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Lexicon :: Strong's H6030 - 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
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TWOT Reference: 1650,1653

Strong’s Definitions

עָנָה ʻânâh, aw-naw'; a primitive root; properly, to eye or (generally) to heed, i.e. pay attention; by implication, to respond; by extension to begin to speak; specifically to sing, shout, testify, announce:—give account, afflict (by mistake for 6031), (cause to, give) answer, bring low (by mistake for 6031), cry, hear, Leannoth, lift up, say, × scholar, (give a) shout, sing (together by course), speak, testify, utter, (bear) witness. See also H1042, H1043.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 329x

The KJV translates Strong's H6030 in the following manner: answer (242x), hear (42x), testify (12x), speak (8x), sing (4x), bear (3x), cry (2x), witness (2x), give (1x), miscellaneous (13x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 329x
The KJV translates Strong's H6030 in the following manner: answer (242x), hear (42x), testify (12x), speak (8x), sing (4x), bear (3x), cry (2x), witness (2x), give (1x), miscellaneous (13x).
  1. to answer, respond, testify, speak, shout

    1. (Qal)

      1. to answer, respond to

      2. to testify, respond as a witness

    2. (Niphal)

      1. to make answer

      2. to be answered, receive answer

  2. (Qal) to sing, utter tunefully

  3. (Qal) to dwell

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
עָנָה ʻânâh, aw-naw'; a primitive root; properly, to eye or (generally) to heed, i.e. pay attention; by implication, to respond; by extension to begin to speak; specifically to sing, shout, testify, announce:—give account, afflict (by mistake for 6031), (cause to, give) answer, bring low (by mistake for 6031), cry, hear, Leannoth, lift up, say, × scholar, (give a) shout, sing (together by course), speak, testify, utter, (bear) witness. See also H1042, H1043.
STRONGS H6030: Abbreviations
† [עוּן] verb dwell (probably; √ of following; Arabic bdb073210, bdb073211 is support, help, see especially FlKl. Schr. i. 87 ff.); —
Qal Perfect 3rd person feminine singular consecutive וְעָנָה֫ (read וְעָ֫נָה ?) Isaiah 13:22 and jackals shall dwell, etc. (on agreement see Ges§ 145 k; || שׁכן Isaiah 13:21 ), so Greek Version of the LXX Buhl; CheHeb. Hpt. 124 וְשָֽׁכְנוּ; > Syriac Version Targum Vulgate and others √ IV. ענה. — Psalm 87:7 see מַעְיָן.

