemiah 3:1Then Eliashib the high priest rose up with his brethren the priests, and they builded the sheep gate; they sanctified it, and set up the doors of it; even unto the tower of Meah they sanctified it, unto the tower of Hananeel.
- Nehemiah 12:39And from above the gate of Ephraim, and above the old gate, and above the fish gate, and the tower of Hananeel, and the tower of Meah, even unto the sheep gate: and they stood still in the prison gate.
- Jeremiah 31:38Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that the city shall be built to the Lord from the tower of Hananeel unto the gate of the corner.
- Zechariah 14:10All the land shall be turned as a plain from Geba to Rimmon south of Jerusalem: and it shall be lifted up, and inhabited in her place, from Benjamin’s gate unto the place of the first gate, unto the corner gate, and from the tower of Hananeel unto the king’s winepresses.