Person Old Testament
Hananiah
Hananiah, an Israelite who married a foreign wife during Ezra's time. Mentioned once in Scripture, at Ezra 10:28.
Why it matters. One who married a foreign wife during Ezra's time
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- 2026-08-30 by the FaithGraph team
About Hananiah
Hananiah is mentioned in Ezr.10.28 as one of the Israelites who had married foreign wives during the time of Ezra. Following Ezra's call for the people to repent and separate themselves from their foreign wives, Hananiah was among those who agreed to do so (Ezr.10.19). This action was taken to ensure the purity of the Israelite community and their faithfulness to God's law.
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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Appears in Scripture
Named in 1 verse across 1 book. Occurrence data from STEPBible TIPNR (CC BY 4.0); references only, no translation text.
Ezra (1 verse)