ʼĕnâsh — H606

Definition

masculine noun

a man

1. man, human being
2. mankind (collective)

Usually translated as

man, whosoever

Origin

(Aramaic) or ʼĕnash; (Aramaic), corresponding to H582

• ʼĕnôwsh (H582)

Occurrences

ʼĕnâsh occurs 25 times in 19 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Ezra (2), Daniel (17)

• Ezra 4:11 — This is the copy of the letter that they sent unto him, even unto Artaxerxes the king; Thy servants the men (אֱנָ֥שׁ) on this side the river, and at such a time.
• Ezra 6:11 — Also I have made a decree, that whosoever (אֱנָ֗שׁ) shall alter this word, let timber be pulled down from his house, and being set up, let him be hanged thereon; and let his house be made a dunghill for this.
• Daniel 2:10 — The Chaldeans answered before the king, and said, There is not a man (אֲנָשׁ֙) upon the earth that can shew the king’s matter: therefore there is no king, lord, nor ruler, that asked such things at any magician, or astrologer, or Chaldean.
• Daniel 2:38 — And wheresoever the children of men (אֲ֠נָשָׁא) dwell, the beasts of the field and the fowls of the heaven hath he given into thine hand, and hath made thee ruler over them all. Thou art this head of gold.
• Daniel 2:43 — And whereas thou sawest iron mixed with miry clay, they shall mingle themselves with the seed of men (אֲנָשָׁ֔א): but they shall not cleave one to another, even as iron is not mixed with clay.
• Daniel 3:10 — Thou, O king, hast made a decree, that every man (אֱנָ֡שׁ) that shall hear the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and dulcimer, and all kinds of musick, shall fall down and worship the golden image:
• Daniel 4:16 — Let his heart be changed from man’s (אֲנָשָׁ֣א), and let a beast’s heart be given unto him; and let seven times pass over him.
• Daniel 4:17 — This matter is by the decree of the watchers, and the demand by the word of the holy ones: to the intent that the living may know that the most High ruleth in the kingdom of men (אֲנָשָׁ֗א), and giveth it to whomsoever he will, and setteth up over it the basest of men.
• Daniel 4:17 — This matter is by the decree of the watchers, and the demand by the word of the holy ones: to the intent that the living may know that the most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will, and setteth up over it the basest of men (אֲנָשִׁ֖ים).
• Daniel 4:25 — That they shall drive thee from men (אֲנָשָׁ֡א), and thy dwelling shall be with the beasts of the field, and they shall make thee to eat grass as oxen, and they shall wet thee with the dew of heaven, and seven times shall pass over thee, till thou know that the most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will.
• Daniel 4:25 — That they shall drive thee from men, and thy dwelling shall be with the beasts of the field, and they shall make thee to eat grass as oxen, and they shall wet thee with the dew of heaven, and seven times shall pass over thee, till thou know that the most High ruleth in the kingdom of men (אֲנָשָׁ֔א), and giveth it to whomsoever he will.
• Daniel 4:32 — And they shall drive thee from men (אֲנָשָׁא֩), and thy dwelling shall be with the beasts of the field: they shall make thee to eat grass as oxen, and seven times shall pass over thee, until thou know that the most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will.
• Daniel 4:32 — And they shall drive thee from men, and thy dwelling shall be with the beasts of the field: they shall make thee to eat grass as oxen, and seven times shall pass over thee, until thou know that the most High ruleth in the kingdom of men (אֲנָשָׁ֔א), and giveth it to whomsoever he will.
• Daniel 4:33 — The same hour was the thing fulfilled upon Nebuchadnezzar: and he was driven from men (אֲנָשָׁ֣א), and did eat grass as oxen, and his body was wet with the dew of heaven, till his hairs were grown like eagles’ feathers, and his nails like birds’ claws.
• Daniel 5:5 — In the same hour came forth fingers of a man’s (אֱנָ֔שׁ) hand, and wrote over against the candlestick upon the plaister of the wall of the king’s palace: and the king saw the part of the hand that wrote.
• Daniel 5:7 — The king cried aloud to bring in the astrologers, the Chaldeans, and the soothsayers. And the king spake, and said to the wise men of Babylon, Whosoever (אֱ֠נָשׁ) shall read this writing, and shew me the interpretation thereof, shall be clothed with scarlet, and have a chain of gold about his neck, and shall be the third ruler in the kingdom.
• Daniel 5:21 — And he was driven from the sons of men (אֲנָשָׁ֨א); and his heart was made like the beasts, and his dwelling was with the wild asses: they fed him with grass like oxen, and his body was wet with the dew of heaven; till he knew that the most high God ruled in the kingdom of men, and that he appointeth over it whomsoever he will.
• Daniel 5:21 — And he was driven from the sons of men; and his heart was made like the beasts, and his dwelling was with the wild asses: they fed him with grass like oxen, and his body was wet with the dew of heaven; till he knew that the most high God ruled in the kingdom of men (אֲנָשָׁ֔א), and that he appointeth over it whomsoever he will.
• Daniel 6:7 — All the presidents of the kingdom, the governors, and the princes, the counsellors, and the captains, have consulted together to establish a royal statute, and to make a firm decree, that whosoever shall ask a petition of any God or man (וֶֽאֱנָ֜שׁ) for thirty days, save of thee, O king, he shall be cast into the den of lions.
• Daniel 6:12 — Then they came near, and spake before the king concerning the king’s decree; Hast thou not signed a decree, that every man (אֱנָ֡שׁ) that shall ask a petition of any God or man within thirty days, save of thee, O king, shall be cast into the den of lions? The king answered and said, The thing is true, according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which altereth not.
• Daniel 6:12 — Then they came near, and spake before the king concerning the king’s decree; Hast thou not signed a decree, that every man that shall ask a petition of any God or man (וֶֽאֱנָ֜שׁ) within thirty days, save of thee, O king, shall be cast into the den of lions? The king answered and said, The thing is true, according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which altereth not.
• Daniel 7:4 — The first was like a lion, and had eagle’s wings: I beheld till the wings thereof were plucked, and it was lifted up from the earth, and made stand upon the feet as a man (כֶּאֱנָ֣שׁ), and a man’s heart was given to it.
• Daniel 7:4 — The first was like a lion, and had eagle’s wings: I beheld till the wings thereof were plucked, and it was lifted up from the earth, and made stand upon the feet as a man, and a man’s (אֱנָ֖שׁ) heart was given to it.
• Daniel 7:8 — I considered the horns, and, behold, there came up among them another little horn, before whom there were three of the first horns plucked up by the roots: and, behold, in this horn were eyes like the eyes of man (אֲנָשָׁא֙), and a mouth speaking great things.
• Daniel 7:13 — I saw in the night visions, and, behold, one like the Son of man (אֱנָ֖שׁ) came with the clouds of heaven, and came to the Ancient of days, and they brought him near before him.