International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
an-a-i'-a, a-ni'-a (`anayah, "Yah has answered"):
(1) a Levite who assisted Ezr in reading the law to the people (Ne 8:4), perhaps the person called Ananias in Esdras 9:43.
(2) One of those who sealed the covenant (Ne 10:22). He may have been the same as Anaiah (1).