עֳנִיʻŏnîy

affliction, poverty

Pronunciation: on-ee' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H6040

Meanings

1. affliction (Job 36:15; Job 36:21; Psalms 44:25)

2. poverty (1 Chronicles 22:14)

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 36 times in the Bible.

  • Genesis 16:11 And the angel also said, “You are now pregnant and will give birth to a son. You are to name him Ishmael (which means ‘God hears’), for the Lord has heard your cry of distress.
  • Genesis 29:32 So Leah became pregnant and gave birth to a son. She named him Reuben, for she said, “The Lord has noticed my misery, and now my husband will love me.”
  • Genesis 31:42 In fact, if the God of my father had not been on my side—the God of Abraham and the fearsome God of Isaac—you would have sent me away empty-handed. But God has seen your abuse and my hard work. That is why he appeared to you last night and rebuked you!”
  • Genesis 41:52 Joseph named his second son Ephraim, for he said, “God has made me fruitful in this land of my grief.”
  • Exodus 3:7 Then the Lord told him, “I have certainly seen the oppression of my people in Egypt. I have heard their cries of distress because of their harsh slave drivers. Yes, I am aware of their suffering.
  • Exodus 3:17 I have promised to rescue you from your oppression in Egypt. I will lead you to a land flowing with milk and honey—the land where the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites now live.”’
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Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).