עָנָהʻânâh
עוּן: dwell
Pronunciation: aw-naw' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H6030
Meanings
Qal: and, shall dwell (Isaiah 13:22; Isaiah 13:21; Psalms 87:7)
עָנָה: answer, respond
Qal
1. answer, respond to something said, actual or implied (Judges 8:8; 1 Samuel 4:20; Job 9:15)
a. of men (Genesis 45:3; Judges 5:29; 2 Kings 18:36)
b. of God answering (graciously) (1 Samuel 14:37; 1 Samuel 28:6; 1 Samuel 28:15)
c. rarely with accusative, or clause, of answer (Genesis 41:16; Job 15:2; Proverbs 18:23)
d. often + אָמַר (Genesis 18:27; Exodus 4:1; Exodus 19:8)
e. seldom + דִּבֶּר (Joshua 22:21; 2 Kings 1:10; 2 Kings 1:11)
2.
a. respond to an occasion, speak in view of circumstances (1 Samuel 9:17; Judges 18:14; Numbers 11:28)
b. meets all demands (Ecclesiastes 10:19)
3.
a. testify, specifically respond as a witness (Malachi 2:12; Genesis 30:33; 1 Samuel 12:3)
b. less often make response as one accused (respondent) (Job 9:14; Job 9:15)
Niph`al
1 make answer (Ezekiel 14:4)
2. be answered
b. of man = receive answer (Proverbs 21:3; Job 19:7)
Hiph`il: wholly dubious (Ecclesiastes 5:19)
עָנָה: sing
Qal: sing, utter tunefully (Jeremiah 51:14; Jeremiah 25:30; Exodus 15:21)
Pi`el: sing sweetly of it; Infinitive, the sound of distinct singing (Isaiah 27:2; Exodus 32:18; Psalms 88:1)
עָנָה: answer
Pe`al: active, answered and said (Daniel 5:10; Daniel 2:7; Daniel 2:5)
1. answer, make reply, to something said (Daniel 2:5; Daniel 2:7; Daniel 2:8)
2. respond, to occasion, speak in view of a situation (Daniel 2:15; Daniel 2:20; Daniel 2:26)
Same root
- בֵּית עֲנוֹתBêyth ʻĂnôwth · H1042Beth-Anoth, a place in Palestine
- מַעַןmaʻan · H4616properly, heed, i.e. purpose; used only adverbially, on account of (as a motive or an aim), teleologically, in order that
- מַעֲנֶהmaʻăneh · H4617a reply (favorable or contradictory)
- עָנָהʻânâh · H6031to depress literally or figuratively, transitive or intransitive (in various applications, as follows)
- עֲנָהʻănâh · H6032{properly, to eye or (generally) to heed, i.e. pay attention; by implication, to respond; by extension to begin to speak; specifically to sing, shout, testify, announce}
- עֲנָהʻĂnâh · H6034Anah, the name of two Edomites and one Edomitess
- עֲנָיָהʻĂnâyâh · H6043Anajah, the name of two Israelites
- עֲנָתʻĂnâth · H6067Anath, an Israelite
Where it appears
Appears 331 times in the Bible.
- Genesis 18:27 Then Abraham spoke again. “Since I have begun, let me speak further to my Lord, even though I am but dust and ashes.
- Genesis 23:5 The Hittites replied to Abraham,
- Genesis 23:10 Ephron was sitting there among the others, and he answered Abraham as the others listened, speaking publicly before all the Hittite elders of the town.
- Genesis 23:14 Ephron answered Abraham,
- Genesis 24:50 Then Laban and Bethuel replied, “The Lord has obviously brought you here, so there is nothing we can say.
- Genesis 27:37 Isaac said to Esau, “I have made Jacob your master and have declared that all his brothers will be his servants. I have guaranteed him an abundance of grain and wine—what is left for me to give you, my son?”
