To meet
אָנָהStrong’s H0579anah (a-nah)
Appears in 4 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Anah is the Hebrew word usually translated “allowed to happen”, “seeking an opportunity” and “it will happen”. It appears in 4 verses of the Old Testament.
“And if a man lie not in wait, but God deliver him into his hand; then I will appoint thee a place whither he shall flee.”
Meaning
- To meet, encounter, approach, be opportune(Piel) to allow to meet, cause to meet · (Pual) to be sent, be allowed to meet · (Hithpael) to seek occasion (quarrel), cause oneself to meet
How it's translated
- he allowed to happen 1
- seeking an opportunity 1
- it will happen 1
- it happens 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Exodus 1
- 2 Kings 1
- Psalms 1
- Proverbs 1
4 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- 2 Kings 5:7And it came to pass, when the king of Israel had read the letter, that he rent his clothes, and said, Am I God, to kill and to make alive, that this man doth send unto me to recover a man of his leprosy? wherefore consider, I pray you, and see how he seeketh a quarrel against me.
- Psalms 91:10There shall no evil befall thee, neither shall any plague come nigh thy dwelling.
- Proverbs 12:21There shall no evil happen to the just: but the wicked shall be filled with mischief.
Hebrew dictionary
אָנָה anah · to meet
1) to meet, encounter, approach, be opportune 1a) (Piel) to allow to meet, cause to meet 1b) (Pual) to be sent, be allowed to meet 1c) (Hithpael) to seek occasion (quarrel), cause oneself to meet
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.