Annas was appointed high priest of the Jerusalem temple around AD 6 by Quirinius the Roman governor of Syria.

Anna name in bible. She was widowed after seven years of marriage her husband is not named. She never left the temple but worshiped night and day fasting and praying Luke 237. Both Simeon and Anna are well advanced in years but of Anna we know that she a daughter of Phanuel of Asher and that she was a widow whose marriage lasted only seven years Luke 236.

She was a member of the tribe of Asher. Could also be from the Arabic meaning friendly. She had lived with her husband seven years after her marriage 37 and then was a widow until she was eighty-four.

Family Connection Anna was the daughter of Phanuel a name identical with Penuel and meaning The face or appearance of God. Luke recorded the name of her father Phanuel and that she was from the tribe of Asher. Lukes depiction of Anna in the Bible paints her as a pious prophetess whose advanced age and honorable behavior usher in the new covenant.

Devout woman who saw infant Jesus presented at the temple in Jerusalem. And was number 33 in 2018. His name may be a play on words since Anna was among the first to recognise the face of God when she saw the infant Jesus.

An-a Anna Westcott-Hort Hanna. She never left the temple but worshiped night and day fasting and praying. She is identified as the daughter of Phanu-el Phanu-el means face of God.

That in itself is enough to make her fascinating. The name Anna is an Hebrew baby name. The others are Miriam the sister of Moses Exodus 1520.