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Lexicon :: Strong's H6030 - ʿānâ

Aa
עָנָה
Transliteration
ʿānâ
Pronunciation
aw-naw'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
Dictionary Aids

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 6 / 7 (Sng 5:6–Hag 2:13)

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 5:6 - “I opened to my beloved,
But my beloved had turned away and had gone!
My [fn]heart went out to him as he spoke.
I searched for him but I did not find him;
I called him but he did not answer H6030 me.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 3:9 - [fn]The expression of their faces bears H6030 witness H6030 against them,
And they display their sin like Sodom;
They do not even conceal it.
Woe to [fn]them!
For they have brought evil on themselves.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 13:22 - [fn]Hyenas will howl H6030 in their fortified towers
And jackals in their luxurious palaces.
Her fateful time also [fn]will soon come
And her days will not be prolonged.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:10 - “They will all respond H6030 and say to you,
‘Even you have been made weak as we,
You have become like us.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:32 - “How then will one answer H6030 the messengers of the nation?
That the LORD has founded Zion,
And the afflicted of His people will seek refuge in it.”
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 21:9 - “Now behold, here comes a troop of riders, horsemen in pairs.”
And one said, “Fallen, fallen is Babylon;
And all the images of her gods [fn]are shattered on the ground.”
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 25:5 - Like heat in drought, You subdue the uproar of aliens;
Like heat by the shadow of a cloud, the song of the ruthless is [fn]silenced.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 27:2 - In that day,
“A [fn]vineyard of wine, sing H6030 of it!
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:19 - [fn]O people in Zion, inhabitant in Jerusalem, you will weep no longer. He will surely be gracious to you at the sound of your cry; when He hears it, He will answer H6030 you.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 36:21 - But they were silent and answered H6030 him not a word; for the king’s commandment was, “Do not answer H6030 him.”
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 41:17 - “The [fn]afflicted and needy are seeking water, but there is none,
And their tongue is parched with thirst;
I, the LORD, will answer H6030 them Myself,
As the God of Israel I will not forsake them.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 46:7 - “They lift it upon the shoulder and carry it;
They set it in its place and it stands there.
It does not move from its place.
Though one may cry to it, it cannot answer; H6030
It cannot deliver him from his distress.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 49:8 - Thus says the LORD,
“In a favorable time I have answered H6030 You,
And in a day of salvation I have helped You;
And I will keep You and give You for a covenant of the people,
To [fn]restore the land, to make them inherit the desolate heritages;
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 50:2 - “Why was there no man when I came?
When I called, why was there none to answer? H6030
Is My hand so short that it cannot ransom?
Or have I no power to deliver?
Behold, I dry up the sea with My rebuke,
I make the rivers a wilderness;
Their fish stink for lack of water
And die of thirst.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 58:9 - “Then you will call, and the LORD will answer; H6030
You will cry, and He will say, ‘Here I am.’
If you remove the yoke from your midst,
The [fn]pointing of the finger and speaking wickedness,
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 59:12 - For our transgressions are multiplied before You,
And our sins [fn]testify H6030 against us;
For our transgressions are with us,
And [fn]we know our iniquities:
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 65:12 - I will destine you for the sword,
And all of you will bow down to the slaughter.
Because I called, but you did not answer; H6030
I spoke, but you did not hear.
And you did evil in My sight
And chose that in which I did not delight.”
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 65:24 - “It will also come to pass that before they call, I will answer; H6030 and while they are still speaking, I will hear.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 66:4 - So I will choose their [fn]punishments
And will bring on them what they dread.
Because I called, but no one answered; H6030
I spoke, but they did not listen.
And they did evil in My sight
And chose that in which I did not delight.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 7:13 - “And now, because you have done all these things,” declares the LORD, “and I spoke to you, rising up early and speaking, but you did not hear, and I called you but you did not answer, H6030
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 7:27 - “You shall speak all these words to them, but they will not listen to you; and you shall call to them, but they will not answer H6030 you.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 11:5 - in order to confirm the oath which I swore to your forefathers, to give them a land flowing with milk and honey, as it is this day.”’” Then I said, “Amen, O LORD.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 14:7 - “Although our iniquities testify H6030 against us,
O LORD, act for Your name’s sake!
Truly our apostasies have been many,
We have sinned against You.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:35 - “Thus will each of you say to his neighbor and to his brother, ‘What has the LORD answered?’ H6030 or, ‘What has the LORD spoken?’
