H0245 H0245
Azaniah, personal name meaning 'Yahweh has heard' (father of Jeshua, a Levite who sealed Nehemiah's covenant)
Azaniah was the father of Jeshua, a Levite who participated in the covenant renewal ceremony recorded in Nehemiah 10. His theophoric name—incorporating the divine name Yahweh—expresses the belief that God hears and responds to prayer. He is known only through his son's participation in this significant post-exilic event, when returning exiles pledged renewed faithfulness to Torah observance and temple support.
Senses
1. sense 1 — A personal name identifying the father of one of the Levitical leaders in Nehemiah's community. The name appears in Nehemiah 10:9 (Hebrew versification) within a list of those who set their seal to the covenant document. The theophoric element in the name reflects typical Israelite naming patterns that acknowledged divine involvement in family life, specifically God's responsiveness to prayer. 1×
AR["أَزَنْيا"]·ben["অসনিয়ের"]·DE["[אזניה]"]·EN["Azaniah"]·FR["[אזניה]"]·heb["אזניה"]·HI["अजन्याह-का"]·ID["Azanya"]·IT["[אזניה]"]·jav["Azanya"]·KO["아산니야의"]·PT["Azanyah"]·RU["Азаньяху"]·ES["Azanías"]·SW["Azania"]·TR["Azanya'nın"]·urd["ازنیاہ"]
Related Senses
G3588 1. definite article (18298×)H0853 1. definite direct object marker (10915×)G2532 1. (8312×)H3068 1. YHWH (the divine name) (6522×)H0834a 1. relative pronoun (who/which/that) (4839×)H3588a 1. causal: because, for (3498×)G1161 1. and (2806×)H3478 1. Israel (proper name and nation) (2507×)G4771 1. you (plural address) (1853×)H1931 1. personal pronoun he/she/it (1431×)G3739 1. relative pronoun who/which/that (1149×)H1732 1. David (proper name) (1075×)H2088 1. this, this one (demonstrative) (1059×)G1063 1. (1047×)G3778 1. this thing, these things (1003×)H???? 2. (1002×)G2424 1. (924×)G3754 1. that (content clause) (881×)H2009 1. presentative particle: behold, look (881×)H0589 1. I (first person singular pronoun) (874×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† אֲזַנֵיָ֫הוּ n.pr.m. (Yahweh hath heard) father of Jeshua, a Levite Ne 10:10.