Word Study · Strong's H2970 · Hebrew
יַאֲזַנְיָה
Yaazanyah
yah-az-an-yaw'
Strong's 1890 spelling: Yaʼăzanyâh
“Jaazanjah, the name of four Israelites”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
Jaazanjah, the name of four Israelites
Rendered in the KJV as
Jaazaniah. Compare H3153 (יְזַנְיָה).
- 5occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 3 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 5inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 5 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 5
- וְיַֽאֲזַנְיָ֙הוּ֙1
- וְיַאֲזַנְיָ֨הוּ1
- וִֽיזַנְיָ֙הוּ֙1
- יַאֲזַנְיָ֤ה1
- יַאֲזַנְיָ֧ה1
How it is rendered · 3
- and Jaazaniah2
- Jaazaniah2
- and Jezaniah1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 2
- conjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)3
- proper noun (a name)2
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- HC/Npm · 3
- HNpm · 2
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Where this word lives
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Jeremiah2 occurrences
- Jeremiah 35:3יַאֲזַנְיָ֤הyaazanyahproper noun (a name)So I took Jaazaniah son of Jeremiah, the son of Habazziniah, and his brothers and all his sons—the entire house of the Rechabites—here: Jaazaniah
- Jeremiah 40:8וִֽיזַנְיָ֙הוּ֙vizanyahuconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)they came to Gedaliah at Mizpah—Ishmael son of Nethaniah, Johanan and Jonathan the sons of Kareah, Seraiah son of Tanhumeth, the sons of Ephai the Netophathite, and Jezaniah son of the Maacathite—they and their men.here: and Jezaniah
Ezekiel2 occurrences
- Ezekiel 8:11וְיַאֲזַנְיָ֨הוּveyaazanyahuconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)Before them stood seventy elders of the house of Israel, with Jaazaniah son of Shaphan standing among them. Each had a censer in his hand, and a fragrant cloud of incense was rising.here: and Jaazaniah
- Ezekiel 11:1יַאֲזַנְיָ֧הyaazanyahproper noun (a name)Then the Spirit lifted me up and brought me to the gate of the house of the LORD that faces east. And there at the entrance of the gate were twenty-five men. Among them I saw Jaazaniah son of Azzur and Pelatiah son of Benaiah, who were leaders of the people.here: Jaazaniah