- Ἁνανίας
- Ἁνανίας, ου, ὁ (also Ἀν-; חֲנַנְיָה) (AscIs 2:9; EpArist 48; Joseph.—Diod S 20, 97, 7 Ἀνανίας is the name of a Rhodian general. See also Athen. 12, 3, 511c Ἀνάνιος or Ἄνανις) Ananias.① one of the three youths in the fiery furnace 1 Cl 45:7 (cp. Da 3:24 LXX; Just., A I, 46, 3).② a member of the Christian community in Jerusalem, husband of Sapphira Ac 5:1, 3, 5 (cp. the scene in Jos., Ant. 8, 266–73).—WBornemann, A. u. S.: Christl. Welt 13, 1899, 987–91; RSchumacher, A. u. S.: ThGl 5, 1913, 824–30. P-HMenoud, Goguel Festschr., ’50, 146–54; Haenchen, ad loc.③ a Christian in Damascus, who instructed Paul and baptized him Ac 9:10, 12f, 17; 22:12 (EFascher, Z. Taufe des Paulus: TLZ 80, ’55, 643–48).④ a Jewish high priest, son of Nedebaeus, in office c. 47–59 (Jos., Ant. 20, 103; 131; 205; 208–10; 213, Bell. 2, 243; 426; 429; 441f) Ac 22:5 v.l.; 23:2; 24:1. See Schürer II 231.
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