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Hananeel

Boyd’s Bible Dictionary:

(given of God). A tower on wall of Jerusalem (Neh. 3:1; 12:39¹Then Eliashib the high priest rose up with his brethren the priests, and they builded the sheep gate; they sanctified it, and set up the doors of it; even unto the tower of Meah they sanctified it, unto the tower of Hananeel. (Nehemiah 3:1)
³⁹And from above the gate of Ephraim, and above the old gate, and above the fish gate, and the tower of Hananeel, and the tower of Meah, even unto the sheep gate: and they stood still in the prison gate. (Nehemiah 12:39); Jer. 31:38³⁸Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that the city shall be built to the Lord from the tower of Hananeel unto the gate of the corner. (Jeremiah 31:38)).

Concise Bible Dictionary:

Tower in the wall of Jerusalem between the sheep-gate and the fish-gate (Neh. 3:1¹Then Eliashib the high priest rose up with his brethren the priests, and they builded the sheep gate; they sanctified it, and set up the doors of it; even unto the tower of Meah they sanctified it, unto the tower of Hananeel. (Nehemiah 3:1); Neh. 12:39³⁹And from above the gate of Ephraim, and above the old gate, and above the fish gate, and the tower of Hananeel, and the tower of Meah, even unto the sheep gate: and they stood still in the prison gate. (Nehemiah 12:39); Jer. 31:38³⁸Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that the city shall be built to the Lord from the tower of Hananeel unto the gate of the corner. (Jeremiah 31:38); Zech. 14:10¹⁰All the land shall be turned as a plain from Geba to Rimmon south of Jerusalem: and it shall be lifted up, and inhabited in her place, from Benjamin's gate unto the place of the first gate, unto the corner gate, and from the tower of Hananeel unto the king's winepresses. (Zechariah 14:10)). Its position is not identified.

Strong’s Dictionary of Hebrew Words:

Number:

2606 (find all occurrences in KJV Bible)

Transliteration:

Chanan’el

Phonic:

khan-an-ale’

Meaning:

from 2603 and 410; God has favored; Chananel, probably an Israelite, from whom a tower of Jerusalem was named

KJV Usage:

Hananeel

Jackson’s Dictionary of Scripture Proper Names:

the grace of God

Potts’ Bible Proper Names:

God has bestowed gratuitously; God has favored:―name of a tower in the wall of Jerusalem, Zech. 14:10. {Gratis largitus est Deus}