Anaiah

English

Etymology

From the Hebrew ענאיה (“God has answered”).

Proper noun

Anaiah

1. One of the elders who stood with Ezra the Scribe. (biblical character)
   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 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, 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.

Translations

one of the elders who stood with Ezra

• Irish: Anáiá m
• Portuguese: Anaías m