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Lexicon :: Strong's H6031 - ʿānâ

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עָנָה
Transliteration
ʿānâ
Pronunciation
aw-naw'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root [possibly rather ident. with עָנָה (H6030) through the idea of looking down or browbeating]
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 1651,1652

Strong’s Definitions

עָנָה ʻânâh, aw-naw'; a primitive root (possibly rather identical with H6030 through the idea of looking down or browbeating); to depress literally or figuratively, transitive or intransitive (in various applications, as follows):—abase self, afflict(-ion, self), answer (by mistake for H6030), chasten self, deal hardly with, defile, exercise, force, gentleness, humble (self), hurt, ravish, sing (by mistake for H6030), speak (by mistake for H6030), submit self, weaken, × in any wise.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 84x

The KJV translates Strong's H6031 in the following manner: afflict (50x), humble (11x), force (5x), exercised (2x), sing (2x), Leannoth (1x), troubled (1x), weakened (1x), miscellaneous (11x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 84x
The KJV translates Strong's H6031 in the following manner: afflict (50x), humble (11x), force (5x), exercised (2x), sing (2x), Leannoth (1x), troubled (1x), weakened (1x), miscellaneous (11x).

  1. (Qal) to be occupied, be busied with

  2. to afflict, oppress, humble, be afflicted, be bowed down

    1. (Qal)

      1. to be put down, become low

      2. to be depressed, be downcast

      3. to be afflicted

      4. to stoop

    2. (Niphal)

      1. to humble oneself, bow down

      2. to be afflicted, be humbled

    3. (Piel)

      1. to humble, mishandle, afflict

      2. to humble, be humiliated

      3. to afflict

      4. to humble, weaken oneself

    4. (Pual)

      1. to be afflicted

      2. to be humbled

    5. (Hiphil) to afflict

    6. (Hithpael)

      1. to humble oneself

      2. to be afflicted

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
עָנָה ʻânâh, aw-naw'; a primitive root (possibly rather identical with H6030 through the idea of looking down or browbeating); to depress literally or figuratively, transitive or intransitive (in various applications, as follows):—abase self, afflict(-ion, self), answer (by mistake for H6030), chasten self, deal hardly with, defile, exercise, force, gentleness, humble (self), hurt, ravish, sing (by mistake for H6030), speak (by mistake for H6030), submit self, weaken, × in any wise.
STRONGS H6031: Abbreviations
† II. [עָנָה] verb be occupied, busied with (ב), only Ecclesiastes (perhaps Aramaic loan-word; Syriac bdb077502 be occupied with, bdb077503 occupation, affair; compare Arabic bdb077504, bdb077505 concern one, also be occupied by; Ecclus 42:8 margin); —
Qal Infinitive עֲנוֺתִ Ecclesiastes 1:13; Ecclesiastes 3:10.

