Hananiah, Hanina, Chaninah, Haninah, Chananiah () or Ananias () may refer to:

Hebrew Bible

* Hananiah ben

Zerubbabel Zerubbabel ( from ) was, according to the Hebrew Bible, a governor of the Achaemenid Empire's province of Yehud Medinata and the grandson of Jeconiah, penultimate king of Judah. He is not documented in extra-biblical documents, and is considered ...

, (Old Testament: Chronicles) * Hananiah of

Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego (Hebrew names Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah) are figures from chapter 3 of the biblical Book of Daniel. In the narrative, the three Jewish men are thrown into a fiery furnace by Nebuchadnezzar II, King of Babylo ...

* Hananiah (Samaritan), 4th century BC, governor of

Samaria Samaria (), the Hellenized form of the Hebrew name Shomron (), is used as a historical and Hebrew Bible, biblical name for the central region of the Land of Israel. It is bordered by Judea to the south and Galilee to the north. The region is ...

under the

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* Hananiah ben Azzur, a false prophet mentioned in Jeremiah 28

Rabbis

Hanina Segan ha-Kohanim Hanina ananyahSegan ha-Kohanim (, lit. ''"R. Hanina (Hananiah) heSegan (Deputy) Ha-Kohanim (High priest)"'') was of the first Generation of the Jewish Tanna sages. He was the father of Rabbi Simeon ben ha-Segan. He commented on what he had ...

first generation Tanna * Hanina, third generation Amora the Land of Israel * Hanina bar Hama (d. 250) *

Haninah Hanina(h) ben Ahi Rabbi Joshua (), or Hananiah ben Ahi Rabbi Joshua (), meaning 'Haninah/Hananiah son of the brother of Rabbi Yehoshua' was a Jewish Tanna sage of the third generation. Unlike many other Tannaitic sages, he is not recognized by h ...

, or Chaninah, 2nd century AD Rabbinic sage, contemporary of Judah ben Bathyra and Jonathan * Hanina ben Hakinai, 2nd century AD Rabbinic sage, contemporary of Ben 'Azzai and Simon the Temanite * Haninah ben Teradion, 2nd century AD Rabbinic sage, contemporary of Eleazar ben Perata I and Halafta * Hanina of Sura 5th generation Amora * Hanina of Sepphoris

Hellenistic

* Ananias ben Onias, son of the priest who founded the Jewish Temple at Leontopolis * Hananiah of Damascus, known as

Ananias of Damascus Ananias of Damascus ( ; , romanized: ''Ananíās''; Aramaic: ܚܢܢܝܐ, romanized: ''Ḥananyō''; "favoured of the ") was a disciple of Jesus in Damascus, mentioned in the Acts of the Apostles in the Bible, which describes how he was sent by ...

, Hellenized Jewish mystic, mentioned in the Acts of the Apostles as a convert to Christianity and early companion of Saul of Tarsus

Modern era

A personal name, including: * Hananiah Harari (1912–2000), American painter and illustrator * Hanania Baer (born 1943), award-winning cinematographer * Hananya Naftali (born 1995), Israeli journalist

Hebrew Bible

Rabbis

Hellenistic

Modern era

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