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Vaniah
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Vaniah: NET AVS NIV NRSV NASB TEV
a layman of the Bani Clan who put away his heathen wife
nourishment, or weapons, of the Lord
nourishment, or weapons, of the Lord
Hebrew
Strongs #02057: hynw Vanyah
Vaniah = "Jehovah is praise"1) one of the sons of Bani, in the time of Ezra, who took a foreign wife
2057 Vanyah van-yaw'
perhaps for 6043; Vanjah, an Israelite:-Vaniah.see HEBREW for 06043
Vaniah [NAVE]
VANIAH, an Israelite. Puts away his Gentile wife, Ezra 10:36.VANIAH [SMITH]
(Jehovah is praise), one of the sons of Bani, (Ezra 10:36) (B.C. 458.)VANIAH [ISBE]
VANIAH - va-ni'-a (wanyah, meaning unknown): A son of Bani, who had married a foreign wife (Ezr 10:36). The text is, however, doubtful. The Septuagint Codex Vaticanus has Ouiechoa; Codex Sinaiticus Ouierecho; Codex Alexandrinus Ouounia, Lucian Ouania.