Lexicon / H6055
עֲנַנְיָה
a.nan.yah
  • Ananiah

STEPBible TBESH

Glosses: Ananiah

A man living at the time of Exile and Return, only mentioned at Neh.3.23;

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

§ Ananiah = "Jehovah clouds"

a city northwest of Jerusalem to which some Benjamite exiles returned

BDB (Brown-Driver-Briggs)

Glosses: Ananiah

עֲנַנְיָה n.pr m Ne 3:23 . loc Ne 11:32 . .