Strong's H3153 (Hebrew)[edit | edit source]

Lemma: יְזַנְיָה (Yᵉzanyâh)

Pronunciation: yez-an-yaw'

POS: yez-an-yaw' Morph: n-pr-m

Exegesis: or ; probably for ;

Definition: or יְזַנְיָהוּ; probably for יַאֲזַנְיָה; Jezanjah, an Israelite; Jezaniah.

KJV Usage: Jezaniah.

Senses[edit | edit source]

• 1. Jezaniah = "Jehovah has listened"
• 2. 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

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