Acts 5:1

Ἀνανίας. The name was common. See Acts 9:10-17; Acts 23:2; Acts 24:1. It is the same as Hananiah, Jeremiah 28:1; Daniel 1:6-7, &c., where it is the Hebrew name of Shadrach, which is spelt Ananias in the Benedicite, and that form of the name is found Tob 5:12. It signifies ‘one to whom Jehovah has been gracious.’

Σαπφείρῃ. The name is probably derived from σάπφειρος, sapphire, the precious stone so called. Similar derivations may be found in Beryllus (βήρυλλος), and the more common name Margaret (μαργαρίτης), though the latter may have gone through more than one stage in its passage from a common noun to a proper name.

κτῆμα. In Acts 5:3 it is called χωρίον, a piece of land, but the word may be applied to any kind of property. It is used (Matthew 19:22) of the young man who had ‘great possessions.’ The LXX. use it (Hosea 2:15) of vineyards.