BIBLE DICTIONARY + WORD STUDY
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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H3285
ya.a.nay — Janai
A man of the tribe of Gad living at the time of Divided Monarchy, only mentioned at 1Ch.5.12 § Jaanai = "whom Jehovah answers" a chief man in the tribe of Gad
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →Mourner, one of the chief Gadites (1 Chr. 5:12).
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.
