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Vaniah
nourishment, or weapons, of the Lord
וַנְיָה van.yah
Vaniah (Hebrew: וַנְיָה, van.yah) means “nourishment, or weapons, of the Lord”, by traditional interpretation. It appears once, at Ezra 10:36. In 2018 it was given to 7 children in the United States. Appears with Eliashib in Ezra 10.
The bearer in scripture
One person in scripture bears this name.
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Vaniah
Scripture against society
The two measures, side by side
At a glance
- Verses
- 1 across 1 book
- Bearers
- 1 one person only
- Testament
- Old
- Era
- Return
- Hapax
- Yes occurs exactly once
Using it today
Based on 2018 births across the United States.
| Measure | Value | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Given in 2018 | 7 | Steady |
| All-time total | 80 | Since records begin in 1880 |
| Peak | 10 in 2007 | Its highest year on record |
In scripture
| Fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| First appears | Ezra 10:36 |
Names connected to this one
- Meremoth co-occurrence Appears with Meremoth in Ezra 10.
- Eliashib co-occurrence Appears with Eliashib in Ezra 10.
- Isaiah root Shares the element -yah, “Yahweh”.
- Elijah root Shares the element -yah, “Yahweh”.
- Hezekiah root Shares the element -yah, “Yahweh”.
- Mattaniah root Shares the element -yah, “Yahweh”.
- Josiah root Shares the element -yah, “Yahweh”.
- Zedekiah root Shares the element -yah, “Yahweh”.
Origin & meaning
A man living at the time of Exile and Return, only mentioned at Ezr.10.36
§ Vaniah = "Jehovah is praise"
one of the sons of Bani, in the time of Ezra, who took a foreign wife
Vaniah was an Israelite who had married a foreign wife during the Exile.
The biblical story
Vaniah is mentioned in the list of men who had taken foreign wives during the Babylonian exile. This was discovered when Ezra, the priest and scribe, returned to Jerusalem and found that many Israelites had intermarried with the pagan peoples of the land. Vaniah was one of those who had violated God's command not to intermarry with foreigners. In response to Ezra's call for repentance, Vaniah and the others agreed to put away their foreign wives and children to maintain the purity of the Jewish people.
Key verses
Vaniah appears in 1 verse. Here are some of the most notable:
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Vaniah, Meremoth, Eliashib,
Ezra 10:36
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Ezra (1)
- Ezra 10:36