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Hanani in Smiths Bible Dictionary

(gracious). 1. One of the sons of Heman, and head of the eighteenth course of the service. 1Ch 25:4,25 2. A seer who rebuked (B.C. 941) Asa king of Judah. 2Ch 16:7 For this he was imprisoned. ver. 10 He or another Hanani was the father of Jehu the seer, who testified against Baasha, 1Ki 16:1,7 and Jehoshaphat. 2Ch 19:2; 20:34 3. One of the p...

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Hananiah in Fausset's Bible Dictionary

1. One of the singer Heman's 14 sons; chief of the 16th of the 24 courses into which the 288 Levite musicians were divided by king David; employed chiefly to "lift up the horn" (1 Chronicles 25:4-5; 1 Chronicles 25:23). 2. 2 Chronicles 26:11. 3. Jeremiah 36:12. 4. Son of Azur, the prophet of Gibeon, a priests' city (Jeremiah 28). In the f...

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Hanniel in Hitchcock's Bible Names

grace or mercy of God...

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Hanun in Smiths Bible Dictionary

(favored). 1. Son of Nahash 2Sa 10:1,2; 1Ch 19:1,2 king of Ammon, who dishonored the ambassadors of David, 2Sa 10:4 and involved the Ammonites in a disastrous war, 2Sa 12:31; 1Ch 19:6 (B.C. 1035.) 2. A man who, with the people of Zanoah, repaired the ravine gate in the wall of Jerusalem. Ne 3:13 (B.C. 446). 3. The sixth son of Zalalph, who a...

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Hanamel in Naves Topical Bible

-Cousin off JEREMIAH, to whom he sold a field in Anathoth Jer 32:7-12...

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Hanani in Easton's Bible Dictionary

God has gratified me, or is gracious. (1.) One of the sons of Heman (1 Chr. 25:4, 25). (2.) A prophet who was sent to rebuke king Asa for entering into a league with Benhadad I., king of Syria, against Judah (2 Chr. 16:1-10). He was probably the father of the prophet Jehu (1 Kings 16:7). (3.) Probably a brother of Nehemiah (Neh. 1:2; 7:2),...

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Hananiah in Hitchcock's Bible Names

grace; mercy; gift of the Lord...

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Hanoch in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

ha'-nok, ha'-nok-its (chanokh, "initiation," "dedication"): (1) A grandson of Abraham by Keturah, and an ancestral head of a clan of Midian (Gen 25:4; 1 Ch 1:33, the King James Version "Henoch"). (2) The eldest son of Reuben (Gen 46:9; Ex 6:14; 1 Ch 5:3). The descendants of Hanoch were known as Hanochites (Nu 26:5)....

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Hanun in Easton's Bible Dictionary

graciously given. (1.) The son and successor of Nahash, king of Moab. David's messengers, sent on an embassy of condolence to him to Rabbah Ammon, his capital, were so grossly insulted that he proclaimed war against Hanun. David's army, under the command of Joab, forthwith crossed the Jordan, and gained a complete victory over the Moabite...

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Hamul in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

ha'-mul (chamul, "pitied," "spared"): A son of Perez, and head of one of the clans of Judah (Gen 46:12; 1 Ch 2:5; Nu 26:21). His descendants were called Hamulites....

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