ʻânâh — H6031

H6031 · Hebrew — ענה

Pronunciation: aw-naw'

Definition

verb

to depress literally or figuratively, transitive or intransitive (in various applications, as follows)

  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

Usually translated as

afflict, humble, sing, in any wise, force, hurt, abase self, affliction, answer, chasten self, deal hardly with, defile, exercise, gentleness, ravish, speak, submit self, weaken

Origin

a primitive root (possibly rather identical with H6030 through the idea of looking down or browbeating)

Occurrences

ʻânâh occurs 82 times in 78 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Genesis (5), Exodus (6), Leviticus (5), Numbers (3), Deuteronomy (7), Judges (5), 2 Samuel (5), 1 Kings (3), 2 Kings (1), 2 Chronicles (1), Ezra (1), Job (2), Psalms (15), Ecclesiastes (2), Isaiah (9), Lamentations (2), Ezekiel (2), Daniel (1), Nahum (1), Zephaniah (1), Zechariah (1)