H6055G

עֲנַנְיָה

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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

Full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon entry

עֲנַנְיָה proper name

1. person, masculine. Neh 3:23, Ανανια(ς).

2. location Neh 11:32, Ανανια, Ανια; perhaps modern Beit –anîna, approximately 4 miles north-northwest from Jerusalem, compare Buhl^{Geogr. 167}.

1 occurrence

Nehemiah 3:23