See every passage
- Genesis 18:27, 23:5, 23:10, 23:14, 24:50, 27:37, 27:39, 30:33, 31:14, 31:31, 31:36, 31:43, 34:13, 35:3, 40:18, 41:16, 42:22, 45:3
- Exodus 4:1, 15:21, 19:8, 19:19, 20:16, 23:2, 24:3, 32:18
- Numbers 11:28, 21:17, 22:18, 23:12, 23:26, 32:31, 35:30
- Deuteronomy 1:14, 1:41, 5:20, 19:16, 19:18, 20:11, 21:7, 25:9, 26:5, 27:14, 27:15, 31:21
- Joshua 1:16, 7:20, 9:24, 22:21, 24:16
- Judges 5:29, 7:14, 8:8, 18:14, 19:28, 20:4
- Ruth 1:21, 2:6, 2:11
- 1 Samuel 1:15, 1:17, 4:17, 4:20, 7:9, 8:18, 9:8, 9:12, 9:17, 9:19, 9:21, 10:12, 12:3, 14:12, 14:28, 14:37, 14:39, 16:18, 18:7, 20:10, 20:28, 20:32, 21:4, 21:5, 21:11, 22:9, 22:14, 23:4, 25:10, 26:6, 26:14, 26:22, 28:6, 28:15, 29:5, 29:9, 30:22
- 2 Samuel 1:16, 4:9, 13:32, 14:18, 14:19, 15:21, 19:21, 19:42, 19:43, 20:20, 22:42
- 1 Kings 1:28, 1:36, 1:43, 2:22, 2:30, 3:27, 12:7, 12:13, 13:6, 18:21, 18:24, 18:26, 18:29, 18:37, 20:4, 20:11
- 2 Kings 1:10, 1:11, 1:12, 3:11, 4:29, 7:2, 7:13, 7:19, 18:36
- 1 Chronicles 12:17, 21:26, 21:28
- 2 Chronicles 10:13, 29:31, 34:15
- Ezra 3:11, 10:2, 10:12
- Nehemiah 8:6
- Esther 5:7, 7:3
- Job 1:7, 1:9, 2:2, 2:4, 3:2, 4:1, 5:1, 6:1, 8:1, 9:1, 9:3, 9:14, 9:15, 9:16, 9:32, 11:1, 11:2, 12:1, 12:4, 13:22, 14:15, 15:1, 15:2, 15:6, 16:1, 16:3, 16:8, 18:1, 19:1, 19:7, 19:16, 20:1, 20:3, 21:1, 22:1, 23:1, 23:5, 25:1, 26:1, 30:20, 31:35, 32:1, 32:6, 32:12, 32:15, 32:16, 32:17, 32:20, 33:12, 33:13, 34:1, 35:1, 35:12, 38:1, 40:1, 40:2, 40:3, 40:5, 40:6, 42:1
- Psalms 3:4, 4:1, 13:3, 17:6, 18:41, 20:1, 20:6, 20:9, 22:2, 22:21, 27:7, 34:4, 38:15, 55:2, 60:5, 65:5, 69:13, 69:16, 69:17, 81:7, 86:1, 86:7, 88:0, 91:15, 99:6, 99:8, 102:2, 108:6, 118:5, 118:21, 119:26, 119:42, 119:145, 119:172, 120:1, 138:3, 143:1, 143:7, 147:7
- Proverbs 1:28, 15:28, 18:23, 21:13, 25:18, 26:4, 26:5, 29:19
- Ecclesiastes 10:19
- Song of Solomon 2:10, 5:6
- Isaiah 3:9, 13:22, 14:10, 14:32, 21:9, 27:2, 30:19, 36:21, 41:17, 46:7, 49:8, 50:2, 58:9, 59:12, 65:12, 65:24, 66:4
- Jeremiah 7:13, 7:27, 11:5, 14:7, 23:35, 23:37, 25:30, 33:3, 35:17, 42:4, 44:15, 44:20, 51:14
- Ezekiel 14:4, 14:7
- Hosea 2:15, 2:21, 2:22, 5:5, 7:10, 14:8
- Joel 2:19
- Amos 7:14
- Jonah 2:2
- Micah 3:4, 6:3, 6:5
- Habakkuk 2:2, 2:11
- Haggai 2:12, 2:13, 2:14
- Zechariah 1:10, 1:11, 1:12, 1:13, 3:4, 4:4, 4:5, 4:6, 4:11, 4:12, 6:4, 6:5, 10:6, 13:9
- Malachi 2:12
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