Strongs Number: H3153
- Hebrew Word
- יְזַנְיָה
- Transliteration
- Yᵉzanyâh
- Phonetic
- yez-an-yaw'
- Part of Speech
- Proper Name Masculine
- Strongs Definition
-
{Jezanjah} an Israelite
- BDB Definition
-
Jezaniah = "Jehovah has listened"
1. son of Hoshaiah the Maachathite and one of the captains who escaped from Jerusalem during the last siege of the Babylonians; one of the first to return to Gedaliah at Mizpah where he took a prominent part after the assassination of Gedaliah
- Origin
- Probably for H2970
- Bible Usage
- Jezaniah.