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Annas

Or ANANUS, as Josephus calls him, was the son of Seth, and high priest of the Jews. He succeeded Joazar, the son of Simon, enjoyed the high priesthood eleven years, and was succeeded by Ishmael, the son of Phabi. Annas is rendered in the installed Bible Names resource as “one who answers; humble.” This unified study connects 8 installed resource categories without replacing their source records.

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  • Nave’s Topical Bible — Public domain
  • Hitchcock’s Bible Names Dictionary (1869)
  • Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary
  • A Biblical and Theological Dictionary
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  • STEPBible TBESG (based primarily on Abbott-Smith)

Key facts

Subject type
Subject
Strong’s
G0452
Hebrew
חָנַן · chânan
Greek
Ἄννας · Annas
Name meaning
one who answers; humble According to Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary

Strong’s and original-language information

G0452

Ἄννας · Annas

Glosses: Annas

Ἄννας, -α (FlJ, Ἄνανος, -ου), ὁ (Heb. חָנַן), Annas, the high priest: Luk. 3:2, Jhn.

Indexed occurrences: 0

Source: STEPBible TBESG (based primarily on Abbott-Smith)

H2603

חָנַן · chânan

Glosses: beseech, [idiom] fair, (be, find, shew) favour(-able), be (deal, give, grant (gracious(-ly), intreat, (be) merciful, have (shew) mercy (on, upon), have pity upon, pray, make supplication, [idiom] very.

properly, to bend or stoop in kindness to an inferior

to favor, bestow

causatively to implore (i.e. move to favor by petition)

Indexed occurrences: 0

Source: Strong's Hebrew Lexicon

Complete dictionary entries

Hitchcock’s Bible Names Dictionary (1869)

Annas

one who answers; humble

Source: Hitchcock’s Bible Names Dictionary (1869) · View data sources

A Biblical and Theological Dictionary

ANNAS

or ANANUS, as Josephus calls him, was the son of Seth, and high priest of the Jews. He succeeded Joazar, the son of Simon, enjoyed the high priesthood eleven years, and was succeeded by Ishmael, the son of Phabi. After he was deposed, he still preserved the title of high priest, and had a great share in the management of public affairs.

Source: A Biblical and Theological Dictionary · View data sources

Concordance

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Topical Bible

Bible Names

Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary

Annas

Meaning:
one who answers; humble

Indexed occurrences: 0

Source: Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary · View data sources

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