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:37 - “Thus you will say to that prophet, ‘What has the LORD answered H6030 you?’ and, ‘What has the LORD spoken?’
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:30 - “Therefore you shall prophesy against them all these words, and you shall say to them,
‘The LORD will roar from on high
And utter His voice from His holy habitation;
He will roar mightily against His [fn]fold.
He will shout like those who tread the grapes,
Against all the inhabitants of the earth.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 33:3 - ‘Call to Me and I will answer H6030 you, and I will tell you great and mighty things, which you do not know.’
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 35:17 - “Therefore thus says the LORD, the God of hosts, the God of Israel, ‘Behold, I am bringing on Judah and on all the inhabitants of Jerusalem all the disaster that I have pronounced against them; because I spoke to them but they did not listen, and I have called them but they did not answer.’” H6030
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 42:4 - Then Jeremiah the prophet said to them, “I have heard you. Behold, I am going to pray to the LORD your God in accordance with your words; and I will tell you the whole [fn]message which the LORD will answer H6030 you. I will not keep back a word from you.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 44:15 - Then all the men who were aware that their wives were burning [fn]sacrifices to other gods, along with all the women who were standing by, as a large assembly, [fn]including all the people who were living in Pathros in the land of Egypt, responded H6030 to Jeremiah, saying,
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 44:20 - Then Jeremiah said to all the people, to the men and women—even to all the people who were giving H6030 him such an answer—saying,
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:14 - The LORD of hosts has sworn by Himself:
“Surely I will fill you with a [fn]population like locusts,
And they will cry H6030 out with [fn]shouts of victory over you.”
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 14:4 - “Therefore speak to them and tell them, ‘Thus says the Lord [fn]GOD, “Any man of the house of Israel who sets up his idols in his heart, puts right before his face the stumbling block of his iniquity, and then comes to the prophet, I the LORD will be brought H6030 to give H6030 him an answer H6030 in [fn]the matter in view of the multitude of his idols,
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 14:7 - “For anyone of the house of Israel or of the immigrants who stay in Israel who separates himself from Me, sets up his idols in his heart, puts right before his face the stumbling block of his iniquity, and then comes to the prophet to inquire of Me for himself, I the LORD will be brought H6030 to answer H6030 him in My own person.
Unchecked Copy BoxHos 2:15 - “Then I will give her her vineyards from there,
And the valley of Achor as a door of hope.
And she will [fn]sing H6030 there as in the days of her youth,
As in the day when she came up from the land of Egypt.
Unchecked Copy BoxHos 2:21 - “It will come about in that day that I will respond,” H6030 declares the LORD.
“I will respond H6030 to the heavens, and they will respond H6030 to the earth,
Unchecked Copy BoxHos 2:22 - And the earth will respond H6030 to the grain, to the new wine and to the oil,
And they will respond H6030 to [fn]Jezreel.
Unchecked Copy BoxHos 5:5 - Moreover, the pride of Israel testifies H6030 against him,
And Israel and Ephraim stumble in their iniquity;
Judah also has stumbled with them.
Unchecked Copy BoxHos 7:10 - Though the pride of Israel testifies H6030 against him,
Yet they have not returned to the LORD their God,
Nor have they sought Him, for all this.
Unchecked Copy BoxHos 14:8 - O Ephraim, what more have I to do with idols?
It is I who answer H6030 and look after [fn]you.
I am like a luxuriant cypress;
From Me comes your fruit.
Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 2:19 - The LORD [fn]will answer H6030 and say to His people,
“Behold, I am going to send you grain, new wine and oil,
And you will be satisfied in full with [fn]them;
And I will never again make you a reproach among the nations.
Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 7:14 - Then Amos replied H6030 to Amaziah, “I am not a prophet, nor am I the son of a prophet; for I am a herdsman and a [fn]grower of sycamore figs.
Unchecked Copy BoxJon 2:2 - and he said,
“I called out of my distress to the LORD,
And He answered H6030 me.
I cried for help from the [fn]depth of Sheol;
You heard my voice.
Unchecked Copy BoxMic 3:4 - Then they will cry out to the LORD,
But He will not answer H6030 them.
Instead, He will hide His face from them at that time
Because they have practiced evil deeds.
Unchecked Copy BoxMic 6:3 - “My people, what have I done to you,
And how have I wearied you? Answer H6030 Me.
Unchecked Copy BoxMic 6:5 - “My people, remember now
What Balak king of Moab counseled
And what Balaam son of Beor answered H6030 him,
And from Shittim to Gilgal,
So [fn]that you might know the righteous acts of the LORD.”
Unchecked Copy BoxHab 2:2 - Then the LORD answered H6030 me and said,
“Record the vision
And inscribe it on tablets,
That [fn]the one who [fn]reads it may run.
Unchecked Copy BoxHab 2:11 - “Surely the stone will cry out from the wall,
And the rafter will answer H6030 it from the [fn]framework.
Unchecked Copy BoxHag 2:12 - ‘If a man carries holy meat in the [fn]fold of his garment, and touches bread with [fn]this fold, or cooked food, wine, oil, or any other food, will it become holy?’” And the priests answered, H6030 “No.”
Unchecked Copy BoxHag 2:13 - Then Haggai said, “If one who is unclean from a [fn]corpse touches any of these, will the latter become unclean?” And the priests answered, H6030 “It will become unclean.”

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