III. [עָנָה] verb be bowed down, afflicted (Late Hebrew id.; MI Pi. ויענו Psalm 1:5, אענו Psalm 1:6; Assyrian enû thwart, frustrate, do violence to; Arabic bdb077601, bdb077602 be lowly subsmissive, see Rahlfsעָנִי und עָנָי in d. Psalmen (1892), 67 ff.; Targum עַנִּי Pa. oppress; Syriac Ethpe. humble oneself, and derivatives); —
Qal Perfect 1st person singular עָנִיתִי Psalm 116:10; Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular יַעֲנֶה Isaiah 25:5; Isaiah 31:4, etc.; —
1. be put down or become low, of song of triumph Isaiah 25:5 (others as Hiph. he putteth down, || תַּכְנִיעַ).
2. be depressed, downcast Isaiah 31:4 (of lion; || יֵחָ֑ת).
3. be afficted Psalm 116:10; Psalm 119:67; Zechariah 10:2.
Niph. Perfect 1st person singular נַעֲניתִי Psalm 119:107; Infinitive construct לֵעָנֹת (perhaps read as Qal Ges§ 51 l) Exodus 10:3; Participle נַעֲנֶה Isaiah 53:7; feminine singular נַעֲנָה Isaiah 58:10; —
1. humble oneself מִפְּנֵי Exodus 10:3.
2. be afficted Psalm 119:107; Isaiah 53:7; Isaiah 58:10.
Piel Perfect 3rd person masculine singular עִנָּה Deuteronomy 22:24 + 5 times; 2nd person masculine singular עִנִּיתָ Psalm 88:8; 1st person singular עִנֵּיתִי Psalm 35:13, suffix וְעִנִּתִךְ consecutive Nahum 1:12, etc.; Imperfect יְעַנֶּה Job 37:23, etc.; Imperative עַנּוּ Judges 19:24; Infinitive absolute עַנֵּה Exodus 22:22; construct עַנּוֺת Isaiah 58:5 +, etc.; Participle plural suffix מְעַנַּיִךְ Isaiah 60:14; Zephaniah 3:19; —
1. humble, mishandle, afflict: individual Genesis 16:6; Genesis 31:50 (J) Exodus 22:21; Exodus 22:22 (twice in verse) (E) Job 30:11; by imprisonment and bonds Judges 16:5, 6, 19; Psalm 105:18; a nation by war or in bondage Genesis 15:13 (J) Exodus 1:11, 12; Numbers 24:24 (twice in verse) (E) Deuteronomy 26:6; 1 Samuel 12:8 (inserting וַיְעַנּוּם מִצְרַיִם, so Greek Version of the LXX Dr Bu Kit HPS [compare Th We]), 2 Samuel 7:10; 2 Kings 17:20; Psalm 94:5; Isaiah 60:14; Zephaniah 3:19; dynasty of David Psalm 89:23.
2. humble, a woman by cohabitation, Genesis 34:2 (J) Deuteronomy 21:14; Deuteronomy 22:24, 29; Judges 19:24; Judges 20:5; 2 Samuel 13:12, 14, 22, 32; Ezekiel 22:10, 11; Lamentations 5:11.
3. afflict as a discipline (God agent) Deuteronomy 8:2, 3, 16; 1 Kings 11:39; Psalm 88:8; Psalm 90:15; Psalm 119:75; Isaiah 64:11; Nahum 1:12 (twice in verse); Lamentations 3:33.
4. humble, weaken, object כֹּחַ Psalm 102:24; משׁפט Job 37:23 (compare Talmud עִנָּה דִּין); נֶפֶשׁ oneself, by fasting Leviticus 16:29, 31; Leviticus 23:27, 32; Numbers 29:7 (P) Psalm 35:13; Isaiah 58:3, 5; by an oath Numbers 30:14 (P).
Pu. Perfect 1st person singular עֻנֵּיתִי Psalm 119:71; Imperfect 3rd person feminine singular תְּעֻנֶּה Leviticus 23:29; Infinitive construct suffix עֻנּוֺתוֺ Psalm 132:1; Participle מְעֻנֶּה Isaiah 53:4; —
1. be afflicted, in discipline by God Psalm 119:71; Psalm 132:1; Isaiah 53:4.
2. be humbled by fasting Leviticus 23:29 (P).
Hiph. Imperfect 2nd person masculine singular suffix תַּעֲנֵם 1 Kings 8:35 2 Chronicles 6:26 afflict, in discipline.
Hithp. Perfect 3rd person masculine singular הִתְעַנָּה 1 Kings 2:26; 2nd person masculine singular תִתְעַנִּיתָ 1 Kings 2:26; Imperfect 3rd person masculine plural יִתְעַנּוּ Psalm 107:17; Imperative הִתְעַנִּי Genesis 16:9; Infinitive construct הִתְעַנּוֺת Ezekiel 8:21; Daniel 10:12; —
1. humble oneself (with תַּחַת יָדֶיהָ) Genesis 16:9 (J).
2. be afflicted, by men 1 Kings 2:26 (twice in verse); by God in discipline Psalm 107:17.
3. humble oneself in fasting Ezra 8:21; Daniel 10:12.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

