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Hananiah

Hananiah, Hanina, Chaninah, Haninah, Chananiah (Hebrew: חנינא, חנניה‎) or Ananias (Koinē Greek: Ἀνανίας) may refer to:

Hebrew Bible

  • Hananiah ben Zerubbabel, exilarch in Babylonia, (Old Testament: Chronicles)
  • Hananiah (aka Shadrach) of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego
  • Hananiah (Samaritan), 4th century BC, governor of Samaria under the Achaemenid Empire
  • Hananiah ben Azzur, a false prophet mentioned in Jeremiah 28

Rabbis

  • Hanina Segan ha-Kohanim first generation Tanna
  • Hanina, third generation Amora the Land of Israel
  • Hanina bar Hama (d. 250)
  • Haninah, or Chaninah, 2nd century AD Rabbinic sage, contemporary of Judah ben Bathyra and Jonathan
  • Hanina ben Hakinai, 2nd century AD Rabbinic sage, contemporary of Ben 'Azzai and Simon the Temanite
  • Haninah ben Teradion, 2nd century AD Rabbinic sage, contemporary of Eleazar ben Perata I and Halafta
  • Hanina of Sura 5th generation Amora
  • Hanina of Sepphoris

Hellenistic

  • Ananias ben Onias, son of the priest who founded the Jewish Temple at Leontopolis
  • Hananiah of Damascus, known as Ananias of Damascus, Hellenized Jewish mystic, mentioned in the Acts of the Apostles as a convert to Christianity and early companion of Saul of Tarsus

Modern era

A personal name, including:

See also

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