Habaziniah

Smith's Bible Dictionary

Habazini'ah. (Light Of Jehovah). Apparently, the head of one of the families of the Rechabites.  Jeremiah 35:3. (B.C. before 589).

Morrish Bible Dictionary

Ancestor of Jaazaniah, chief of the Rechabites in the time of Jeremiah.  Jeremiah 35:3 .

Holman Bible Dictionary

 Jeremiah 35:3Jaazaniah

Fausset's Bible Dictionary

Head of the Rechabites ( Jeremiah 35:3).

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

( חבצּניה , ḥăbhaccinyāh ̌ . Thus in the King James Version, but more correctly as in the Revised Version (British and American) Habazziniah , hab - a - zi - nı̄´a (  Jeremiah 35:3 )): The grandfather of Jaazaniah, who was the leader of the Rechabites who were tested by Jeremiah as to their obedience to their ancestor's command with reference to wine. Their loyalty to the commands of Jonadab was effectively used by Jeremiah in an appeal to the people of Judah to obey the words of Yahweh.

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

(Hebrew Chabatstsinyah', חֲבִצַּנְיָה , perh. Lamp Of Jehovah; according to Furst, collection of Jehovah; Sept. Χαβασίν ), the father of one Jeremiah and grandfather of the chief Rechabite Jaazaniah, which last the prophet Jeremiah tested with the offer of wine in the Temple ( Jeremiah 35:3). B.C. considerably ante 539.