Bible Person

Hananiah

Meaning: grace; mercy; gift of the Lord · Male · 1 cross reference

This Hananiah entry refers to an ancestor in the line behind the captain who arrests Jeremiah, not to the false prophet or the many post-exilic figures of the same name. He belongs to the family background of Judah's final political tensions. First appears in Jer 37:13.1

AI summary: This Hananiah matters because his single cross reference helps anchor the story of Jeremiah's arrest in a remembered household line. Even a brief paternal notice adds depth to the political setting surrounding the prophet's suffering. Taken together, the material presents this Hananiah as an ancestral figure in Jeremiah's opposition setting.1

Central Figure

Hananiah

Meaning: grace; mercy; gift of the Lord

Grandfather of the captain who arrested Jeremiah (Jer.