Ananias

See also: Ánanias

English

Alternative forms

• (chiefly Old Testament) Hananiah

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ἀνανίας (Ananías), from Hebrew חֲנַנְיָה (khananyá).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ænəˈnaɪəs/

Proper noun

Ananias

1. In the New Testament, any of certain members of the early Christian church.
   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Acts 5:3:
     :

     But Peter said, Ananias, why hath Satan filled thine heart to lie to the Holy Ghost, and to keep back part of the price of the land?

   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Acts 9:12:
     :

     And hath seen in a vision a man named Ananias coming in, and putting his hand on him, that he might receive his sight.

2. (type) (with reference to Acts 5.3) A liar.
   • 1934, Frank Richards, The Magnet: Kidnapped from the Air:

     Bunter entertained a hope of convincing Quelch that he hadn't been in the study at all. He had great faith in his powers as an Ananias!

3. A male given name from Hebrew.

Translations

male given name

• Armenian: Անանիա (Anania)
• Faroese: Ánanias m
• Greek: Ανανίας (el) m (Ananías)

  Ancient: Ἀνανίας m (Ananías)

• Indonesian: Ananias
• Portuguese: Ananias m
• Russian: Ана́ния (ru) m (Anánija)
• Spanish: Ananías (es)

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἀνανίᾱς (Ananíās), from Biblical Hebrew חֲנַנְיָה (Khananya).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /a.naˈniː.aːs/, [änäˈniːäːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /a.naˈni.as/, [änäˈniːäs]

Proper noun

Ananīās m sg (genitive Ananīae); first declension

1. Ananias

Declension

First-declension noun (masculine Greek-type with nominative singular in -ās), singular only.

	singular
nominative	Ananīās
genitive	Ananīae
dative	Ananīae
accusative	Ananīān
ablative	Ananīā
vocative	Ananīā

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.naˈni.ɐs/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.naˈni.ɐs/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /a.naˈni.ɐʃ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.naˈni.as/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.nɐˈni.ɐʃ/

Proper noun

Ananias m

1. (biblical) Ananias (any of several New Testament characters)
2. a male given name, equivalent to English Ananias