Strong H60552 sensesעֲנַנְיָה

Ananiah

Transliteration
‛ănanyâh
Pronunciation
an-an-yaw'

Meaning of the name

Ananiah = "Jehovah clouds"

The 2 senses of Strong H6055

The lexicon tells 2 senses apart under this number. In the Bible, each word leads to the one it has in its verse. Strong H6055 appears in 2 verses of the KJV, all senses together.

  1. Repairer of the wall in JerusalemH6055G1 verse · Nehemiah
  2. A town inhabited by Benjamites after the Babylonian exile.H6055H1 verse · Nehemiah

General definition

From H6049 and H3050; Jah has covered;
{Ananjah} the name of an Israelite and of a place in Palestine: - Ananiah.

In the Bible

Translated in the KJV by

  • ananiah2

First verses

  1. Nehemiah 3:23
    After him repaired Benjamin and Hashub over against their house. After him repaired Azariah the son of Maaseiah the son of Ananiah by his house.
  2. Nehemiah 11:32
    And at Anathoth, Nob, Ananiah,