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Bible Lexicons
Old Testament Hebrew Lexical Dictionary Hebrew Lexicon
Strong's #6055 - עֲנָנְיָה
Transliteration
ʻĂnanyâh
Phonetics
an-an-yaw'
Parts of Speech
proper locative noun, proper masculine noun
TWOT
None
Definition
- Brown-Driver-Briggs
- Strong
Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition
- Ananiah = "Jehovah clouds"
- n pr m
- ancestor of Azariah who assisted in rebuilding the city wall in the time of Nehemiah
- n pr loc
- a city northwest of Jerusalem to which some Benjamite exiles returned
Frequency Lists
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Verse Results

ASV (2)
Nehemiah
2
BSB (2)
Nehemiah
2
CSB (2)
Nehemiah
2
ESV (2)
Nehemiah
2
KJV (2)
Nehemiah
2
LEB (2)
Nehemiah
2
LSB (2)
Nehemiah
2
N95 (2)
Nehemiah
2
NAS (2)
Nehemiah
2
NLT (0)
The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number
did not use
this Strong's Number
WEB (2)
Nehemiah
2
Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition
עֲנַנְיָה proper name
1. person, masculine. Nehemiah 3:23, Ανανια(ς).
2. location Nehemiah 11:32, Ανανια, Ανια; perhaps modern Beit –anîna, approximately 4miles north-northwest from Jerusalem, compare Buhl Geogr. 167.
ענף (√ of following; meaning unknown; Late Hebrew עָנָף = Biblical Hebrew, ᵑ7עַנְמָּא (both rare), Syriac ).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.All rights reserved. Used by permission. BibleSoft.com
List of Word Forms
עֲנָֽנְיָ֖ה עֲנָֽנְיָֽה׃ ענניה ענניה׃ ‘ă·nā·nə·yāh ‘ănānəyāh ananeYah