I. עָנָה verb answer, respond (Late Hebrew id., respond, make response; Targum עֲנָא; Syriac bdb077205, Old Aramaic, Palmyrene ענה; compare Arabic bdb077206, bdb077207, intend by saying); —
Qal Perfect 3rd person masculine singular ע׳ Micah 6:5 +; suffix עָנַנִי 1 Samuel 28:15 +, עָנָךְ Isaiah 30:19; Jeremiah 23:37, עָנָהוּ 1 Samuel 9:17 +; 1st person singular עָנִיתִי Hosea 14:9 [Hosea 14:8], etc.; Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular יַעֲנֶה Genesis 41:16 +, וַיַּעַן Amos 7:14 +, suffix יַעֲנֵנִי Job 20:3 +, etc.; Imperative עֲנֵה Micah 6:3; Proverbs 26:5 etc.; Infinitive construct עֲנוֺת Genesis 45:3 + [2 Samuel 22:36 see עֲנָוָה]; Participle עֹנֶה Judges 19:28 +, etc.; —
1. answer, respond to something said, actual or implied, Judges 8:8; 1 Samuel 4:20; Job 9:15 +; especially
a. of men, with accusative of person Genesis 45:3 (E), Judges 5:29; 2 Kings 18:36 = Isaiah 36:21; Job 5:1 + very often (approximately + 110 times); specifically be responsive, i.e. answer kindly, grant request 1 Kings 12:7 (suffix person); = be amenable, docile (toward י׳) Hosea 2:17 [Hosea 2:15] (of Israel in figure); seldom and late, with accusative of thing replied to, Job 32:12; Job 33:13 (De Di Bu), Job 40:2.
b. of God answering (graciously): usually with accusative of person; by oracle 1 Samuel 14:37; 1 Samuel 28:6, 1 Samuel 28:15 +, figurative Habakkuk 2:11; by deed 1 Samuel 7:9; 1 Kings 18:37 (twice in verse), compare בָּאֵשׁ 1 Kings 18:24; 1 Chronicles 21:26, and especially Hosea 2:23 [Hosea 2:21]; Hosea 2:24 [Hosea 2:22]; Hosea 14:9 [Hosea 14:8], see also Micah 3:4; Isaiah 41:17; Isaiah 49:8; Jeremiah 33:3; Job 12:4 +, especially Psalms, e.g. Psalm 3:5 [Psalm 3:4]; Psalm 4:2 [Psalm 4:1]; Psalm 20:2 [Psalm 20:1] + 33 times, etc. (in all approximately + 77 times).
c. rarely with accusative, or clause, of answer: פַּרְעֹה אֶת־שְׁלוֹם יע'אלהים Genesis 41:16; Job 15:2; Proverbs 18:23; Nehemiah 8:6 they responded, Amen! 2 Samuel 19:43 they made reply against Israel (with עַל against, only here), + quoted answer; with accusative of person + answer 1 Samuel 20:28 Jonathan answered Saul, David asked leave, etc.; with 2 accusative (approximately + 20 times) 2 Kings 18:36 = Isaiah 36:21; Job 23:5 +; so = grant, vouchsafe to, נוֺרָאוֺת תַּעֲנֵנוּ Psalm 65:6 [Psalm 65:5] terrible things dost thou [י׳] vouchsafe to us.
d. often + אָמַר Genesis 18:27 Abraham answered and said, Exodus 4:1 (J), Exodus 19:8 (E), Job 4:1; Job 6:1 etc.; + אָמַר אֶלֿ Genesis 27:39 + 16 times; + לְ א׳ Genesis 27:37 + 8 times; י׳ + accusative of person + אמר, 1 Samuel 9:8 he answered Saul and said, + 23 times (in all approximately + 130 times); seldom + לֵאמֹר Numbers 32:31 (P), ע׳ + accusative of person + עא׳ Genesis 23:5, Genesis 23:10, Genesis 23:14 (P), Genesis 41:16; Genesis 42:22 (E), Joshua 1:16 (D).
e. seldom + דִּבֶּר Joshua 22:21 (P), 2 Kings 1:10, 2 Kings 1:11, 2 Kings 1:12; ע׳ + accusative of person + ר׳ Genesis 34:13 (P).
2.
a. respond to an occasion, speak in view of circumstances : 1 Samuel 9:17 (accusative of person + quotation), Judges 18:14)+ אָמַר), Numbers 11:28 (J E; + id.), 2 Kings 1:11 (+ id.), + 19 times
b. figurative יַעֲנֶה אֶתהַֿכֹּל Ecclesiastes 10:19; money meets all demands.
3.
a. specifically respond as a witness, testify, so perhaps participleעֹנֶה (absolute) Malachi 2:12 (in good sense); with בְּ person= in the case of = for Genesis 30:33; usually against, 1 Samuel 12:3; 2 Samuel 1:16; Isaiah 3:9; Isaiah 59:12; Micah 6:3; Jeremiah 14:7; Numbers 35:30 (P), Ruth 1:21 (>Be be occupied with, II.ענה; Vrss Luth KitKau עִנָּה humiliate); with בְּפָנָיו Hosea 5:5; Hosea 7:10; Job 16:8; with לְפָנָיו Deuteronomy 31:21 (+ לְעֵד as witness); with בְּ person + accusative of charge, סָרָה Deuteronomy 19:16, of false witness שֶׁקֶר Deuteronomy 19:18, עֵדשֶֿׁקֶר Exodus 20:16 (Ginsb Exodus 20:13), || Deuteronomy 5:17 ; Proverbs 25:18: absolute (bad implication) Exodus 23:2 (E; עַל concerning).
b. less often make response as one accused (respondent) Job 9:14, Job 9:15.
Niph..
1. make answer, subject י׳, with ל person, Perfect 1st person singular נַעֲנֵיתִי Ezekiel 14:4; Participle נַעֲנֶה (Qal not in Ezekiel).
2. be answered: Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular יֵעָנֶה,
a. Job 11:2 (subject words).
b. of man = receive answer Proverbs 21:13, so 1st person singular אֵעָנֶה Job 19:7.
Hiph. Participle מַעֲנֶה בְּשִׂמְחַת לִבּוֺ Ecclesiastes 5:19 [Ecclesiastes 5:20], wholly dubious; Hi (God) causes (all things) to respond in the joy of his heart; De answers to the joy, etc.; de Jong Wild occupies him (II. עָנָה) with the joy, etc.

