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Ananias

Meaning

From ‘Ανανιας (Hananias), the Greek form of HANANIAH. In Acts in the New Testament this is the name

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Famous People Named Ananias

Ananias Davisson

Ananias Davisson (February 2, 1780 – October 21, 1857) was a singing school teacher, printer and compiler of shape note tunebooks.

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Ananias son of Nedebeus

Ananias son of Nebedeus (or Nedebeus) was a high priest who, according to the Acts of the Apostles, presided during the trials of the apostle Paul at Jerusalem (Acts 23:2) and Caesarea (Acts 24:1).

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Ananias Club

The Ananias Club was a euphemism used by American press in 1906–07 during the administration of President Theodore Roosevelt, to refer to public figures that the President accused of dishonesty.

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Ananias (Jafaridze)

Ananias (Georgian ანანია) (Japaridze Tenghiz Anatolievich, born August 20, 1949, Tkibuli, Georgia) is the Metropolitan of Manglisi and the Tetri-Tskaro of the Georgian Orthodox Church.

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Ananias ben Onias

Ananias the son of Onias (in Hebrew, Hananiya ben Honiyyahu) was the son of the Jewish high priest, Onias IV, who founded a Jewish Temple at Leontopolis in Egypt during the persecutions of Antiochus.

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Ananias in Other Languages

Biblical GreekHananias
Biblical LatinAnanias
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