אֲנַחְנוּ anachnu

Hebrew word for “we” · Strong’s H587 · used 120 times in 115 verses

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Meaning

we (first pers. pl. -usually used for emphasis)

How it is translated

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

• we 120

Where it is used

Also in 11 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

Genesis 42 (5), Nehemiah 4 (5), Joshua 9 (4), Nehemiah 5 (4), Nehemiah 9 (4), Joshua 2 (3), 2 Kings 7 (3), 2 Kings 10 (3), Jeremiah 8 (3), Genesis 43 (2)

Forms

• אנחנו 89
• ואנחנו 31

Words used with it

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

• עֶבֶד eved “servant/slave” 19
• אָב av “father” 18
• גַּם gam “also” 14
• אָח ach “brother” 13
• מָה mah “what?” 13
• נוּ nu “us” 10
• אֱנוֹשׁ enosh “human” 12
• עַתָּה attah “now” 11
• הִנֵּה hinneh “behold” 13
• אַתָּה attah “you(m.s.)” 12
• אַיִן ayin “nothing” 10
• יָשַׁב yashav “to dwell” 11

Key verses

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

• Genesis 13:8 — And Abram said unto Lot, Let there be no strife, I pray thee, between me and thee, and between my herdmen and thy herdmen; for we be brethren.
• Genesis 42:21 — And they said one to another, We are verily guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the anguish of his soul, when he besought us, and we would not hear;…
• Ezra 9:7 — Since the days of our fathers have we been in a great trespass unto this day; and for our iniquities have we, our kings, and our priests, been delivered into…
• Psalms 20:7 — Some trust in chariots, and some in horses: but we will remember the name of the LORD our God.
• Psalms 95:7 — For he is our God; and we are the people of his pasture, and the sheep of his hand. To day if ye will hear his voice,
• Psalms 100:3 — Know ye that the LORD he is God: it is he that hath made us, and not we ourselves; we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture.
• Isaiah 64:8 — But now, O LORD, thou art our father; we are the clay, and thou our potter; and we all are the work of thy hand.
• Jeremiah 3:25 — We lie down in our shame, and our confusion covereth us: for we have sinned against the LORD our God, we and our fathers, from our youth even unto this day,…
• Jeremiah 8:14 — Why do we sit still? assemble yourselves, and let us enter into the defenced cities, and let us be silent there: for the LORD our God hath put us to silence,…
• Jeremiah 44:17 — But we will certainly do whatsoever thing goeth forth out of our own mouth, to burn incense unto the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings unto her,…
• Daniel 9:18 — O my God, incline thine ear, and hear; open thine eyes, and behold our desolations, and the city which is called by thy name: for we do not present our…
• Malachi 3:15 — And now we call the proud happy; yea, they that work wickedness are set up; yea, they that tempt God are even delivered.

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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.