חֲנַנְיָה
Chănanyâh · khan-an-yaw'
Chananjah, the name of thirteen Israelites
Lexicon
Derivation: or חֲנַנְיָהוּ; from H2603 (חָנַן) and H3050 (יָהּ); Jah has favored;
Chananjah, the name of thirteen Israelites
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Hananiah.
Letters
- חHet8
Picture: courtyard wall or enclosure
- Concrete
- wall · fence · tent wall
- Extended
- to separate · protection · the inside vs. the outside · private
- נNun50
Picture: a sprouting seed, or a fish in water
- Concrete
- seed · sprout · fish · offspring
- Extended
- life · continuation · heir · to perpetuate
- נNun50
Picture: a sprouting seed, or a fish in water
- Concrete
- seed · sprout · fish · offspring
- Extended
- life · continuation · heir · to perpetuate
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
- הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
- Concrete
- a man calling out · a window · breath
- Extended
- behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to separate and protect › the seed, life continuing › the seed, life continuing › the hand that works › to reveal, behold
To separate and protect of the seed, life continuing of the seed, life continuing of the hand that works that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of חֲנַנְיָה above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
29 occurrences · 29 OT · 0 NT · 17 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- hananiah11 · 38%
- and hananiah5 · 17%
- of hananiah4 · 14%
- to hananiah2 · 7%
- that hananiah2 · 7%
- then hananiah1 · 3%
- unto hananiah1 · 3%
- now, hananiah1 · 3%
- so hananiah1 · 3%
- and to hananiah1 · 3%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.