Anan

Easton's Bible Dictionary

Nehemiah 10:26

Fausset's Bible Dictionary

Nehemiah 10:26.

Holman Bible Dictionary

Nehemiah 10:26

Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible

ANAN . 1 . One of those who sealed the covenant ( Nehemiah 10:26 ). 2 . 1Es 5:30 = Hanan , Ezra 2:46 , Nehemiah 7:49 .

Morrish Bible Dictionary

One who sealed the covenant. Nehemiah 10:26 .

Smith's Bible Dictionary

A'nan. (a cloud). One of the "heads of the people" who signed the covenant with Nehemiah. Nehemiah 10:26, (B.C. 410).

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

ā´nan ( ענן , ‛ānān , "cloud"): (1) One of those who, with Nehemiah, sealed the covenant ( Nehemiah 10:26 ). (2) A returned exile (1 Esdras 5:30). He is called Hanan in Ezra 2:46 and Nehemiah 7:49 .

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

(Heb., Anan', עָנָן, cloud; Sept. ᾿Ηνάν v. r. ᾿Ηνάμ, one of the chief Israelites that sealed the sacred covenant on the return from Babylon ( Nehemiah 10:26), B.C. cir. 410.

In the apocryphal list of the "temple-servants," whose descendants returned from the captivity, the same name ( Ἀνάν ) occurs ( 1 Esdras 5:30) in place of the HANAN (See Hanan) (q.v.) of the genuine text ( Ezra 2:46).