Person Old Testament
Ginnethon
Also known as Ginnethon =NIV; Ginnethoi =ESV; Ginnetho =KJV
Ginnethon, a priest, was among those who sealed the covenant during Nehemiah's reforms. Mentioned in 3 verses across 1 book, first at Nehemiah 10:6.
Why it matters. A priest who sealed the covenant during Nehemiah's time.
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- 2026-08-30 by the FaithGraph team
About Ginnethon
Ginnethon was a priest who lived during the time of Nehemiah. He is mentioned in Neh.10.6 as one of the priests who sealed the covenant, pledging to follow the Law of God. In Neh.12.16, he is listed as the head of the priestly family of Meshillemoth during the high priesthood of Joiakim. Ginnethon is also mentioned in Neh.12.4 among the priests who returned from the Babylonian exile with Zerubbabel.
Description from STEPBible TIPNR (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0, lightly reformatted. This is background reference material, not Scripture and not a FaithGraph editorial claim.
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Appears in Scripture
Named in 3 verses across 1 book. Occurrence data from STEPBible TIPNR (CC BY 4.0); references only, no translation text.