The origin of the name Jaazaniah is Hebrew
| This is how Jaazaniah is written in Hebrew: | This is how it is pronounced |
| יַאֲזַנְיָה | yah-az-an-yaw’ |
The biblical meaning of the name Jaazaniah is:
| According to: | Meaning: |
| Strong | “Jehovah hears” |
| Gesenius | ”whom Jehovah hears” |
| Hitchcock | “whom the Lord will hear” |
In The Bible:
Jaazaniah was
1. One of the captains of the forces who accompanied Hohanan ben‐Kareah
2. Son of Shaphan
3. Son of Azur; one of the princes of the people against whom Ezekiel was directed to prophesy
4. Son of Jeremiah
The name Jaazaniah appears in the bible in the following verses:
2 Kings 25:23 KJV
And when all the captains of the armies, they and their men, heard that the king of Babylon had made Gedaliah governor, there came to Gedaliah to Mizpah, even Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and Johanan the son of Careah, and Seraiah the son of Tanhumeth the Netophathite, and Jaazaniah the son of a Maachathite, they and their men.
Jeremiah 35:3 KJV
Then I took Jaazaniah the son of Jeremiah, the son of Habaziniah, and his brethren, and all his sons, and the whole house of the Rechabites;
Ezekiel 8:11 KJV
And there stood before them seventy men of the ancients of the house of Israel, and in the midst of them stood Jaazaniah the son of Shaphan, with every man his censer in his hand; and a thick cloud of incense went up.
Ezekiel 11:1 KJV
Moreover the spirit lifted me up, and brought me unto the east gate of the LORD’S house, which looketh eastward: and behold at the door of the gate five and twenty men; among whom I saw Jaazaniah the son of Azur, and Pelatiah the son of Benaiah, princes of the people.