Dictionaries :: Anaiah

International Standard Bible Encyclopaedia

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 (Ne 8:4), perhaps the person called Ananias in Esdras 9:43.

(2) One of those who sealed the covenant (Ne 10:22). He may have been the same as Anaiah (1).

Nave's Topical Bible

Anaiah: A Priest

Probably, who stood by Ezra while reading the law,

Neh 8:4; 10:22.

Smith's Bible Dictionary

Anaiah:

(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).