Transliteration: chănanyâh chănanyâhû

Phonetic: khan-an-yaw'

BDB Definition:

1. one of the 14 sons of Heman and chief of the 16th course
2. a general in the army of King Uzziah
3. father of Zedekiah in the time of Jehoiakim
4. son of Azur, a Benjamite of Gibeon and a false prophet in the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah
5. grandfather of Irijah, the captain of the ward at the gate of Benjamin who arrested Jeremiah on the charge of deserting to the Chaldeans
6. a head of a Benjamite house
7. son of Zerubbabel from whom Christ derived His descent also called 'Joanna' by Luke
8. one of the sons of Bebai who returned with Ezra from Babylon
   1. a priest, one of the makers of the sacred ointments and incense, who built a portion of the wall of Jerusalem in the days of Nehemiah
   2. head of the priestly course of Jeremiah in the days of Joiakim
   3. ruler of the palace at Jerusalem under Nehemiah and also, along with Hanani, the Tirshatha's brother, entrusted with the arrangements of guarding the gates of Jerusalem
   4. Two post exilic Israelites

Origin: from H2603" class="dictionary-topic-link">H2603 and H3050" class="dictionary-topic-link">H3050

TWOT entry: None

Part(s) of speech: Proper Name Masculine