עָנָהʻânâh
עָנָה: be occupied, busied with, only Ecclesiastes (Ecclesiastes 42:8)
Pronunciation: aw-naw' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H6031
Meanings
עָנָה: be bowed down, afflicted
Qal
1. be put down or become low (Isaiah 25:5)
2. be depressed, downcast (Isaiah 31:4)
3. be afficted (Psalms 116:10; Psalms 119:67; Zechariah 10:2)
Niph`al: l (Psalms 119:107; Exodus 10:3; Isaiah 53:7)
1. humble oneself (Exodus 10:3)
2. be afficted (Psalms 119:107; Isaiah 53:7; Isaiah 58:10)
Piel: construct (Deuteronomy 22:24; Psalms 88:8; Psalms 35:13)
1. humble, mishandle, afflict (Genesis 16:6; Genesis 31:50; Exodus 22:21)
2. humble (Genesis 34:2; Deuteronomy 21:14; Deuteronomy 22:24)
3. afflict (Deuteronomy 8:2; Deuteronomy 8:3; Deuteronomy 8:16)
4. humble, weaken (Psalms 102:24; Job 37:23; Leviticus 16:29)
Pu`al
1. be afflicted (Psalms 119:71; Psalms 132:1; Isaiah 53:4)
2. be humbled (Leviticus 23:29)
Hiph`il: afflict (1 Kings 8:35; 2 Chronicles 6:26)
Hithpa`el
1. humble oneself (Genesis 16:9)
2. be afflicted (1 Kings 2:26; Psalms 107:17)
3. humble oneself (Ezra 8:21; Daniel 10:12)
Same root
- עָנָהʻânâh · H6030properly, 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
- בַּעֲנָהBaʻănâh · H1196Baanah, the name of four Israelites
- מַעֲנָהmaʻănâh · H4618a furrow
- עֲנָהʻănâh · H6033{to depress literally or figuratively, transitive or intransitive (in various applications, as follows)}
- עָנָוʻânâv · H6035depressed (figuratively), in mind (gentle) or circumstances (needy, especially saintly)
- עֱנוּתʻĕnûwth · H6039affliction
- עֳנִיʻŏnîy · H6040depression, i.e. misery
- עָנִיʻânîy · H6041depressed, in mind or circumstances
Where it appears
Appears 82 times in the Bible.
- Genesis 15:13 Then the Lord said to Abram, “You can be sure that your descendants will be strangers in a foreign land, where they will be oppressed as slaves for 400 years.
- Genesis 16:6 Abram replied, “Look, she is your servant, so deal with her as you see fit.” Then Sarai treated Hagar so harshly that she finally ran away.
- Genesis 16:9 The angel of the Lord said to her, “Return to your mistress, and submit to her authority.”
- Genesis 31:50 If you mistreat my daughters or if you marry other wives, God will see it even if no one else does. He is a witness to this covenant between us.
- Genesis 34:2 But when the local prince, Shechem son of Hamor the Hivite, saw Dinah, he seized her and raped her.
- Exodus 1:11 So the Egyptians made the Israelites their slaves. They appointed brutal slave drivers over them, hoping to wear them down with crushing labor. They forced them to build the cities of Pithom and Rameses as supply centers for the king.
See every passage
- Genesis 15:13, 16:6, 16:9, 31:50, 34:2
- Exodus 1:11, 1:12, 10:3, 22:22, 22:23
- Leviticus 16:29, 16:31, 23:27, 23:29, 23:32
- Numbers 24:24, 29:7, 30:13
- Deuteronomy 8:2, 8:3, 8:16, 21:14, 22:24, 22:29, 26:6
- Judges 16:5, 16:6, 16:19, 19:24, 20:5
- 2 Samuel 7:10, 13:12, 13:14, 13:22, 13:32
- 1 Kings 2:26, 8:35, 11:39
- 2 Kings 17:20
- 2 Chronicles 6:26
- Ezra 8:21
- Job 30:11, 37:23
- Psalms 35:13, 55:19, 88:7, 89:22, 90:15, 94:5, 102:23, 105:18, 107:17, 116:10, 119:67, 119:71, 119:75, 119:107, 132:1
- Ecclesiastes 1:13, 3:10, 5:20
- Isaiah 25:5, 31:4, 53:4, 53:7, 58:3, 58:5, 58:10, 60:14, 64:12
- Lamentations 3:33, 5:11
- Ezekiel 22:10, 22:11
- Daniel 10:12
- Nahum 1:12
- Zephaniah 3:19
- Zechariah 10:2
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