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Hanan

Meaning: merciful

This was the name of various biblical men...

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

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

  3. Jer. 35:4.

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

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

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

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

Author: Matthew G. Easton, with minor editing by Paul S. Taylor.

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