Head of the Rechabites (Jer_35:3).
Fausset's Bible Dictionary
By Andrew Robert Fausset, co-Author of Jamieson, Fausset and Brown's 1888.
Habazini'ah. (light of Jehovah). Apparently, the head of one of the families of the Rechabites. Jer_35:3. (B.C. before 589).
Smith's Bible Dictionary
By Dr. William Smith.Published in 1863
(חבצּניה, ḥăbhaccinyāȟ. Thus in the King James Version, but more correctly as in the Revised Version (British and American) HABAZZINIAH, hab-a-zi-nı̄?a (Jer_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.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
PRINTER 1915.
Habaziniah
(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 (Jer_35:3). B.C. considerably ante 539.
CYCLOPEDIA OF BIBLICAL, THEOLOGICAL AND ECCLESIASTICAL
press 1895.