See related Aramaic BDB entry H6032.

† IV. עָנָה verb sing (Arabic bdb077701 sing, chant, bdb077702 singing, chanting, etc.; Syriac bdb077703 sing responsively, bdb077704 hymn, refrain; possibly Assyrian enû, resound (?); Egyptian anni is loan-word according to Bondi80); —
Qal Perfect 3rd person masculine singular וְעָנוּ consecutive Jeremiah 51:14; Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular יַעַנֶה Jeremiah 25:30; 3rd person feminine singular וַתַּעַן Exodus 15:21; 3rd person feminine plural וַתַּעֲנֶינָה 1 Samuel 18:7, etc.; Imperative עֱנוּ Numbers 21:17; Psalm 147:7; Infinitive construct עֲנוֺת Exodus 32:18 (twice in verse); — sing, utter tunefully, Exodus 15:21 (E) and Miriam sang to (ל) them; of uttering shout (הֵידָד), as in vintage Jeremiah 25:30 (י׳ subject; + אֶלֿ person), in attack Jeremiah 51:14 (+ עַלֿ person); (חֲלוּשָׁה) קוֺל עֲנוֺת גְּבוּרָה Exodus 32:18 (twice in verse) (E); with ל of thing or person laudation Numbers 21:17 (J E; well); Psalm 147:7 (י׳; || זַמְּרוּ), Ezra 3:11; + אָמַר 1 Samuel 18:7 the women sang, and said; יַעֲנוּ בַמְּחֹלוֺת לֵאמֹר 1 Samuel 21:12 [1 Samuel 21:11]; 1 Samuel 29:5; with accusative of thing laudation Psalm 119:172 (compare || Psalm 119:171). — Isaiah 14:22 see עון.
Pi. intensive: Imperative עַנּוּלָֿהּ Isaiah 27:2 sing sweetly of it; Infinitive קוֺל עַנּוֺת Exodus 32:18 (E) the sound of distinct singing; compare לְעַנּוֺת Psalm 88:1.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

18:27; 23:5; 23:10; 23:14; 27:37; 27:39; 30:33; 34:13; 41:16; 41:16; 41:16; 42:22; 45:3; 45:3

Exodus

4:1; 15:21; 15:21; 19:8; 20:13; 20:16; 23:2; 32:18; 32:18; 32:18

Numbers

11:28; 21:17; 21:17; 32:31; 35:30

Deuteronomy

5:17; 19:16; 19:18; 31:21

Joshua

1:16; 22:21

Judges

5:29; 8:8; 18:14; 19:28

Ruth

1:21

1 Samuel

4:20; 7:9; 9:8; 9:17; 9:17; 12:3; 14:37; 18:7; 18:7; 20:28; 21:11; 28:6; 28:15; 28:15; 29:5

2 Samuel

1:16; 19:43; 22:36

1 Kings

12:7; 18:24; 18:37

2 Kings

1:10; 1:11; 1:11; 1:12; 18:36; 18:36

1 Chronicles

21:26

Ezra

3:11

Nehemiah

8:6

Job

4:1; 5:1; 6:1; 9:14; 9:15; 9:15; 11:2; 12:4; 15:2; 16:8; 19:7; 20:3; 23:5; 32:12; 33:13; 40:2

