Anaiah

Fausset's Bible Dictionary

Nehemiah 8:4; Nehemiah 10:22.

Holman Bible Dictionary

Nehemiah 8:4Nehemiah 10:22

Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible

ANAIAH (‘J″ [Note: Jahweh.] hath answered’). 1 . A Levite ( Nehemiah 8:4 ), called Ananias in 1Es 9:43 . Esther 9:2 . One of those who sealed the covenant ( Nehemiah 10:22 ).

Morrish Bible Dictionary

1. One who stood beside Ezra when he read the law to the people. Nehemiah 8:4 .

2. One whosealed the covenant.Nehemiah 10:22 .

Smith's Bible Dictionary

Anai'ah. (whom Jehovah answers).

1. Probably a priest. Nehemiah 8:4.

2. One of the "heads of the people," who signed the covenant with Nehemiah. Nehemiah 10:22.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

an -a -ı̄´a , a -nı̄´a ( עניה , ‛ănāyāh , "Yah has answered"): (1) a Levite who assisted Ezr in reading the law to the people (Nehemiah 8:4 ), perhaps the person called Ananias in Esdras 9:43. (2) One of those who sealed the covenant (Nehemiah 10:22 ). He may have been the same as Anaiah (1).

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

(Heb., Anayah', עֲנִיָה , answered by Jehovah; Sept. Ἀνανίας, Ἀναϊ v α ), one of those who stood on the right hand of Ezra while he read the law to the people (Nehemiah 8:4), and probably the same with one of the chief Israelites who joined in the sacred covenant (Nehemiah 10:22). B.C. cir. 410.