Anah
עֲנָהStrong’s H6034anah (a-nah)
Appears in 10 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Anah is the Hebrew word usually translated “anah”. It appears in 10 verses of the Old Testament.
“Esau took his wives of the daughters of Canaan; Adah the daughter of Elon the Hittite, and Aholibamah the daughter of Anah the daughter of Zibeon the Hivite;”
Meaning
- Son of Zibeon and father of Aholibamah, a wife of Esau
- A Horite chief
- Daughter of Zibeon
How it's translated
- anah 8
- and anah 4
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Genesis 7
- 1 Chronicles 3
2 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Genesis 36:14And these were the sons of Aholibamah, the daughter of Anah the daughter of Zibeon, Esau’s wife: and she bare to Esau Jeush, and Jaalam, and Korah.
- Genesis 36:18And these are the sons of Aholibamah Esau’s wife; duke Jeush, duke Jaalam, duke Korah: these were the dukes that came of Aholibamah the daughter of Anah, Esau’s wife.
- Genesis 36:20These are the sons of Seir the Horite, who inhabited the land; Lotan, and Shobal, and Zibeon, and Anah,
- Genesis 36:24And these are the children of Zibeon; both Ajah, and Anah: this was that Anah that found the mules in the wilderness, as he fed the asses of Zibeon his father.
- Genesis 36:25And the children of Anah were these; Dishon, and Aholibamah the daughter of Anah.
- Genesis 36:29These are the dukes that came of the Horites; duke Lotan, duke Shobal, duke Zibeon, duke Anah,
Hebrew dictionary
עֲנָה anah · Anah
A woman living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.36.2; daughter of: Zibeon (H6649); married to Beeri (H0882); mother of: Oholibamah (H0173) § Anah = "answer" 1) son of Zibeon and father of Aholibamah, a wife of Esau 2) a Horite chief 3) daughter of Zibeon
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.