Hananiah
cha.nan.yah is a personal name borne by individuals in genealogies, public appointments, and narrative scenes.
The supplied occurrences use this proper noun as a personal name: it identifies people in family and roster lists, in civic or military appointments, and in narrative accounts, including the prophet addressed by Jeremiah and the Judahite given another name in Daniel.
Senses in use
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Personal name identifying named individuals · dominant
The form is consistently tagged Noun · Proper and identifies individuals in varied settings. In 1 Chronicles 3:19 the APB renders it within Zerubbabel's family list; in 2 Chronicles 26:11 it names an official under whom military records are organized; in Daniel 1:7 it identifies the person called Shadrach; and in Jeremiah 28:1 it names the prophet who speaks before priests and people.
In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB generally presents the proper name as “Hananiah,” whether in lists, appointments, or narrative speech. In Nehemiah 10:24, however, the supplied APB line does not visibly include the name, so the translation does not consistently make every occurrence identifiable in English.