H2606 - חֲנַנְאֵל (Chănanʼêl)

H2606 חֲנַנְאֵל (Chănanʼêl) khan-an-ale'

Hebrew

Noun (Masculine)

Quick Definition

(Tower of) Hananel

Biblical Persons & Places

Tower_of_Hananel Tower of Hananel= in Jerusalem (Jerusalem@Gen.14.18-Rev=H3389)

A location in Jerusalem first mentioned at Neh.3.1; only referred to as Tower of Hananel (חֲנַנְאֵל מִגְדָּל).

Strong's Definition

Chananel, probably an Israelite, from whom a tower of Jerusalem was named

Derivation: from H2603 (חָנַן) and H410 (אֵל); God has favored;

KJV Usage: Hananeel.

Outline of Biblical Usage

Hananeel = "God has favoured"

1) the name of a tower in Jerusalem

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

Hananeel = "God has favoured" the name of a tower in Jerusalem Combined with mig.dal (מִגְדָּל " Tower" H4026)

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

חֲנַנְאֵל chănanêl BDB Definition: Hananeel = God has favoured 1) the name of a tower in Jerusalem Part of Speech: noun proper masculine A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: from H2603 and H410 Total KJV Occurrences: 4

Bible Occurrences (4)

3:1 12:39

31:38

14:10

Nehemiah 3:1

At the Sheep Gate, Eliashib the high priest and his fellow priests began rebuilding. They dedicated it and installed its doors. After building as far as the Tower of the Hundred and the Tower of Hananel, they dedicated [the wall]....

Nehemiah 12:39

over the Gate of Ephraim, the Jeshanah Gate,... the Fish Gate, the Tower of Hananel, and the Tower of the Hundred, as far as the Sheep Gate. And they stopped at the Gate of the Guard.

Jeremiah 31:38

The days are coming, declares the LORD, when this city will be rebuilt for [Me], from the tower of Hananel to the Corner Gate.

Zechariah 14:10

All the land from Geba to Rimmon south of Jerusalem will be turned into a plain, but Jerusalem will be raised up and will remain in her place, from the Benjamin Gate to the site of the First Gate to the Corner Gate, and from the Tower of Hananel to the royal winepresses.