Ἀνανίας

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Borrowed from Biblical Hebrew חֲנַנְיָה (ḥănanyâ).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /a.na.ní.aːs/ → /a.naˈni.as/ → /a.naˈni.as/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /a.na.ní.aːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /a.naˈni.as/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /a.naˈni.as/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /a.naˈni.as/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /a.naˈni.as/

Proper noun

Ἀνανίᾱς • (Ananíās) m (genitive Ἀνανίου); first declension

1. a male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English Ananias

Inflection

First declension of ὁ Ἀνανίᾱς; τοῦ Ἀνανίου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Ἀνανίᾱς ho Ananíās
Genitive	τοῦ Ἀνανίου toû Ananíou
Dative	τῷ Ἀνανίᾳ tôi Ananíāi
Accusative	τὸν Ἀνανίᾱν tòn Ananíān
Vocative	Ἀνανίᾱ Ananíā
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: Ανανίας (Ananías)
• → Latin: Ananias

Further reading

• Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
• Ἀνανίας in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• G367 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible