Confiscation
עֲנָשׁStrong’s H6066anash (a-nash)
Appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Anash is the Hebrew word usually translated “fine” and “penalty”. It appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament.
“And Pharaohnechoh put him in bands at Riblah in the land of Hamath, that he might not reign in Jerusalem; and put the land to a tribute of an hundred talents of silver, and a talent of gold.”
Meaning
- (CLBL) to fine
- (BDB/TWOT) confiscation, fining, amercing
How it's translated
- a fine 1
- penalty 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- 2 Kings 1
- Proverbs 1
2 books in all.
Related words
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Hebrew dictionary
עֲנָשׁ anash · confiscation
v 1) (CLBL) to fine 2) (BDB/TWOT) confiscation, fining, amercing
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “confiscation” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
CONFISCATION, noun
The act of condemning as forfeited, and adjudging to the public treasury; as the goods of a criminal who has committed a public offense.
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.