עָנָו anav
Hebrew word for “poor” · Strong’s H6035 · used 22 times in 21 verses
Meaning
1) poor, humble, afflicted, meek; 1a) poor, needy; 1b) poor and weak; 1c) poor, weak and afflicted; 1d) humble, lowly, meek
How it is translated
Glosses given for anav in context, with how often each is used:
- humble people 20
- humble 1
- poor people 1
Where it is used
Chapters where it is used most
Psalms 10 (2), Numbers 12 (1), Job 24 (1), Psalms 9 (1), Psalms 22 (1), Psalms 25 (1), Psalms 34 (1), Psalms 37 (1), Psalms 69 (1), Psalms 76 (1)
Forms
- ענוים 15
- ענוי 2
- עניו 1
- עניי 1
- וענוים 1
- ולענוים 1
- לענוי 1
Words used with it
Words that share verses with anav more often than their overall frequency would suggest:
- דָּרַשׁ darash “to seek” 3
- שָׁפֵל shaphel “to abase” 2
- רוּחַ ruach “spirit” 3
- דַּל dal “poor” 2
- מִשְׁפָּט mishpat “justice” 3
- אֶבְיוֹן evyon “needy” 2
- שָׁכַח shakhach “to forget” 2
- דֶּרֶךְ derekh “way” 3
- צֶדֶק tsedeq “righteousness” 2
- הָלַל halal “to boast” 2
- שָׂמַח samach “to rejoice” 2
- נָטָה natah “to stretch” 2
Key verses
The verses using anav that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):
- Numbers 12:3 — (Now the man Moses was very meek, above all the men which were upon the face of the earth.)
- Psalms 9:12 — When he maketh inquisition for blood, he remembereth them: he forgetteth not the cry of the humble.
- Psalms 10:17 — LORD, thou hast heard the desire of the humble: thou wilt prepare their heart, thou wilt cause thine ear to hear:
- Psalms 22:26 — The meek shall eat and be satisfied: they shall praise the LORD that seek him: your heart shall live for ever.
- Psalms 25:9 — The meek will he guide in judgment: and the meek will he teach his way.
- Psalms 149:4 — For the LORD taketh pleasure in his people: he will beautify the meek with salvation.
- Proverbs 14:21 — He that despiseth his neighbour sinneth: but he that hath mercy on the poor, happy is he.
- Isaiah 11:4 — But with righteousness shall he judge the poor, and reprove with equity for the meek of the earth: and he shall smite the earth with the rod of his mouth, and…
- Isaiah 29:19 — The meek also shall increase their joy in the LORD, and the poor among men shall rejoice in the Holy One of Israel.
- Isaiah 61:1 — The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me; because the LORD hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to…
- Amos 2:7 — That pant after the dust of the earth on the head of the poor, and turn aside the way of the meek: and a man and his father will go in unto the same maid, to…
- Zephaniah 2:3 — Seek ye the LORD, all ye meek of the earth, which have wrought his judgment; seek righteousness, seek meekness: it may be ye shall be hid in the day of the…
See all 21 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.