Be occupied
עָנָהStrong’s H6031anah (a-nah)
Appears in 78 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Anah is the Hebrew word usually translated “afflict”, “humble you” and “afflict it”. It appears in 78 verses of the Old Testament.
“Then said he unto me, Fear not, Daniel: for from the first day that thou didst set thine heart to understand, and to chasten thyself before thy God, thy words were heard, and I am come for thy words.”
Meaning
- (Qal) to be occupied, be busied with
- To afflict, oppress, humble, be afflicted, be bowed down(Qal) · (Niphal) · (Piel) · (Pual) · (Hiphil) to afflict · (Hithpael)
How it's translated
- and they will afflict 3
- and you will afflict 3
- to humble you 3
- to afflict it 2
- people afflicted 2
- you will afflict 2
- to humble 2
- he has humiliated 2
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Psalms 15
- Isaiah 9
- Deuteronomy 7
- Genesis 5
- Exodus 5
- Leviticus 5
21 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Zechariah 10:2In contextFor the idols have spoken vanity, and the diviners have seen a lie, and have told false dreams; they comfort in vain: therefore they went their way as a flock, they were troubled, because there was no shepherd.
- Genesis 15:13And he said unto Abram, Know of a surety that thy seed shall be a stranger in a land that is not theirs, and shall serve them; and they shall afflict them four hundred years;
- Genesis 16:6But Abram said unto Sarai, Behold, thy maid is in thy hand; do to her as it pleaseth thee. And when Sarai dealt hardly with her, she fled from her face.
- Genesis 16:9And the angel of the LORD said unto her, Return to thy mistress, and submit thyself under her hands.
- Genesis 31:50If thou shalt afflict my daughters, or if thou shalt take other wives beside my daughters, no man is with us; see, God is witness betwixt me and thee.
- Genesis 34:2And when Shechem the son of Hamor the Hivite, prince of the country, saw her, he took her, and lay with her, and defiled her.
All 78 verses, by book
Hebrew dictionary
עָנָה anah · be occupied
(Qal) to be occupied, be busied with
עָנָה anah · to afflict
1) to afflict, oppress, humble, be afflicted, be bowed down 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to be put down, become low 1a2) to be depressed, be downcast 1a3) to be afflicted 1a4) to stoop 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to humble oneself, bow down 1b2) to be afflicted, be humbled 1c) (Piel) 1c1) to humble, mishandle, afflict 1c2) to humble, be humiliated 1c3) to afflict 1d4) to humble, weaken oneself 1d) (Pual) 1d1) to be afflicted 1d2) to be humbled 1e) (Hiphil) to afflict 1f) (Hithpael) 1f1) to humble oneself 1f2) to be afflicted Aramaic equivalent: a.nah (עֲנָי "to afflict" H6033)
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.