Bible Dictionary

Hasenuah

People & Groups • Old Testament

A Benjamite and head of a family listed among the inhabitants of Jerusalem after the exile. The name is also written Hassenûah.

Definition

Hasenuah was a Benjamite and the head or representative of one of the chief families of Benjamin. The name is also written Hassenûah.

Hasenuah appears in the list of Benjamites associated with Jerusalem after the exile.

The name is associated with the meaning “the hated” or “bristling.”

1 Chronicles 9:7

Easton's Bible Dictionary

Bristling or hated, a Benjamite (1 Chr. 9:7).

Smith's Bible Dictionary

(the hated), a Benjamite, of one of the chief families in the tribe. (1 Chronicles 9:7)

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (ISBE)

<p>has-e-nu'-a (haccenu'ah): In the King James Version (1Ch 9:7) for HASSENUAH (which see).</p>