King James Bible Dictionary

Merciful.

1. A Benjamite (1 Chronicles 8:23).

2. One of David's heroes (1 Chronicles 11:43).

3. Jeremiah 35:4.

4. A descendant of Saul (1 Chronicles 8:38).

5. One of the Nethinim (Ezra 2:46).

6. One of the Levites who assisted Ezra (Nehemiah 8:7).

7. One of the chiefs who subscribed the covenant (Nehemiah 10:22).

full of grace

1. Son of Shashak
1 Chronicles 8:23

2. Son of Azel
1 Chronicles 8:38; 1 Chronicles 9:44

3. One of David's mighty men
1 Chronicles 11:43

4. One of the Nethinim
Ezra 2:46; Nehemiah 7:49

5. A Levite

General references
Nehemiah 8:7; Nehemiah 10:10

Probably identical with the one mentioned in Nehemia 13.13
Nehemiah 13:13

6. A chief who sealed the covenant with Nehemiah
Nehemiah 10:22; Nehemiah 10:26

7. An officer in the temple
Jeremiah 35:2-10

(merciful).

1. One of the chief people of the tribe of Benjamin. (1 Chronicles 8:23)
2. The last of the six sons of Azel, a descendant of Saul. (1 Chronicles 8:38; 9:44) (B.C. 588.)
3. "Son of Maachah," i.e. possibly a Syrian of Aram-maachah, one of the heroes of David's guard. (1 Chronicles 11:43) (B.C. 1046).
4. The sons of Hanan were among the Nethinim who returned from Babylon with Zerubbabel. (Ezra 2:46; Nehemiah 7:49) (B.C. 536).
5. One of the Levites who assisted Ezra in his public exposition of the law. (Nehemiah 8:7) (B.C. 446.) The same person is probably mentioned in ch. (Nehemiah 10:10)
6. One of the "heads" of "the people," who also sealed the covenant. (Nehemiah 10:22) (B.C. 410.)
7. Another of the chief laymen on the same occasion. (Nehemiah 10:26)
8. Son of Zaccur, son of Mattaniah, whom Nehemiah made one of the store. keepers of the provisions collected as tithes. (Nehemiah 13:13)
9. Son of Igdaliah. (Jeremiah 35:4) (B.C. 410.)

God has graciously given, a tower in the wall of Jerusalem (Nehemiah 3:1; 12:39). It is mentioned also in Jeremiah 31:38; Zechariah 14:10.

grace, or gift, of God

Name of a tower forming part of the wall of Jerusalem.
Nehemiah 3:1; Nehemiah 12:39; Jeremiah 31:38; Zech 14:10

(whom God graciously gave), The tower of, a tower which formed part of the wall of Jerusalem (Nehemiah 3:1; 12:39) From these two passages, particularly from the former, it might almost be inferred that Hananeel was but another name for the tower of Meah; at any rate they were close together, and stood between the sheep-gate and the fish-gate. This tower is further mentioned in (Jeremiah 31:38) The remaining passage in which it is named, (Zechariah 14:10) also connects this tower with the "corner-gate," which lay on the other side of the sheep-gate.

God has gratified me, or is gracious.

1. One of the sons of Heman (1 Chronicles 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 Chronicles 16:1-10). He was probably the father of the prophet Jehu (1 Kings 16:7).

3. Probably a brother of Nehemiah (Nehemiah 1:2; 7:2), who reported to him the melancholy condition of Jerusalem. Nehemiah afterwards appointed him to have charge of the city gates.

my grace; my mercy

1. Son of Heman
1 Chronicles 25:4; 1 Chronicles 25:25

2. A prophet who rebuked Asa, king of Judah
2 Chronicles 16:7

3. Father of Jehu the prophet

General references
1 Kings 16:1; 1 Kings 16:7; 2 Chronicles 19:2; 2 Chronicles 20:34

Possibly identical with a prophet who rebuked Asa above
2 Chronicles 16:7

4. A priest
Ezra 10:20

5. A brother of Nehemiah and keeper of the gates of Jerusalem
Nehemiah 1:2; Nehemiah 7:2

6. A priest and musician
Nehemiah 12:36

(gracious).

1. One of the sons of Heman, and head of the eighteenth course of the service. (1 Chronicles 25:4,25)
2. A seer who rebuked (B.C. 941) Asa king of Judah. (2 Chronicles 16:7) For this he was imprisoned. ver. 10 He or another Hanani was the father of Jehu the seer, who testified against Baasha, (1 Kings 16:1,7) and Jehoshaphat. (2 Chronicles 19:2; 20:34)
3. One of the priests who in the time of Ezra had taken strange wives. (Ezra 10:20)
4. A brother of Nehemiah, (Nehemiah 1:2) who was made governor of Jerusalem under Nehemiah. Ch. (Nehemiah 7:2)
5. A priest mentioned in (Nehemiah 12:36)

Jehovah has given.

