Strong H3562כּוֹנַנְיָ֫הוּ

Conaniah

Transliteration
kônanyâhû
Pronunciation
ko-nan-yaw'-hoo
Morphology
Proper Name (Masculine) of a Person

Definition

From H3559 and H3050; Jah has sustained;
{Conanjah} the name of two Israelites: - {Conaniah} Cononiah. Compare H3663 .

Meaning of the name

Cononiah or Conaniah = "Jehovah has established"

Detailed definition

A man living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at 2Ch.31.12;
brother of: Shimei (H8096Q)

In the biblical story

Conaniah

Levite in charge of offerings during Hezekiah's reign

Conaniah, a Levite, was in charge of the offerings and distributions during Hezekiah's reign. (2Ch.31.12,13; 35.9)

In the Bible

Strong H3562 appears in 3 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • cononiah2
  • conaniah1

First verses

  1. 2 Chronicles 31:12
    And brought in the offerings and the tithes and the dedicated things faithfully: over which Cononiah the Levite was ruler, and Shimei his brother was the next.
  2. 2 Chronicles 31:13
    And Jehiel, and Azaziah, and Nahath, and Asahel, and Jerimoth, and Jozabad, and Eliel, and Ismachiah, and Mahath, and Benaiah, were overseers under the hand of Cononiah and Shimei his brother, at the commandment of Hezekiah the king, and Azariah the ruler of the house of God.
  3. 2 Chronicles 35:9
    Conaniah also, and Shemaiah and Nethaneel, his brethren, and Hashabiah and Jeiel and Jozabad, chief of the Levites, gave unto the Levites for passover offerings five thousand small cattle, and five hundred oxen.
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