עָנָה anah

Hebrew word for “to afflict” · Strong’s H6031 · used 82 times in 78 verses

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Meaning

1) to afflict, oppress, humble, be afflicted, be bowed down;

Senses in the lexicon

• to afflict (80)
• be occupied (2)

How it is translated

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

• afflicted 13
• will afflict 12
• humble 8
• afflict 4
• humble yourself 3
• humbled 3
• has humiliated 3
• have afflicted 3
• people afflicted 2
• have humiliated 2
• has afflicted 2
• those who afflicted 2

Where it is used

Also in 9 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

2 Samuel 13 (4), Psalms 119 (4), Leviticus 23 (3), Deuteronomy 8 (3), Judges 16 (3), Isaiah 58 (3), Genesis 16 (2), Exodus 1 (2), Exodus 22 (2), Leviticus 16 (2)

Forms

• ענה 7
• וענו 4
• ועניתם 4
• ענו 4
• תענה 3
• יענו 3
• יענה 3
• עניתי 3
• ויענה 2
• ענתו 2

Words used with it

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

• נֶפֶשׁ nephesh “soul” 13
• צוֹם tsom “fast” 4
• זֶה zeh “this” 9
• מַעַן maan “because” 6
• כֹּחַ koach “strength” 5
• עָשׂוֹר asvor “ten” 3
• ךְ kh “you” 5
• עַד ad “till” 7
• תַּחַת tachat “underneath” 5
• יָדַע yada “to know” 6
• כֶם khem “you” 5
• חֹדֶשׁ chodesh “month” 4

Key verses

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

• Genesis 15:13 — And he said unto Abram, Know of a surety that thy seed shall be a stranger in a land that is not theirs, and shall serve them; and they shall afflict them four…
• Genesis 34:2 — And when Shechem the son of Hamor the Hivite, prince of the country, saw her, he took her, and lay with her, and defiled her.
• Exodus 10:3 — And Moses and Aaron came in unto Pharaoh, and said unto him, Thus saith the LORD God of the Hebrews, How long wilt thou refuse to humble thyself before me? let…
• Deuteronomy 8:2 — And thou shalt remember all the way which the LORD thy God led thee these forty years in the wilderness, to humble thee, and to prove thee, to know what was in…
• 2 Kings 17:20 — And the LORD rejected all the seed of Israel, and afflicted them, and delivered them into the hand of spoilers, until he had cast them out of his sight.
• Ezra 8:21 — Then I proclaimed a fast there, at the river of Ahava, that we might afflict ourselves before our God, to seek of him a right way for us, and for our little…
• Job 37:23 — Touching the Almighty, we cannot find him out: he is excellent in power, and in judgment, and in plenty of justice: he will not afflict.
• Isaiah 58:3 — Wherefore have we fasted, say they, and thou seest not? wherefore have we afflicted our soul, and thou takest no knowledge? Behold, in the day of your fast ye…
• Isaiah 60:14 — The sons also of them that afflicted thee shall come bending unto thee; and all they that despised thee shall bow themselves down at the soles of thy feet; and…
• Daniel 10:12 — Then said he unto me, Fear not, Daniel: for from the first day that thou didst set thine heart to understand, and to chasten thyself before thy God, thy words…
• Zephaniah 3:19 — Behold, at that time I will undo all that afflict thee: and I will save her that halteth, and gather her that was driven out; and I will get them praise and…
• Zechariah 10:2 — For the idols have spoken vanity, and the diviners have seen a lie, and have told false dreams; they comfort in vain: therefore they went their way as a flock,…

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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.