"Ananias" meaning in English

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Proper name

IPA: /ænəˈnaɪəs/
Etymology: From Ancient Greek Ἀνανίας (Ananías), from Hebrew חֲנַנְיָה (khananyá). Etymology templates: {{der|en|grc|Ἀνανίας}} Ancient Greek Ἀνανίας (Ananías), {{der|en|he|חֲנַנְיָה|sc=Hebr|tr=khananyá}} Hebrew חֲנַנְיָה (khananyá) Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Ananias
  1. In the New Testament, any of certain members of the early Christian church. Categories (topical): Biblical characters, Individuals Synonyms (chiefly Old Testament): Hananiah
    Sense id: en-Ananias-en-name-uxASQyty Disambiguation of Biblical characters: 59 23 19 Disambiguation of Individuals: 61 17 23 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 76 4 19 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 90 2 8 Disambiguation of 'chiefly Old Testament': 84 5 11
  2. (type) (with reference to Acts 5.3) A liar.
    Sense id: en-Ananias-en-name-fIZ2iAT2
  3. A male given name from Hebrew. Categories (topical): English given names, English male given names Translations (male given name): Ἀνανίας (Ananías) [masculine] (Ancient Greek), Անանիա (english: Anania) (Armenian), Ánanias [masculine] (Faroese), Ανανίας (Ananías) [masculine] (Greek), Ananias (Indonesian), Ananias [masculine] (Portuguese), Ана́ния (Anánija) [masculine] (Russian), Ananías (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-Ananias-en-name-xvbLEMNE Disambiguation of 'male given name': 3 2 95

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