# H2970 יַאֲזַנְיָה

יַאֲזַנְיָה (Yaʼăzanyâh), Strong’s H2970: Jaazanjah, the name of four Israelites KJV: Jaazaniah. Compare H3153 (יְזַנְיָה).. Occurs 4 times.

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*Yaʼăzanyâh* — Jaazanjah, the name of four Israelites

KJV: Jaazaniah. Compare H3153 (יְזַנְיָה).

Built from [אָזַן ʼâzan](https://besorah.bible/word/H238) (to broaden out the ear) + [יָהּ Yâhh](https://besorah.bible/word/H3050) (Jah, the sacred name) — means “heard of Jah”

Occurs 4 times.

## 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](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-kings/25?v=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](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/jeremiah/35?v=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](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/ezekiel/8?v=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](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/ezekiel/11?v=1) — Moreover the Spirit lifted me up and brought me to the east gate of the LORD’s house, which looks eastward. Behold…