אָנַחʼânach

Meanings

Where it appears

Appears 13 times in the Bible.

• Exodus 2:23 Years passed, and the king of Egypt died. But the Israelites continued to groan under their burden of slavery. They cried out for help, and their cry rose up to God.
• Proverbs 29:2 When the godly are in authority, the people rejoice. But when the wicked are in power, they groan.
• Isaiah 24:7 The grapevines waste away, and there is no new wine. All the merrymakers sigh and mourn.
• Jeremiah 22:23 It may be nice to live in a beautiful palace paneled with wood from the cedars of Lebanon, but soon you will groan with pangs of anguish— anguish like that of a woman in labor.
• Lamentations 1:4 The roads to Jerusalem are in mourning, for crowds no longer come to celebrate the festivals. The city gates are silent, her priests groan, her young women are crying— how bitter is her fate!
• Lamentations 1:8 Jerusalem has sinned greatly, so she has been tossed away like a filthy rag. All who once honored her now despise her, for they have seen her stripped naked and humiliated. All she can do is groan and hide her face.