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Lexicon :: Strong's H579 - 'ānâ

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אָנָה
Transliteration
'ānâ
Pronunciation
aw-naw'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root [perhaps rather identical with אָנָה (H578) through the idea of contraction in anguish]
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 126

Strong’s Definitions

אָנָה ʼânâh, aw-naw'; a primitive root (perhaps rather identical with H578 through the idea of contraction in anguish); to approach; hence, to meet in various senses:—befall, deliver, happen, seek a quarrel.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 4x

The KJV translates Strong's H579 in the following manner: deliver (1x), befall, happen, seeketh a quarrel.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 4x
The KJV translates Strong's H579 in the following manner: deliver (1x), befall, happen, seeketh a quarrel.

  1. to meet, encounter, approach, be opportune

    1. (Piel) to allow to meet, cause to meet

    2. (Pual) to be sent, be allowed to meet

    3. (Hithpael) to seek occasion (quarrel), cause oneself to meet

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
אָנָה ʼânâh, aw-naw'; a primitive root (perhaps rather identical with H578 through the idea of contraction in anguish); to approach; hence, to meet in various senses:—befall, deliver, happen, seek a quarrel.
STRONGS H579: Abbreviations
† III. [אָנָה] verb be opportune, meet, encounter opportunely (Arabic أَنَى the right time is come, or it is come to the right time, or to maturity, or is opportune).
Pi. Perfect אִנָּה Exodus 21:13 cause (or allow) to meet in בְיָדוֺ הָאֱלֹהִים א׳ (object omitted), i.e. without any purpose of the man to whom suffix Ref.
Pu. be allowed to meet, be sent, Imperfect יְאֻנֶּה Proverbs 12:21 (with ל); 3rd person feminine singular תְּאֻנֶּה Psalm 91:10 (with אֶל), subject evil.
Hithp. cause oneself to meet, seek occasion (= seek a quarrel with) followed by ל 2 Kings 5:7.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Exodus

21:13

2 Kings

5:7

Psalms

91:10

Proverbs

12:21

H579

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H579 matches the Hebrew אָנָה ('ānâ),
which occurs 4 times in 4 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:13 - But if he did not lie in wait for him, but God let him fall into his hand, then I will appoint for you a place to which he may flee.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 5:7 - And when the king of Israel read the letter, he tore his clothes and said, “Am I God, to kill and to make alive, that this man sends word to me to cure a man of his leprosy? Only consider, and see how he is seeking a quarrel with me.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 91:10 - no evil shall be allowed to befall you,
no plague come near your tent.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 12:21 - No ill befalls the righteous,
but the wicked are filled with trouble.
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