Hananiah

Hananiah, Hanina, Chaninah, Haninah, Chananiah (Hebrew: חנינא, חנניה‎) or Ananias (Koinē Greek: Ἀνανίας) may refer to:

Hebrew Bible

• Hananiah ben Zerubbabel, exilarch in Babylonia, (Old Testament: Chronicles)
• Hananiah (aka Shadrach) of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego
• Hananiah (Samaritan), 4th century BC, governor of Samaria under the Achaemenid Empire
• Hananiah ben Azzur, a false prophet mentioned in Jeremiah 28

Rabbis

• Hanina Segan ha-Kohanim first generation Tanna
• Hanina, third generation Amora the Land of Israel
• Hanina bar Hama (d. 250)
• Haninah, 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, 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, award-winning cinematographer

See also

• Hanani
• Ananias (disambiguation)