Psalms

3:4; 4:1; 20:1; 65:5; 87:7; 88:1; 119:171; 119:172; 147:7; 147:7

Proverbs

18:23; 21:13; 25:18; 26:5

Ecclesiastes

5:20; 10:19

Isaiah

3:9; 13:21; 13:22; 14:22; 27:2; 30:19; 36:21; 36:21; 41:17; 49:8; 59:12

Jeremiah

14:7; 23:37; 25:30; 25:30; 33:3; 51:14; 51:14

Ezekiel

14:4

Hosea

2:15; 2:21; 2:22; 5:5; 7:10; 14:8; 14:8

Amos

7:14

Micah

3:4; 6:3; 6:3; 6:5

Habakkuk

2:11

Malachi

2:12

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H6030 matches the Hebrew עָנָה (ʿānâ),
which occurs 329 times in 316 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 7 (Gen 18:27–Jos 24:16)

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:27 - And Abraham answered H6030 and said, “Now behold, I have [fn]ventured to speak to the Lord, although I am but dust and ashes.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 23:5 - And the sons of Heth answered H6030 Abraham, saying to him,
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 23:10 - Now Ephron was sitting among the sons of Heth; and Ephron the Hittite answered H6030 Abraham in the hearing of the sons of Heth, even of all who went in at the gate of his city, saying,
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 23:14 - Then Ephron answered H6030 Abraham, saying to him,
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:50 -

Then Laban and Bethuel answered H6030 and said, “The matter comes from Yahweh; so we cannot speak to you bad or good.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:37 - But Isaac answered H6030 and said to Esau, “Behold, I have made him your master, and all his fellow brothers I have given to him [fn]as servants; and with grain and new wine I have sustained him. Now as for you then, what can I do, my son?”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:39 -

Then Isaac his father answered H6030 and said to him,

“Behold, [fn]away from the fatness of the earth shall be your habitation,

And [fn]away from the dew of heaven from above.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:33 - “So my righteousness will answer H6030 for me later, when you come concerning my [fn]wages. Every one that is not speckled and spotted among the goats and black among the lambs, if found with me, will be considered stolen.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:14 - Then Rachel and Leah said to him, “Do we still have any portion or inheritance in our father’s house?
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:31 - Then Jacob answered H6030 and said to Laban, “Because I was afraid, because I said, ‘Lest you take your daughters from me by force.’
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:36 -

Then Jacob became angry and contended with Laban; and Jacob answered H6030 and said to Laban, “What is my transgression? What is my sin that you have hotly pursued me?

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:43 -

Then Laban answered H6030 and said to Jacob, “The daughters are my daughters, and the children are my children, and the flocks are my flocks, and all that you see is mine. But what can I do this day to these daughters of mine or to their children whom they have borne?

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:13 -

But Jacob’s sons answered H6030 Shechem and his father Hamor with deceit, and thus they spoke, because he had defiled Dinah their sister.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:3 - and let us arise and go up to Bethel, and I will make an altar there to God, who answered H6030 me in the day of my distress and has been with me [fn]wherever I have gone.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 40:18 - Then Joseph answered H6030 and said, “This is its interpretation: the three baskets are three days;
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:16 - Joseph then answered H6030 Pharaoh, saying, “[fn]It is not in me; God will [fn]answer H6030 concerning the welfare of Pharaoh.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:22 - And Reuben answered H6030 them, saying, “Did I not tell you, saying, ‘Do not sin against the boy’; yet you would not listen? So also his blood, behold, it is required of us.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:3 - Then Joseph said to his brothers, “I am Joseph! Is my father still alive?” But his brothers could not answer H6030 him, for they were terrified at his presence.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 4:1 -

Then Moses answered H6030 and said, “What if they will not believe me and will not listen to my voice? For they may say, ‘Yahweh has not appeared to you.’”

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 15:21 - And Miriam answered H6030 them,

“Sing to Yahweh, for He [fn]is highly exalted;

The horse and his rider He has hurled into the sea.”

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 19:8 - And all the people answered H6030 together and said, “All that Yahweh has spoken we will do!” And Moses brought back the words of the people to Yahweh.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 19:19 - And the sound of the trumpet grew louder and louder; then Moses spoke and God answered H6030 him with [fn]thunder.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 20:16 -

“You shall not bear H6030 false witness against your neighbor.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:2 - “You shall not follow [fn]the masses in doing evil, nor shall you [fn]testify H6030 in a case so as to turn aside after [fn]the masses in order to [fn]cause justice to be turned aside;
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 24:3 -

Then Moses came and recounted to the people all the words of Yahweh and all the judgments; and all the people answered H6030 with one voice and said, “All the words which Yahweh has spoken we will do!”

