HebrewH6055Proper Noun (Masculine)
עֲנַנְיָה
a.nan.yah
“Ananiah”
2Occurrences
H6055Strong's #
Proper Noun (Masculine)Part of Speech
Definition
Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)
Ananjah, the name of an Israelite and of a place in Palestine
from H6049 (עָנַן) and H3050 (יָהּ); Jah has covered;
Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
A man living at the time of Exile and Return, only mentioned at ; father of: Maaseiah (H4641P) § Ananiah = "Jehovah clouds" 1) ancestor of Azariah who assisted in rebuilding the city wall in the time of Nehemiah 2) a city northwest of Jerusalem to which some Benjamite exiles returned
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Grammar & Morphology
Part of Speech
Proper Noun (Masculine)
Morphology Code
N:N-M-P
Full Description
Proper Noun, Masculine
Occurrences
עֲנַנְיָה appears 2 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Nehemiah
2
Key Passages
Nehemiah 11:32BSB
in Anathoth, Nob, Ananiah,
Nehemiah 3:23BSB
Beyond them, Benjamin and Hasshub made repairs in front of their house, and next to them, Azariah son of Maaseiah, the son of Ananiah, made repairs beside his house.
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