Hananiah

  • [ han-ə-NIE-ə (English) ]
  • Biblical
Means "YAHWEH is gracious" in Hebrew. This name appears frequently in the Old Testament. It is the Hebrew name of Shadrach.

YAHWEH   male   Theology
A name of the Hebrew God, represented in Hebrew by the tetragrammaton ("four letters") יהוה (Yod Heh Vav Heh), which was transliterated into Roman script as Y H W H. Because it was considered blasphemous to utter the name of God, it was only written and never spoken, which resulted in the original pronunciation becoming lost. The name may have originally been derived from the old Semitic root הוה (hawah) meaning "to be" or "to become".
EQUIVALENTS
BIBLICAL GREEK: Hananias, Hannas
BIBLICAL HEBREW: Chananyah
BIBLICAL LATIN: Ananias, Annas
BIBLICAL: Ananias, Annas
OTHER FORMS
THEOLOGY: Yahweh