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:18 - But he said,

“It is not the sound of the cry H6030 of triumph,

Nor is it the sound of the cry H6030 of defeat;

But the sound of singing H6030 I hear.”

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:28 - Then Joshua the son of Nun, the attendant of Moses from his youth, said, “Moses, my lord, restrain them.”
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:17 -

Then Israel sang this song:

“Spring up, O well! Sing H6030 to it!

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:18 - And Balaam replied H6030 to the servants of Balak, “Though Balak were to give me his house full of silver and gold, I could not do anything, either small or great, to trespass the [fn]command of Yahweh my God.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 23:12 - And he replied H6030, “Must I not be careful to speak what Yahweh puts in my mouth?”
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 23:26 - But Balaam replied H6030 to Balak, “Did I not tell you, saying, ‘Whatever Yahweh speaks, that I must do’?”
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 32:31 - And the sons of Gad and the sons of Reuben answered H6030, saying, “As Yahweh has said to your servants, so we will do.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:30 -

‘If anyone strikes down a person, the murderer shall be put to death at the mouth of witnesses, but no person shall be put to death on H6030 the H6030 testimony H6030 of one witness.

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:14 - “Then you answered H6030 me and said, ‘The thing which you have said to do is good.’
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:41 -

“Then you said to me, ‘We have sinned against Yahweh; we will indeed go up and fight, just as Yahweh our God commanded us.’ And every man of you girded on his weapons of war and regarded it as easy to go up into the hill country.

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 5:20 -

‘You shall not bear H6030 false witness against your neighbor.

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 19:16 - “If a malicious witness rises up against a man to [fn]accuse H6030 him of [fn]wrongdoing,
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 19:18 - “And the judges shall inquire thoroughly, and behold, if the witness is a false witness and he has [fn]accused H6030 his brother falsely,
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 20:11 - “Now it will be that if it [fn]agrees H6030 to H6030 make H6030 peace with you and opens to you, then all the people who are found in it shall become your forced labor and shall serve you.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 21:7 - and they shall answer H6030 and say, ‘Our hands did not shed this blood, nor did our eyes see it.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 25:9 - then his brother’s wife shall come to him in the sight of the elders and pull his sandal off his foot and spit in his face; and she shall answer H6030 and say, ‘Thus it is done to the man who does not build up his brother’s house.’
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 26:5 - “And you shall answer H6030 and say before Yahweh your God, ‘My father was a [fn]wandering Aramean, and he went down to Egypt and [fn]sojourned there, few in number; but there he became a great, mighty, and populous nation.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 27:14 - “The Levites shall then answer H6030 and say to all the men of Israel with a loud voice,
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 27:15 -

‘Cursed is the man who makes a graven image or a molten image, an abomination to Yahweh, the work of the hands of the craftsman, and sets it up in secret.’ And all the people shall answer H6030 and say, ‘Amen.’

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 31:21 - “Then it will be, when many evils and troubles have found them, that this song will answer H6030 them as a witness (for it shall not be forgotten from the mouths of their seed); for I know their intent which they are [fn]developing today, before I have brought them into the land which I swore.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 1:16 -

And they answered H6030 Joshua, saying, “All that you have commanded us we will do, and wherever you send us we will go.

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 7:20 - So Achan answered H6030 Joshua and said, “Truly, I have sinned against Yahweh, the God of Israel, and [fn]this is what I did:
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 9:24 - So they answered H6030 Joshua and said, “Because it was certainly told to your slaves that Yahweh your God had commanded His servant Moses to give you all the land and to destroy all the inhabitants of the land before you; therefore we feared greatly for our lives because of you and have done this thing.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 22:21 -

Then the sons of Reuben and the sons of Gad and the half-tribe of Manasseh answered H6030 and spoke to the heads of the thousands of Israel.

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 24:16 -

And the people answered H6030 and said, “Far be it from us that we should forsake Yahweh to serve other gods;


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