Taʼănâh — H8385

H8385 · Hebrew — תאנה

Pronunciation: tah-an-aw'

Other spellings: tôʼănâh תֹּאֲנָה

Definition

feminine noun

an opportunity or (subjectively) purpose

occasion, time of heat or oestrous or copulation, sexual drive (of animal)
occasion, opportunity (for a quarrel)

Usually translated as

occasion

Origin

or tôʼănâh; from H579

Derived from ʼânâh (H579)

Greek equivalents

Occurrences

Taʼănâh occurs 2 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Judges (1), Jeremiah (1)

Judges 14:4 — But his father and his mother knew not that it was of the LORD, that he sought an occasion (תֹאֲנָ֥ה) against the Philistines: for at that time the Philistines had dominion over Israel.
Jeremiah 2:24 — A wild ass used to the wilderness, that snuffeth up the wind at her pleasure; in her occasion (תַּאֲנָתָ֖הּ) who can turn her away? all they that seek her will not weary themselves; in her month they shall find her.

Strong's Lexicon — T