King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER H2970
Transliteration: Yaazanyahu or Yaazanyah
Phonetic Spelling: (yah-az-an-yaw')
Part of Speech: Proper Name Masculine
Short Definition: "Yah hears", the name of several Israelites
Meaning: Jaazaniah -- "Yah hears", the name of several Israelites
Word Summary
Yaazanyahu or Yaazanyah: "Yah hears", the name of several Israelites
Original Word: יַאֲזַנְיָהTransliteration: Yaazanyahu or Yaazanyah
Phonetic Spelling: (yah-az-an-yaw')
Part of Speech: Proper Name Masculine
Short Definition: "Yah hears", the name of several Israelites
Meaning: Jaazaniah -- "Yah hears", the name of several Israelites
Strong's Concordance
Jaazaniah Or Ya.azanyahuw {yah-az-an-yaw'-hoo}; from 'azan and Yahh; heard of Jah; Jaazanjah, the name of four Israelites -- Jaazaniah. Compare Yzanyah.
see HEBREW 'azan
see HEBREW Yahh
see HEBREW Yzanyah
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H2970. Yaazanyahu
or Yaazanyah יַאֲזַנְיָ֫הוּ proper name, masculine (Yahweh heareth) — so 2 Kings 25:23; Ezekiel 8:11; יַאֲזַנְיָה Jeremiah 35:3; Ezekiel 11:1; contracted (וִ)יזַנְיָהוּ Jeremiah 40:8, (וִ)יזַנְיָה 42:1 —
1 a JudÊan 2 Kings 25:33; Jeremiah 40:8.
2 an elder of Israel, son of Shaphan Ezekiel 8:11.
3 son of Jeremiah Jeremiah 35:3.
4 a leading JudÊan, son of Azur Ezekiel 11:1.
5 a leading JudÊan Jeremiah 42:1 (= עֲזַרְיָה 43:2).