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Anaiah

עֲנָיָהStrong’s H6043

anayah (a-na-yah)

Appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament

In short

Anayah is the Hebrew word usually translated “anaiah”. It appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament.

“And Ezra the scribe stood upon a pulpit of wood, which they had made for the purpose; and beside him stood Mattithiah, and Shema, and Anaiah, and Urijah, and Hilkiah, and Maaseiah, on his right hand; and on his left hand, Pedaiah, and Mishael, and Malchiah, and Hashum, and Hashbadana, Zechariah, and Meshullam.”
Nehemiah 8:4 KJV
Meaning
  1. A man living at the time of Exile and Return, only mentioned at Neh.8.4
  2. A man living at the time of Exile and Return, only mentioned at Neh.10.22
How it's translated
  • and anaiah 1
  • anaiah 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • Nehemiah 2

1 book in all.

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Hebrew dictionary

עֲנָיָה anayah · Anaiah

A man living at the time of Exile and Return, only mentioned at Neh.8.4 § Anaiah = "Jehovah has answered" a priest who helped Ezra and signed the covenant with Nehemiah

עֲנָיָה anayah · Anaiah

A man living at the time of Exile and Return, only mentioned at Neh.10.22 § Anaiah = "Jehovah has answered" a priest who helped Ezra and signed the covenant with Nehemiah

From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).

Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.