Ananias
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- noun
- /ˌænəˈnaɪəs/
- Offensive
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Ananías
- Ananias was known as a liar who always twisted the truth to his advantage.
Examples
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Perhaps Ananias and Sapphira fell into this category, so they chose to lie to the Holy Spirit rather than contribute all the proceeds of their property sale as they claimed (see Acts 5:1-11). Perhaps not.
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But a certain man named Ananias, with Sapphira his wife, sold a possession, and kept back part of the price, his wife also being privy to it.
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In the case of Ananias and Sapphira, the sin of fraud against God was speedily punished.
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This figure of the deceitful disciple Ananias falling down dead at Peter's command.
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Ananias and Sapphira were guilty and He can't clear them, but He could have removed their guilt if the conscience would have responded to His love.
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The community lost trust in Ananias because he was such a brazen liar who never told the truth.
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Everyone knew that Ananias could not be trusted, as he was a flagrant liar who deceived people without remorse.
Synonyms
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A person who often says things that are not true
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A person who tells small, often harmless lies about unimportant things
A person who tells obvious, childish lies
Antonyms
How Honest
Surface Forms
Etymology
Ananias comes from a Bible story about a man named Ananias who lied about money and was punished. Because of that story, his name became a short way to call someone a bold 'liar', so an Ananias is a person who openly tells untrue things.