NAVE: Ananiah
EBD: Ananiah
SMITH: ANANIAH
ISBE: ANANIAH
Ananiah
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Ananiah: NET AVS NIV NRSV NASB TEV
the cloud of the Lord ( --> same as Ananias)
father of Maaseiah, father of Azariah, a wall repairman
a town of Benjamin on the east slope of the Mount of Olives
father of Maaseiah, father of Azariah, a wall repairman
a town of Benjamin on the east slope of the Mount of Olives
Hebrew
Strongs #06055: hynne `Ananyah
Ananiah = "Jehovah clouds"n pr m
1) ancestor of Azariah who assisted in rebuilding the city wall in
the time of Nehemiah
n pr loc
2) a city northwest of Jerusalem to which some Benjamite exiles returned
6055 `Ananyah an-an-yaw'
from 6049 and 3050; Jah has covered; Ananjah, the name of an Israelite and of a place in Palestine: KJV -- Ananiah.see HEBREW for 06049
see HEBREW for 03050
Ananiah [ebd]
protected by Jehovah, the name of a town in the tribe of Benjamin between Nob and Hazor (Neh. 11:32). It is probably the modern Beit Hanina, a small village 3 miles north of Jerusalem.
ANANIAH [smith]
(protected by Jehovah) probably a priest, and ancestor of Azariah, who assisted in rebuilding the city wall in the days of Nehemiah. (Nehemiah 3:23) (B.C. before 446.)ANANIAH [isbe]
ANANIAH - an-a-ni'-a `ananyah, "Yah has covered"): (1) Grandfather of Azariah. He assisted in repairing the walls of Jerusalem after his return from the exile (Neh 3:23). (2) A town of Benjamin mentioned in connection with Nob and Hazor (Neh 11:32). It is commonly identified with Beit Hanina, between three and four miles North-Northwest from Jerusalem.
