579. anah
Berean Strong's Lexicon
anah: To answer, respond, testify, speak, sing

Original Word: עָנָה
Part of Speech: Verb
Transliteration: anah
Pronunciation: ah-NAH
Phonetic Spelling: (aw-naw')
Definition: To answer, respond, testify, speak, sing
Meaning: to approach, to meet

Word Origin: A primitive root

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: - G611 (ἀποκρίνομαι - apokrinomai): To answer, reply

- G3140 (μαρτυρέω - martureo): To bear witness, testify

Usage: The Hebrew verb "anah" primarily means "to answer" or "to respond." It is used in various contexts, including responding to a question, giving a testimony, or even singing. The word conveys the idea of a verbal response or communication, often implying a thoughtful or deliberate reply. In some contexts, it can also mean to testify or bear witness, highlighting the importance of truthful and faithful communication.

Cultural and Historical Background: In ancient Hebrew culture, communication and verbal responses were highly valued, especially in legal and religious settings. The act of answering or testifying was not merely about providing information but was often seen as a moral and ethical duty. The Hebrew society placed a strong emphasis on truthfulness and integrity in speech, as words were considered powerful and binding.

NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin
a prim. root
Definition
to be opportune, to meet, encounter opportunely
NASB Translation
befall (1), befalls (1), let him fall (1), seeking a quarrel (1).

Brown-Driver-Briggs
III. [אָנָה] verb be opportune, meet, encounter opportunely (Arabic the right time is come, or it is come to the right time, or to maturity, or is opportune).

Pi`el Perfect אִנָּה Exodus 21:13 cause (or allow) to meet in בְיָדוֺ ׳הָאֱלֹהִים א (object omitted), i.e. without any purpose of the man to whom suffix Ref.

Pu`al be allowed to meet, be sent, Imperfect יְאֻנֶּה Proverbs 12:21 (with ל); 3 feminine singular תְּאֻנֶּה Psalm 91:10 (with אֶל), subject evil.

Hithpa`el cause oneself to meet, seek occasion (= seek a quarrel with) followed by ל 2 Kings 5:7.

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
befall, deliver, happen, seek a quarrel

A primitive root (perhaps rather identical with 'anah through the idea of contraction in anguish); to approach; hence, to meet in various senses -- befall, deliver, happen, seek a quarrel.

see HEBREW 'anah

Forms and Transliterations
אִנָּ֣ה אָ֙נָה֙ אָ֥נָה אנה יְאֻנֶּ֣ה יאנה מִתְאַנֶּ֥ה מתאנה תְאֻנֶּ֣ה תאנה ’ā·nāh ’ānāh ’in·nāh ’innāh Anah inNah miṯ’anneh miṯ·’an·neh mitanNeh ṯə’unneh ṯə·’un·neh teunNeh yə’unneh yə·’un·neh yeunNeh
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Englishman's Concordance
Exodus 21:13
HEB: צָדָ֔ה וְהָאֱלֹהִ֖ים אִנָּ֣ה לְיָד֑וֹ וְשַׂמְתִּ֤י
NAS: [for him], but God let [him] fall into his hand,
KJV: but God deliver [him] into his hand;
INT: lie God let his hand will appoint

Numbers 14:11
HEB: מֹשֶׁ֔ה עַד־ אָ֥נָה יְנַאֲצֻ֖נִי הָעָ֣ם
INT: Moses long befall spurn people

Numbers 14:11
HEB: הַזֶּ֑ה וְעַד־ אָ֙נָה֙ לֹא־ יַאֲמִ֣ינוּ
INT: will this long befall will it be ere believe

2 Kings 5:7
HEB: וּרְא֔וּ כִּֽי־ מִתְאַנֶּ֥ה ה֖וּא לִֽי׃
NAS: how he is seeking a quarrel against me.
KJV: I pray you, and see how he seeketh a quarrel against me.
INT: and see how is seeking he

Psalm 91:10
HEB: לֹֽא־ תְאֻנֶּ֣ה אֵלֶ֣יךָ רָעָ֑ה
NAS: evil will befall you, Nor
KJV: There shall no evil befall thee, neither shall any plague
INT: No will befall about evil

Proverbs 12:21
HEB: לֹא־ יְאֻנֶּ֣ה לַצַּדִּ֣יק כָּל־
NAS: harm befalls the righteous,
KJV: There shall no evil happen to the just:
INT: not befalls the righteous all manner

6 Occurrences

Strong's Hebrew 579
6 Occurrences


’ā·nāh — 2 Occ.
’in·nāh — 1 Occ.
miṯ·’an·neh — 1 Occ.
ṯə·’un·neh — 1 Occ.
yə·’un·neh — 1 Occ.
















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