Ananias

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Gender Masculine
Usage Biblical, Biblical Latin
Scripts ‘Ανανιας(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced Pron. an-ə-NIE-əs(English)
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Meaning & History

From ‘Ανανιας (Hananias), the Greek form of HANANIAH. In Acts in the New Testament this is the name of three characters: a disciple in Damascus, the husband of Sapphira, and the high priest of the Jews who tries Paul.

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VariantAnnas(Biblical Latin)
Other Languages & CulturesHananias, Hannas(Biblical Greek) Chananyah(Biblical Hebrew)
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