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Anaiah
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an official who supported Ezra and pledged to keep the law
Hebrew
Strongs #06043: hyne `Anayah
Anaiah = "Jehovah has answered"1) a priest who helped Ezra and signed the covenant with Nehemiah
6043 `Anayah an-aw-yaw'
from 6030; Jah has answered; Anajah, the name of twoIsraelites:-Anaiah.
see HEBREW for 06030
ANAIAH [SMITH]
(whom Jehovah answers).- Probably a priest. (Nehemiah 8:4)
- One of the "heads of the people" who signed the covenant with Nehemiah. (Nehemiah 10:22)
ANAIAH [ISBE]
ANAIAH - an-a-i'-a, a-ni'-a (`anayah, "Yah has answered"): (1) a Levite who assisted Ezr in reading the law to the people (Neh 8:4), perhaps the person called Ananias in Esdras 9:43. (2) One of those who sealed the covenant (Neh 10:22). He may have been the same as Anaiah (1).