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Anaiah
(whom Jehovah answers).
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Probably a priest. (Nehemiah 8:4) One of the “heads of the people” who signed the covenant with Nehemiah. (Nehemiah 10:22)
In the Bible
2
Verses where Anaiah is named. Berean Standard Bible (public domain).
- Nehemiah 8:4
Ezra the scribe stood on a high wooden platform built for this occasion. At his right side stood Mattithiah, Shema, Anaiah, Uriah, Hilkiah, and Maaseiah, and at his left were Pedaiah, Mishael, Malchijah, Hashum, Hash-baddanah, Zechariah, and Meshullam.
- Nehemiah 10:22
Pelatiah, Hanan, Anaiah,
Scripture on Anaiah
2
Sources · Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884)
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