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Person Old Testament

Aniam

Aniam was a son of Shemida and a descendant of Manasseh, mentioned in the genealogy of the tribe of Manasseh. Mentioned once in Scripture, at 1 Chronicles 7:19.

Why it matters. Son of Shemida, descendant of Manasseh

Primary passages
Last reviewed
2026-08-30 by the FaithGraph team

About Aniam

Aniam is mentioned in the genealogy of the tribe of Manasseh, found in 1Chronicles 7. He is listed as one of the sons of Shemida, who was a descendant of Manasseh, the son of Joseph. The genealogy provides a record of the families and clans within the tribe of Manasseh, one of the twelve tribes of Israel. Apart from this mention in the genealogical list, no further information is given about Aniam in the biblical text.

Description from STEPBible TIPNR (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0, lightly reformatted. This is background reference material, not Scripture and not a FaithGraph editorial claim.

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Family

Family links from STEPBible TIPNR (CC BY 4.0). Where the dataset marks an identification as uncertain, the mark is kept. Matthew and Luke give different genealogies for Jesus; see the Lineage page, which never merges them.

Parents
Shemida

Appears in Scripture

Named in 1 verse across 1 book. Occurrence data from STEPBible TIPNR (CC BY 4.0); references only, no translation text.

  • 1 Chronicles (1 verse)

    7:19

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