1. A chief of the tribe of Benjamin (1 Chronicles 8:24).

2. One of the sons of Heman (1 Chronicles 25:4, 23).

3. One of Uzziah's military officers (2 Chronicles 26:11).

4. Grandfather of the captain who arrested Jeremiah (Jeremiah 37:13).

5. Jeremiah 36:12.

6. Nehemiah 10:23.

7. Shadrach, one of the "three Hebrew children" (Daniel 1; 6:7).

8. Son of Zerubbabel (1 Chronicles 3:19, 21).

9. Ezra 10:28.

10. The "ruler of the palace; he was a faithful man, and feared God above many" (Nehemiah 7:2).

11. Nehemiah 3:8.

12. Nehemiah 3:30

13. A priest, son of Jeremiah (Nehemiah 12:12).

14. A false prophet contemporary with Jeremiah (28:3, 17).

grace; mercy; gift of the Lord

1. Son of Heman
1 Chronicles 25:4; 1 Chronicles 25:23

2. A captain of Uzziah's army
2 Chronicles 26:11

3. Father of Zedekiah
Jeremiah 36:12

4. A prophet of Gibeon who uttered false prophecies in the temple during the reign of Zedekiah
Jeremiah 24:28

5. Grandfather of Irijah
Jeremiah 37:13

6. Son of Shashak
1 Chronicles 8:24

7. Hebrew name of Shadrach
Shadrach

8. Son of Zerubbabel
1 Chronicles 3:19; 1 Chronicles 3:21

9. Son of Bebai
Ezra 10:28

10. An apothecary and priest
Nehemiah 3:8

11. Son of Shelemiah
Nehemiah 3:30

12. A keeper of the gates of Jerusalem
Nehemiah 7:2

13. One who sealed the covenant
Nehemiah 10:23

14. A priest in the time of Jehoiakim
Nehemiah 12:12; Nehemiah 12:41

(gift of God).

1. One of the fourteen sons of Heman, and chief of the sixteenth course of singers. (1 Chronicles 25:4,5,23) (B.C. 1014.)
2. A general in the army of King Uzziah. (2 Chronicles 26:11)
3. Father of Zedekiah, in the reign of Jehoiakim. (B.C. before 605.)
4. Son of Azur, a Benjamite of Gibeon and a false prophet in the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah. In the fourth year of his reign, B.C. 595, Hananiah withstood Jeremiah the prophet, and publicly prophesied in the temple that within two years Jeconiah and all his fellow captives with the vessels of the Lord's house, should be brought back to Jerusalem. (Jeremiah 28:1) ... Hananiah corroborated his prophecy by taking from off the neck of Jeremiah the yoke which he wore by divine command. (Jeremiah 27:1) ... and breaking it. But Jeremiah was bidden to go tell Hananiah that for the wooden yokes which he had broken he should make yokes of iron, so firm was the dominion of Babylon destined to he for seventy years. The prophet Jeremiah added to this rebuke the prediction of Hananiah's death, the fulfillment of which closes the history of this false prophet.
5. Grandfather of Irijah, the captain of the ward at the gate of Benjamin who arrested Jeremiah on the charge of deserting to the Chaldeans. (Jeremiah 37:13) (B.C. before 589.)
6. Head of a Benjamite house. (1 Chronicles 8:24)
7. The Hebrew name of Shadrach. He was of the house of David, according to Jewish tradition (Daniel 1:3,6,7,11,19; 2:17)
8. Son of Zerubbabel, (1 Chronicles 3:19) from whom Christ derived his descent. He is the same person who is by St. Luke called Joanna. (B.C. after 536.)
9. One of the sons of Bebai who returned with Ezra from Babylon (Ezra 10:28) (B.C. 459.)
10. A priest, one of the makers of the sacred ointments and incense, who built a portion of the wall of Jerusalem in the days of Nehemiah.
11. Head of the priestly course of Jeremiah in the days of Joiakim. (Nehemiah 12:12) (B.C. 610.)
12. Ruler of the palace at Jerusalem under Nehemiah. The arrangements for guarding the gates of Jerusalem were intrusted to him with Hanani the Tirshatha's brother. (Nehemiah 7:2,3) (B.C. 446.)
13. An Isr'lite. (Nehemiah 10:23)

(the favor of God), son of Ephod and prince of Manasseh. (Numbers 34:23)