Hananiah [Hăna nī'ah]—jehovah is gracious or gift of the lord.

1. A son of Heman, and one of many musicians. Heman’s sons were especially employed to blow horns (1 Chron. 25:4, 23).
2. A chief captain in the army of king Uzziah (2 Chron. 26:11).
3. The father of Zedekiah, and one of the princes during the reign of king Jehoiakim (Jer. 36:12).
4. The son of Azur of Gibeon whose false prophecy was withstood by the prophet Jeremiah (Jer. 28).
5. Grandfather of Irijah, who arrested Jeremiah on a charge of deserting to the Chaldeans (Jer. 37:13).
6. Son of Shashak and head of a Benjamite family (1 Chron. 8:24).
7. The Hebrew name of Shadrach, who was of the house of David (Dan. 1:6, 7, 11, 19; 2:17).
8. A son of Zerubbabel and an ancestor of Christ (1 Chron. 3:19, 21; Luke 3:27 RV).
9. A son of Bebai who returned from exile and put away his foreign wife (Ezra 10:28).
10. An apothecary and priest who helped to rebuild the wall of Jerusalem (Neh. 3:8).
11. One associated with Hanun in the repair of the wall (Neh. 3:30).
12. The governor of the castle and joint ruler with Nehemiah’s brother over Jerusalem (Neh. 7:2).
13. An individual who added his signature to the covenant (Neh. 10:23).
14. A priest in the time of Jehoiakim (Neh. 12:12, 41).