To complain
אָנַןStrong’s H0596anan (a-nan)
Appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Anan is the Hebrew word usually translated “like complain” and “complain”. It appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament.
“And when the people complained, it displeased the LORD: and the LORD heard it; and his anger was kindled; and the fire of the LORD burnt among them, and consumed them that were in the uttermost parts of the camp.”
Meaning
- (Hithpael) complain, murmur
How it's translated
- like complain 1
- will he complain 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Numbers 1
- Lamentations 1
2 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
Hebrew dictionary
אָנַן anan · to complain
(Hithpael) complain, murmur
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “complain” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
COMPLAIN, verb intransitive
- To utter expressions of grief; to lament.“I will complain in the bitterness of my spirit” Job 7:11“I complained and my spirit was overwhelmed” Psalms 77:3
- To utter expressions of censure or resentment; to murmur; to find fault.“And when the people complained, it displeased the Lord” Numbers 11:1
- To utter expressions of uneasiness, or pain.
- To charge; to accuse of an offense; to present an accusation against a person to a proper officer.
All definitions and other forms of “complain”
- To represent injuries, particularly in a writ of Audita Querela.
COMPLAIN, verb transitive
To lament; to bewail.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.