To fine
עָנַשׁStrong’s H6064anash (a-nash)
Appears in 8 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Anash is the Hebrew word usually translated “certainly”, “fined” and “fine”. It appears in 8 verses of the Old Testament.
“If men strive, and hurt a woman with child, so that her fruit depart from her, and yet no mischief follow: he shall be surely punished, according as the woman’s husband will lay upon him; and he shall pay as the judges determine.”
Meaning
- To fine, amerce, punish, condemn, mulct(Qal) to fine, punish · (Niphal) to be fined, be punished, be mulcted
How it's translated
- certainly 1
- he will be fined 1
- and they will fine 1
- and he imposed a fine on 1
- to impose a fine 1
- when punish 1
- and they are punished 1
- they are punished 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Proverbs 4
- Exodus 1
- Deuteronomy 1
- 2 Chronicles 1
- Amos 1
5 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Deuteronomy 22:19And they shall amerce him in an hundred shekels of silver, and give them unto the father of the damsel, because he hath brought up an evil name upon a virgin of Israel: and she shall be his wife; he may not put her away all his days.
- 2 Chronicles 36:3And the king of Egypt put him down at Jerusalem, and condemned the land in an hundred talents of silver and a talent of gold.
- Proverbs 17:26Also to punish the just is not good, nor to strike princes for equity.
- Proverbs 21:11When the scorner is punished, the simple is made wise: and when the wise is instructed, he receiveth knowledge.
- Proverbs 22:3A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself: but the simple pass on, and are punished.
- Proverbs 27:12A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself; but the simple pass on, and are punished.
Hebrew dictionary
עָנַשׁ anash · to fine
1) to fine, amerce, punish, condemn, mulct 1a) (Qal) to fine, punish 1b) (Niphal) to be fined, be punished, be mulcted
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “fine” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
FINE, adjective
- Small; thin; slender; minute; of very small diameter; as a fine thread; fine silk; a fine hair.
- Subtil; thin; tenuous; as, fine spirits evaporate; a finer medium opposed to a grosser.
- Thin; keep; smoothly sharp; as the fine edge of a razor.
- Made of fine threads; not coarse; as fine linen or cambric.
All definitions and other forms of “fine”
- Clear; pure; free from feculence or foreign matter; as fine gold or silver; wine is not good till fine
- Refined.
- Nice; delicate; perceiving or discerning minute beauties or deformities; as a fine taste; a fine sense.
- Subtil; artful; dextrous. [See Finess.]
- Subtil; sly; fraudulent.
- Elegant; beautiful in thought.
- Very handsome; beautiful with dignity.
- Accomplished; elegant in manners.
- Accomplished in learning; excellent; as a fine scholar.
- Excellent; superior; brilliant or acute; as a man of fine genius.
- Amiable; noble; ingenuous; excellent; as a man of a fine mind.
- Showy; splendid; elegant; as a range of fine buildings; a fine house or garden; a fine view.
- Ironically, worthy of contemptuous notice; eminent for bad qualities.
FINE, noun
[This word is the basis of finance, but I have not found it, in its simple form, in any modern language, except the English. The word seems to be the Latin finis, and the application of it to pecuniary compensation seems to have proceeded from its feudal use, in the transfer of lands, in which a final agreement or concord was made between the lord and his vassal.]
- In a feudal sense, a final agreement between persons concerning lands or rents, or between the lord and his vassal, prescribing the conditions on which the latter should hold his lands.
- A sum of money paid to the lord by his tenant, for permission to alienate or transfer his lands to another.
- A sum of money paid to the king or state by way of penalty for an offense; a mulet; a pecuniary punishment.
FINE, verb transitive
[See fine the adjective.]
- To clarify; to refine; to purify; to defecate; to free from feculence or foreign matter; as, to fine wine.
- To purify, as a metal; as, to fine gold or silver.
- To make less coarse; as, to fine grass. [Not used.]
- To decorate; to adorn. [Not in use.]
FINE, verb transitive
[See fine the noun.]
- To impose on one a pecuniary penalty, payable to the government, for a crime or breach of law; to set a fine on by judgment of a court; to punish by fine The trespassers were fined ten dollars and imprisoned a month.
- verb intransitive To pay a fine [Not used.]
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.