15:13; 16:6; 16:9; 16:9; 31:50; 34:2

Exodus

1:11; 1:12; 10:3; 10:3; 22:21; 22:22; 22:22

Leviticus

16:29; 16:31; 23:27; 23:29; 23:29; 23:32

Numbers

24:24; 29:7; 30:14

Deuteronomy

8:2; 8:3; 8:16; 21:14; 22:24; 22:24; 22:29; 26:6

Judges

16:5; 16:6; 16:19; 19:24; 19:24; 20:5

1 Samuel

12:8

2 Samuel

7:10; 13:12; 13:14; 13:22; 13:32

1 Kings

2:26; 2:26; 2:26; 8:35; 11:39

2 Kings

17:20

2 Chronicles

6:26

Ezra

8:21

Job

30:11; 37:23; 37:23

Psalms

1:5; 1:6; 35:13; 35:13; 88:8; 88:8; 89:23; 90:15; 94:5; 102:24; 105:18; 107:17; 107:17; 116:10; 116:10; 119:67; 119:71; 119:71; 119:75; 119:107; 119:107; 132:1; 132:1

Ecclesiastes

1:13; 3:10

Isaiah

25:5; 25:5; 31:4; 31:4; 53:4; 53:4; 53:7; 53:7; 58:3; 58:5; 58:5; 58:10; 58:10; 60:14; 60:14; 64:11

Lamentations

3:33; 5:11

Ezekiel

22:10; 22:11

Daniel

10:12; 10:12

Nahum

1:12; 1:12

Zephaniah

3:19; 3:19

Zechariah

10:2

H6031

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H6031 matches the Hebrew עָנָה (ʿānâ),
which occurs 83 times in 79 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 2 (Gen 15:13–Psa 90:15)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 15:13 - Then He said to Abram: “Know certainly that your descendants will be strangers in a land that is not theirs, and will serve them, and they will afflict them four hundred years.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 16:6 - So Abram said to Sarai, “Indeed your maid is in your hand; do to her as you please.” And when Sarai dealt harshly with her, she fled from her presence.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 16:9 - The Angel of the LORD said to her, “Return to your mistress, and submit yourself under her hand.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:50 - “If you afflict my daughters, or if you take other wives besides my daughters, although no man is with us—see, God is witness between you and me!”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 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 violated her.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 1:11 - Therefore they set taskmasters over them to afflict them with their burdens. And they built for Pharaoh supply cities, Pithom and Raamses.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 1:12 - But the more they afflicted them, the more they multiplied and grew. And they were in dread of the children of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 10:3 - So Moses and Aaron came in to Pharaoh and said to him, “Thus says the LORD God of the Hebrews: ‘How long will you refuse to humble yourself before Me? Let My people go, that they may serve Me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:22 - “You shall not afflict any widow or fatherless child.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:23 - “If you afflict them in any way, and they cry at all to Me, I will surely hear their cry;

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 16:29 - “This shall be a statute forever for you: In the seventh month, on the tenth day of the month, you shall afflict your souls, and do no work at all, whether a native of your own country or a stranger who dwells among you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 16:31 - “It is a sabbath of solemn rest for you, and you shall afflict your souls. It is a statute forever.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 23:27 - “Also the tenth day of this seventh month shall be the Day of Atonement. It shall be a holy convocation for you; you shall afflict your souls, and offer an offering made by fire to the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 23:29 - “For any person who is not afflicted in soul on that same day shall be cut off from his people.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 23:32 - “It shall be to you a sabbath of solemn rest, and you shall afflict your souls; on the ninth day of the month at evening, from evening to evening, you shall celebrate your sabbath.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 24:24 - But ships shall come from the coasts of Cyprus,[fn]
And they shall afflict Asshur and afflict Eber,
And so shall Amalek,[fn] until he perishes.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 29:7 - ‘On the tenth day of this seventh month you shall have a holy convocation. You shall afflict your souls; you shall not do any work.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 30:13 - “Every vow and every binding oath to afflict her soul, her husband may confirm it, or her husband may make it void.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 8:2 - “And you shall remember that the LORD your God led you all the way these forty years in the wilderness, to humble you and test you, to know what was in your heart, whether you would keep His commandments or not.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 8:3 - “So He humbled you, allowed you to hunger, and fed you with manna which you did not know nor did your fathers know, that He might make you know that man shall not live by bread alone; but man lives by every word that proceeds from the mouth of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 8:16 - “who fed you in the wilderness with manna, which your fathers did not know, that He might humble you and that He might test you, to do you good in the end—

