אָנַח anach
Hebrew word for “to sigh” · Strong’s H584 · used 13 times in 12 verses
Meaning
1) (Niphal) sigh, groan (in pain or grief), gasp; 1a) moan (of cattle)
How it is translated
Glosses given for anach in context, with how often each is used:
- groaning 4
- will groan 2
- has groaned 2
- groaned 1
- sighs 1
- have groaned 1
- who sigh 1
- groan 1
Where it is used
| Book | Uses | Per 1,000 words | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lamentations | 4 | 2.6 | |
| Ezekiel | 4 | 0.2 | |
| Exodus | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Proverbs | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Isaiah | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Jeremiah | 1 | 0.0 | |
| Joel | 1 | 1.0 |
Chapters where it is used most
Lamentations 1 (4), Ezekiel 21 (2), Exodus 2 (1), Proverbs 29 (1), Isaiah 24 (1), Jeremiah 22 (1), Ezekiel 9 (1), Joel 1 (1)
Forms
- נאנחה 3
- נאנחים 2
- ויאנחו 1
- יאנח 1
- נאנחו 1
- נחנת 1
- הנאנחים 1
- האנח 1
- תאנח 1
- נאנח 1
Words used with it
Words that share verses with anach more often than their overall frequency would suggest:
- מָה mah “what?” 3
- אַתָּה attah “you(m.s.)” 3
- לֵב lev “heart” 2
- יְרוּשָׁלִַם yerushalaim “Jerusalem” 2
- גַּם gam “also” 2
- אַיִן ayin “nothing” 2
- שׁוּב shuv “to return” 2
- רָאָה raah “to see” 2
Key verses
The verses using anach that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):
- Exodus 2:23 — And it came to pass in process of time, that the king of Egypt died: and the children of Israel sighed by reason of the bondage, and they cried, and their cry…
- Proverbs 29:2 — When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice: but when the wicked beareth rule, the people mourn.
- Isaiah 24:7 — The new wine mourneth, the vine languisheth, all the merryhearted do sigh.
- Jeremiah 22:23 — O inhabitant of Lebanon, that makest thy nest in the cedars, how gracious shalt thou be when pangs come upon thee, the pain as of a woman in travail!
- Lamentations 1:4 — The ways of Zion do mourn, because none come to the solemn feasts: all her gates are desolate: her priests sigh, her virgins are afflicted, and she is in…
- Lamentations 1:8 — Jerusalem hath grievously sinned; therefore she is removed: all that honoured her despise her, because they have seen her nakedness: yea, she sigheth, and…
- Lamentations 1:11 — All her people sigh, they seek bread; they have given their pleasant things for meat to relieve the soul: see, O LORD, and consider; for I am become vile.
- Lamentations 1:21 — They have heard that I sigh: there is none to comfort me: all mine enemies have heard of my trouble; they are glad that thou hast done thou wilt bring the day…
- Ezekiel 9:4 — And the LORD said unto him, Go through the midst of the city, through the midst of Jerusalem, and set a mark upon the foreheads of the men that sigh and that…
- Ezekiel 21:6 — Sigh therefore, thou son of man, with the breaking of thy loins; and with bitterness sigh before their eyes.
- Ezekiel 21:7 — And it shall be, when they say unto thee, Wherefore sighest thou? that thou shalt answer, For the tidings; because it cometh: and every heart shall melt, and…
- Joel 1:18 — How do the beasts groan! the herds of cattle are perplexed, because they have no pasture; yea, the flocks of sheep are made desolate.
See all 12 verses in the Word Atlas
Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.