Person

Ananias

Ἁνανίας

Yahweh is gracious. Disciple at Damascus who received Saul.

Ananias of Damascus lays hands on Saul so that he may see again and be filled with the Holy Spirit. He is not Ananias of Acts 5.

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Ἀνανίας G367

Ananías

Ananias, the name of three Israelites

of Hebrew origin (H02608);

KJV glosses: Ananias

Thayer’s

Joseph Henry Thayer, Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889). Public-domain digital text.

Ἀνανίας G367

Ananías

Ανανιας (WH. Ἁνανίας, see their Introductory § 408), Ανανια (but on the genitive cf. Buttmann, 20 (18)), ὁ, Ananias (חֲנַנְיָה, from חָנַן to be gracious, and יָהּ Jehovah (cf. Meyer on Act 5:1)):

1. a certain Christian (at Jerusalem), the husband of Sapphira: Act 5:1-6.

2. a Christian of Damascus: Act 9:10-18; Act 22:12 ff

3. a son of Nedebaeus, and high priest of the Jews circa A.D. 47-59. In the year 66 he was slain by the Sicarii: Act 23:2; Act 24:1 f; Josephus, Antiquities 20, 5, 2; 6, 2; 9, 2-4; b. j. 2, 17, 6; 9. (Cf. B. D. under the word.)