Bible Person

Hanan

Meaning: full of grace · Male · 1 cross reference

This Hanan entry refers to the 'sons of Hanan' chamber setting in Jeremiah 35 and is best read as the person-style record for the Hanan associated with that room. He belongs to the prophetic and temple-adjacent setting surrounding the Rechabite episode. First appears in Jer 35:4.1

AI summary: This Hanan matters because his single cross reference helps locate the Rechabite encounter within a real chamber linked to a named figure. Even a brief mention adds spatial and social texture to Jeremiah's enacted prophetic scene. Taken together, the material presents this Hanan as a figure connected to the setting of a significant prophetic testimony.1

Central Figure

Hanan

Meaning: full of grace

Jer.