H2970 יַאֲזַנְיָה
Yaʼăzanyâh — Jaazanjah, the name of four Israelites
KJV: Jaazaniah. Compare H3153 (יְזַנְיָה).
Built from אָזַן ʼâzan (to broaden out the ear) + יָהּ Yâhh (Jah, the sacred name) — means “heard of Jah”
Occurs 4 times. Every verse with this word
Brown–Driver–Briggs
- יַאֲזַנְיָ֫הוּ n.pr.m. (Yahweh heareth)
- 1 a Judæan
- 2 an elder of Isr., son of Shaphan
- 3 son of Jeremiah
- 4 a leading Judæan, son of Azur
- 5 a leading Judæan
Where it occurs
- 2 Kings 25:23 — Now when all the captains of the forces, they and their men, heard that the king of Babylon had made Gedaliah governor…
- Jeremiah 35:3 — Then I took Jaazaniah the son of Jeremiah, the son of Habazziniah, with his brothers, all his sons, and the whole house…
- Ezekiel 8:11 — Seventy men of the elders of the house of Israel stood before them. In the middle of them Jaazaniah the son of Shaphan…
- Ezekiel 11:1 — Moreover the Spirit lifted me up and brought me to the east gate of the LORD’s house, which looks eastward. Behold…