Lexical Summary Ananias: Ananias, the name of three Israelites Original Word: ἈνανίαςTransliteration: Ananias Phonetic Spelling: (an-an-ee'-as) Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine Short Definition: Ananias, the name of three Israelites Meaning: Ananias -- the name of three Israelites Strong's Concordance Ananias. Of Hebrew origin (Chananyah); Ananias, the name of three Israelites -- Ananias. see HEBREW Chananyah Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 367: ΑνανιαςΑνανιας (WH. Ἁνανίας, see their Introductory § 408), Ανανια (but on the genitive cf. Buttmann, 20 (18)), ὁ, Ananias (חֲנַנְיָה, from חָנַן to be gracious, and יָהּ Jehovah (cf. Meyer on Acts 5:1)): 1. a certain Christian (at Jerusalem), the husband of Sapphira: Acts 5:1-6. 2. a Christian of Damascus: Acts 9:10-18; Acts 22:12ff 3. a son of Nedebaeus, and high priest of the Jews circa |
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