Taʻănîyth — H8589

Definition

feminine noun

affliction (of self), i.e. fasting

1. humiliation (by fasting), ascetic practice of fasting

Usually translated as

heaviness

Origin

from H6031

• Derived from ʻânâh (H6031)

Occurrences

Taʻănîyth occurs 1 time in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Ezra (1)

• Ezra 9:5 — And at the evening sacrifice I arose up from my heaviness (מִתַּֽעֲנִיתִ֔י); and having rent my garment and my mantle, I fell upon my knees, and spread out my hands unto the LORD my God,