(Greek form of Hebrew "hananya", "God is merciful").
Names of several people, especially:
(a) Member of the primitive community of Jerusalem, died suddenly with his wife Sapphira for having withheld a part of the sale of a piece of land, pretending to have given the entire price (Acts 5:1-10) his sin was committed by lie to the Holy Spirit.
(b) Christian from Damascus who heals and baptizes Paul who had become blind (Acts 9:10-19; 22:12-16)
(c) High priest (ca. 47-59 AD), appointed as such by Herod in the year 48, presides over the trial against Paul in Jerusalem (Acts 22:30-23:10), accuses him before the procurator Felix ( Acts 24:1-9); He is murdered by enemies of Rome in 66 AD, at the beginning of the Jewish war against the Romans.
Meaning of ANANIAS
(a) Member of the primitive community of Jerusalem, died suddenly with his wife Sapphira for having withheld a part of the sale of a piece of land, pretending to have given the entire price (Acts 5:1-10) his sin was committed by lie to the Holy Spirit.