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 21:14 - “And it shall be, if you have no delight in her, then you shall set her free, but you certainly shall not sell her for money; you shall not treat her brutally, because you have humbled her.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 22:24 - “then you shall bring them both out to the gate of that city, and you shall stone them to death with stones, the young woman because she did not cry out in the city, and the man because he humbled his neighbor’s wife; so you shall put away the evil from among you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 22:29

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 22:29 - “then the man who lay with her shall give to the young woman’s father fifty shekels of silver, and she shall be his wife because he has humbled her; he shall not be permitted to divorce her all his days.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 26:6 - ‘But the Egyptians mistreated us, afflicted us, and laid hard bondage on us.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:5 - And the lords of the Philistines came up to her and said to her, “Entice him, and find out where his great strength lies, and by what means we may overpower him, that we may bind him to afflict him; and every one of us will give you eleven hundred pieces of silver.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:6 - So Delilah said to Samson, “Please tell me where your great strength lies, and with what you may be bound to afflict you.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:19 - Then she lulled him to sleep on her knees, and called for a man and had him shave off the seven locks of his head. Then she began to torment him,[fn] and his strength left him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:24 - “Look, here is my virgin daughter and the man’s[fn] concubine; let me bring them out now. Humble them, and do with them as you please; but to this man do not do such a vile thing!”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 20:5 - “And the men of Gibeah rose against me, and surrounded the house at night because of me. They intended to kill me, but instead they ravished my concubine so that she died.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 7:10 - “Moreover I will appoint a place for My people Israel, and will plant them, that they may dwell in a place of their own and move no more; nor shall the sons of wickedness oppress them anymore, as previously,

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:12 - But she answered him, “No, my brother, do not force me, for no such thing should be done in Israel. Do not do this disgraceful thing!

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:14 - However, he would not heed her voice; and being stronger than she, he forced her and lay with her.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:22 - And Absalom spoke to his brother Amnon neither good nor bad. For Absalom hated Amnon, because he had forced his sister Tamar.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:32 - Then Jonadab the son of Shimeah, David’s brother, answered and said, “Let not my lord suppose they have killed all the young men, the king’s sons, for only Amnon is dead. For by the command of Absalom this has been determined from the day that he forced his sister Tamar.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:36 - “You have also given me the shield of Your salvation;
Your gentleness has made me great.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:26 - And to Abiathar the priest the king said, “Go to Anathoth, to your own fields, for you are deserving of death; but I will not put you to death at this time, because you carried the ark of the Lord GOD before my father David, and because you were afflicted every time my father was afflicted.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:35 - “When the heavens are shut up and there is no rain because they have sinned against You, when they pray toward this place and confess Your name, and turn from their sin because You afflict them,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:39 - ‘And I will afflict the descendants of David because of this, but not forever.’ ”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:20 - And the LORD rejected all the descendants of Israel, afflicted them, and delivered them into the hand of plunderers, until He had cast them from His sight.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 6:26 - “When the heavens are shut up and there is no rain because they have sinned against You, when they pray toward this place and confess Your name, and turn from their sin because You afflict them,

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:21 - Then I proclaimed a fast there at the river of Ahava, that we might humble ourselves before our God, to seek from Him the right way for us and our little ones and all our possessions.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 30:11 - Because He has loosed my[fn] bowstring and afflicted me,
They have cast off restraint before me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 37:23 - As for the Almighty, we cannot find Him;
He is excellent in power,
In judgment and abundant justice;
He does not oppress.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 35:13 - But as for me, when they were sick,
My clothing was sackcloth;
I humbled myself with fasting;
And my prayer would return to my own heart.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 55:19 - God will hear, and afflict them,
Even He who abides from of old. Selah
Because they do not change,
Therefore they do not fear God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 88:1 - A Song. A Psalm of the sons of Korah. To the Chief Musician. Set to “Mahalath Leannoth.” A Contemplation[fn] of Heman the Ezrahite.

O LORD, God of my salvation,
I have cried out day and night before You.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 88:7 - Your wrath lies heavy upon me,
And You have afflicted me with all Your waves. Selah

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:22 - The enemy shall not outwit him,
Nor the son of wickedness afflict him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 90:15 - Make us glad according to the days in which You have afflicted us,
The years in which we have seen evil.

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