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title: חֲנַנְיָה — Hananiah · The Tanakh dictionary
description: חֲנַנְיָה (2608), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 25 times: Hananiah. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# חֲנַנְיָה

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«חֲנַנְיָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Hananiah** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 25 times · **Key:** 2608 · **BDB:** חֲנַנְיָ֫הוּ

### Glosses

Hananiah (22); of.Hananiah (2); O.Hananiah (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Hananiah [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2608/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2608/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. (י׳ hath been gracious)—𝔊 Ἀνανίας; חֲנַנְיָהוּ: (cf. חנניהו on Israel. seal, GanneauJAs Fev.-Mars 1883, 128, No. 1)— father of a prince under Jehoiakim Je 36:12. captain of Uzziah’s army 2 Ch 26:11. chief of one of the divisions of musicians of David 1 Ch 25:23 = חֲנַנְיָה v 4.—חֲנַנְיָה: a false prophet of Jeremiah’s time Je 28:1, 5, 10, 11, 12, 13, 15(×2), 17. one of the three companions of Daniel Dn 1:6, 7, 11, 19. grandfather of an officer of the guard in Jeremiah’s time Je 37:13. a son of Zerubbabel 1 Ch 3:19, 21. a Benjamite 1 Ch 8:24. various postexilic persons. Ezr 10:28. Ne 3:8. Ne 3:30. Ne 7:2. Ne 10:24. Ne 12:12, 41.

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Why these entries: BDB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 24 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «חֲנַנְיָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2608/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Nehemiah 10:24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/NEH.10.24/)

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הוֹשֵׁ֥עַ חֲנַנְיָ֖ה חַשּֽׁוּב׃

*Word for word:* Hoshea Hananiah Hasshub

*JPS 1917:* Hoshea, Hananiah, Hasshub;

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[1 Chronicles 8:24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.8.24/)

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וַחֲנַנְיָ֥ה וְעֵילָ֖ם וְעַנְתֹתִיָּֽה׃

*Word for word:* and Hananiah and Elam and Anthothijah

*JPS 1917:* and Hananiah, and Elam, and Anthothiah;

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