Bible Person

Ananiah

Male · 1 cross reference

Ananiah is a resident or household figure in Jerusalem whose family appears in Nehemiah's wall-repair narrative. He belongs to the restored city's local and familial geography. First appears in Neh 3:23.1

AI summary: Ananiah matters because his single cross reference places his house within the immediate setting of Jerusalem's rebuilding, where local families are named in relation to the wall. The entry helps make restoration concrete and neighborhood-based rather than abstract. Taken together, the material presents Ananiah as a household figure in the rebuilding of Jerusalem.1

Central Figure

Ananiah