Anaiah

2 verses

Nehemiah

Nehemiah 8:4

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 10:22

Pelatiah, Hanan, Anaiah,

From Smith's Bible Dictionary

William Smith, 1884

(whom Jehovah answers).

(1.) Probably a priest. (Nehemiah 8:4)

(2.) One of the "heads of the people" who signed the covenant with Nehemiah. (Nehemiah 10:22)

Based on Nave's Topical Bible by Orville J. Nave (1896). Dictionary entries from Smith's Bible Dictionary. Public domain. KJV scripture text, public domain.