Word

Ἀνανίας

Ananías · G367 · Greek · 11 occurrences

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Meanings

Ananias

The husband of Sapphira

Examples
Acts 5:1 But a man named Ananias, with his wife Sapphira, sold a piece of property,
Acts 5:3 But Peter said, “Ananias, why has Satan filled your heart to lie to the Holy Spirit and to keep back some of the proceeds of the land?
Acts 5:5 And as he heard these words, Ananias collapsed and died; and great fear came over all who heard about it.
Ananias

A Christian in Damascus

Examples
Acts 9:10 Now there was a disciple in Damascus named Ananias; and the Lord said to him in a vision, “Ananias.” And he said, “Here I am, Lord.”
Acts 9:12 and he has seen in a vision a man named Ananias come in and lay his hands on him, so that he might regain his sight.”
Acts 9:13 But Ananias answered, “Lord, I have heard from many people about this man, how much harm he did to Your saints in Jerusalem;
Ananias

A Jewish high priest

Examples
Acts 23:2 But the high priest Ananias commanded those standing beside him to strike him on the mouth.
Acts 24:1 Now after five days the high priest Ananias came down with some elders and an attorney named Tertullus, and they brought charges against Paul to the governor.

How it’s used In 3 roles

Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.

the word studied the word it goes with

Words describing itAdjectives, demonstratives, participles

1 occurrences in 1 groups

τὶςsomeone 1

Named alongside itApposition

3 occurrences in 2 groups

ἀρχιερεύςchief priest, high priest 2
ἀνήρman, husband 1

What it doesIt is the subject

4 occurrences in 5 groups

ἐκψύχωto die 1
ἔπωto say 1
πίπτωto fall 1
ἀπέρχομαιto go away, to depart, to leave 1
ἀποκρίνομαιto answer 1

When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.

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Semantic domains 3 entries

Ananias93.24a: In Acts 5:1, “a man named Ananias (Ananías), with his wife Sapphira, sold a piece of property,” naming the disciple who, along with his wife, was struck dead for lying to the Holy Spirit.
Ananias93.24b: In Acts 9:10, “there was a disciple in Damascus named Ananias (Ananías); and the Lord said to him in a vision, ‘Ananias,’” naming a different, faithful disciple whom the Lord sent to restore Paul's sight.
Ananias93.24c: In Acts 23:2, “the high priest Ananias (Anaunías) commanded those standing beside him to strike him on the mouth,” naming yet a third man of this name, the high priest before whom Paul was tried.

Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon (WH. Ἁνανίας, see their Introductory § 408), Ανανια (but on the genitive cf. Buttmann, 20…

(WH. Ἁνανίας, see their Introductory § 408), Ανανια (but on the genitive cf. Buttmann, 20 (18)), ὁ, Ananias (חֲנַנְיָה, from חָנַן to be gracious, and יָהּ Jehovah (cf. Meyer on Acts 5:1)):
1. a certain Christian (at Jerusalem), the husband of Sapphira: Acts 5:1-6.
2. a Christian of Damascus: Acts 9:10-18; Acts 22:12ff
3. a son of Nedebaeus, and high priest of the Jews circa A.D. 47-59. In the year 66 he was slain by the Sicarii: Acts 23:2; Acts 24:1f; Josephus, Antiquities 20, 5, 2; 6, 2; 9, 2-4; b. j. 2, 17, 6; 9. (Cf. B. D. under the word.)

Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain

Topical studies with this word 1 entry

Persons11 occurrences

Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.

Sources

eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0