ʼănâʼ — H576

Definition

personal pronoun

I

1. I (first pers. sing. -usually used for emphasis)

Usually translated as

I, as for me

Origin

(Aramaic) or ʼănâh; (Aramaic), corresponding to H589

• ʼănîy (H589)

Greek equivalents

• idoú (G2400)

Occurrences

ʼănâʼ occurs 16 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Ezra (2), Daniel (14)

• Ezra 6:12 — And the God that hath caused his name to dwell there destroy all kings and people, that shall put to their hand to alter and to destroy this house of God which is at Jerusalem. I (אֲנָ֤ה) Darius have made a decree; let it be done with speed.
• Ezra 7:21 — And I, even I (אֲנָ֞ה) Artaxerxes the king, do make a decree to all the treasurers which are beyond the river, that whatsoever Ezra the priest, the scribe of the law of the God of heaven, shall require of you, it be done speedily,
• Daniel 2:8 — The king answered and said, I (אֲנָ֔ה) know of certainty that ye would gain the time, because ye see the thing is gone from me.
• Daniel 2:23 — I (אֲנָ֔ה) thank thee, and praise thee, O thou God of my fathers, who hast given me wisdom and might, and hast made known unto me now what we desired of thee: for thou hast now made known unto us the king’s matter.
• Daniel 2:30 — But as for me (וַאֲנָ֗ה), this secret is not revealed to me for any wisdom that I have more than any living, but for their sakes that shall make known the interpretation to the king, and that thou mightest know the thoughts of thy heart.
• Daniel 3:25 — He answered and said, Lo, I (אֲנָ֨ה) see four men loose, walking in the midst of the fire, and they have no hurt; and the form of the fourth is like the Son of God.
• Daniel 4:4 — I (אֲנָ֣ה) Nebuchadnezzar was at rest in mine house, and flourishing in my palace:
• Daniel 4:7 — Then came in the magicians, the astrologers, the Chaldeans, and the soothsayers: and I (אֲנָה֙) told the dream before them; but they did not make known unto me the interpretation thereof.
• Daniel 4:9 — O Belteshazzar, master of the magicians, because I (אֲנָ֣ה) know that the spirit of the holy gods is in thee, and no secret troubleth thee, tell me the visions of my dream that I have seen, and the interpretation thereof.
• Daniel 4:18 — This dream I (אֲנָ֖ה) king Nebuchadnezzar have seen. Now thou, O Belteshazzar, declare the interpretation thereof, forasmuch as all the wise men of my kingdom are not able to make known unto me the interpretation: but thou art able; for the spirit of the holy gods is in thee.
• Daniel 4:30 — The king spake, and said, Is not this great Babylon, that I (אֲנָ֤ה) have built for the house of the kingdom by the might of my power, and for the honour of my majesty?
• Daniel 4:34 — And at the end of the days I (אֲנָ֨ה) Nebuchadnezzar lifted up mine eyes unto heaven, and mine understanding returned unto me, and I blessed the most High, and I praised and honoured him that liveth for ever, whose dominion is an everlasting dominion, and his kingdom is from generation to generation:
• Daniel 4:37 — Now I (אֲנָ֣ה) Nebuchadnezzar praise and extol and honour the King of heaven, all whose works are truth, and his ways judgment: and those that walk in pride he is able to abase.
• Daniel 5:16 — And I (וַאֲנָה֙) have heard of thee, that thou canst make interpretations, and dissolve doubts: now if thou canst read the writing, and make known to me the interpretation thereof, thou shalt be clothed with scarlet, and have a chain of gold about thy neck, and shalt be the third ruler in the kingdom.
• Daniel 7:15 — I (אֲנָ֥ה) Daniel was grieved in my spirit in the midst of my body, and the visions of my head troubled me.
• Daniel 7:28 — Hitherto is the end of the matter. As for me (אֲנָ֨ה) Daniel, my cogitations much troubled me, and my countenance changed in me: but I kept the matter in my heart.