ʻĂnâyâh — H6043

Definition

masculine proper noun

Anajah, the name of two Israelites

1. Anaiah = "Jehovah has answered"
2. a priest who helped Ezra and signed the covenant with Nehemiah

Usually translated as

Anaiah

Origin

from H6030; Jah has answered

• Derived from ʻânâh (H6030)

Occurrences

ʻĂnâyâh occurs 2 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Nehemiah (2)

• 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 (וַ֠עֲנָיָה), 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 (עֲנָיָֽה),