Strong H2970H2970Jיַאֲזַנְיָ֫הוּ
Jezaniah
One of the 4 senses of Strong H2970
- Transliteration
- ya'ăzanyâh ya'ăzanyâhû
- Pronunciation
- {yah-az-an-yaw'} yah-az-an-yaw'-hoo
- Morphology
- Proper Name (Masculine) of a Person
Definition
Meaning of the name
Jaazaniah = "Jehovah hears"
General definition
In the biblical story
Jezaniah
A leader of the Judean forces
Jezaniah, also known as Azariah, was a leader of the Judean forces after the fall of Jerusalem (Jer.40.8; 42.1; 43.2).
In the Bible
Strong H2970J appears in 1 verse of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- jaazaniah1
First verses
- 2 Kings 25:23And 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, 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.