אֲנָחָה anachah

Hebrew word for “sighing” · Strong’s H585 · used 11 times in 11 verses

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Meaning

sighing, groaning (expression of grief or physical distress)

How it is translated

Glosses given for anachah in context, with how often each is used:

• groaning 7
• sighing 3
• groanings 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Job 3 (1), Job 23 (1), Psalms 6 (1), Psalms 31 (1), Psalms 38 (1), Psalms 102 (1), Isaiah 21 (1), Isaiah 35 (1), Isaiah 51 (1), Jeremiah 45 (1)

Forms

• אנחתי 4
• באנחתי 2
• ואנחה 2
• באנחה 1
• ואנחתי 1
• אנחתה 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with anachah more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• יָגוֹן yagon “sorrow” 4
• שָׂשׂוֹן sasvon “rejoicing” 2
• יָגֵעַ yaga “be weary/toil” 2
• רִנָּה rinnah “cry” 2
• נָשַׂג nasag “to overtake” 2
• פָּדָה padah “to ransom” 2
• שִׂמְחָה simchah “joy” 2
• עֶצֶם etsem “bone” 2
• נוּס nus “to flee” 2
• נִי ni “me” 3
• צִיּוֹן tsiyyon “Zion” 2
• עוֹלָם olam “forever” 2

Key verses

The verses using anachah that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Job 3:24 — For my sighing cometh before I eat, and my roarings are poured out like the waters.
• Job 23:2 — Even to day is my complaint bitter: my stroke is heavier than my groaning.
• Psalms 6:6 — I am weary with my groaning; all the night make I my bed to swim; I water my couch with my tears.
• Psalms 31:10 — For my life is spent with grief, and my years with sighing: my strength faileth because of mine iniquity, and my bones are consumed.
• Psalms 38:9 — Lord, all my desire is before thee; and my groaning is not hid from thee.
• Psalms 102:5 — By reason of the voice of my groaning my bones cleave to my skin.
• Isaiah 21:2 — A grievous vision is declared unto me; the treacherous dealer dealeth treacherously, and the spoiler spoileth. Go up, O Elam: besiege, O Media; all the sighing…
• Isaiah 35:10 — And the ransomed of the LORD shall return, and come to Zion with songs and everlasting joy upon their heads: they shall obtain joy and gladness, and sorrow and…
• Isaiah 51:11 — Therefore the redeemed of the LORD shall return, and come with singing unto Zion; and everlasting joy shall be upon their head: they shall obtain gladness and…
• Jeremiah 45:3 — Thou didst say, Woe is me now! for the LORD hath added grief to my sorrow; I fainted in my sighing, and I find no rest.
• Lamentations 1:22 — Let all their wickedness come before thee; and do unto them, as thou hast done unto me for all my transgressions: for my sighs are many, and my heart is faint.

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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.