עָנָה
to answer
also: respond, testify, speak, shout fuller range ↓
Full lexicon entry — Brown-Driver-Briggs (BDB)
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (BDB)
Where this word appears
Grammar key — what these labels mean
Part of speech
- Verb
- An action or state-of-being word.
Stem
- Qal
- The basic, simple active stem — the plain form of the verb (“he wrote”). Here: ‘answer’
- Niphal
- Usually the simple passive or reflexive of the Qal (“he was written”). Here: ‘make answer’
- Piel
- An intensive or resultative active stem. Here: ‘humble’
Form
- Sequential Imperfect
- An imperfect with prefixed waw — the standard past-narrative form (waw-consecutive imperfect).
- Imperfect
- An incomplete, ongoing, or future action (“he will / would write”).
- Imperative
- A direct command (“write!”).
- Perfect
- A completed action or state — Hebrew marks aspect (completeness) more than strict tense (“he wrote”).
- Participle Active
- A verbal adjective expressing ongoing or characteristic action (“writing / one who writes”).
- Infinitive Construct
- A bound verbal noun, frequently with prepositions (“to write / in writing”).
- Sequential Perfect
- A perfect with prefixed waw continuing a preceding imperfect or command (waw-consecutive perfect).
- Cohortative
- A first-person volitional form expressing wish or resolve (“let me / let us write”).
- Jussive
- A third- or second-person volitional form expressing wish or command (“let him write”).
State
- Absolute
- The independent form of a noun, not bound to a following word.
- Construct
- A noun bound to a following noun in a possessive / “of” relationship (the construct chain).
Person
- 3rd Person
- The one spoken about (“he / she / it / they”).
- 2nd Person
- The one addressed (“you”).
- 1st Person
- The speaker (“I / we”).
Gender
- Masculine
- Grammatically masculine.
- Common
- Either gender — not distinguished for this form.
- Feminine
- Grammatically feminine.
Number
- Singular
- One.
- Plural
- More than one (in Hebrew, generally three or more).
Every verse where H6030 appears in the Book of 1 Samuel — 37 distinct verses. Click any verse to open its interlinear word-by-word view. Verse text shown in the World English Bible for context — . Each verse’s Hebrew form is shown with its reference; the English is not keyword-highlighted, since the data carries no word-level English alignment. Use “Compare translations” on any verse to read it across multiple English versions. This concordance covers the Hebrew Bible; Septuagint (Greek Old Testament) occurrences are not indexed here.
1 Samuel
- 1 Samuel 1:15 וַ/תַּ֨עַן conj + Qal wimpf 3fs Hannah answered, No, my lord, I am a woman of a sorrowful spirit: I have drunk neither wine nor strong drink, but I poured out my soul before Yahweh.
- 1 Samuel 1:17 וַ/יַּ֧עַן conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Then Eli answered, Go in peace; and the God of Israel grant your petition that you have asked of him.
- 1 Samuel 4:17 וַ/יַּ֨עַן conj + Qal wimpf 3ms He who brought the news answered, Israel is fled before the Philistines, and there has been also a great slaughter among the people, and your two sons also, Hophni and Phinehas, are dead, and the ark of God is taken.
- 1 Samuel 4:20 עָנְתָ֖ה Qal pf 3fs About the time of her death the women who stood by her said to her, Don't be afraid; for you have brought forth a son. But she didn't answer, neither did she regard it.
- 1 Samuel 7:9 וַֽ/יַּעֲנֵ֖/הוּ conj + Qal wimpf 3ms + sfx pers 3ms Samuel took a sucking lamb, and offered it for a whole burnt-offering to Yahweh: and Samuel cried to Yahweh for Israel; and Yahweh answered him.
- 1 Samuel 8:18 יַעֲנֶ֧ה Qal impf 3ms You shall cry out in that day because of your king whom you shall have chosen you; and Yahweh will not answer you in that day.
- 1 Samuel 9:8 לַ/עֲנ֣וֹת prep + Qal inf.cs The servant answered Saul again, and said, Behold, I have in my hand the fourth part of a shekel of silver: that will I give to the man of God, to tell us our way.
- 1 Samuel 9:12 וַ/תַּעֲנֶ֧ינָה conj + Qal wimpf 3fp They answered them, and said, He is; behold, [he is] before you: make haste now, for he is come today into the city; for the people have a sacrifice today in the high place:
- 1 Samuel 9:17 עָנָ֔/הוּ Qal pf 3ms + sfx pers 3ms When Samuel saw Saul, Yahweh said to him, Behold, the man of whom I spoke to you! this same shall have authority over my people.
- 1 Samuel 9:19 וַ/יַּ֨עַן conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Samuel answered Saul, and said, I am the seer; go up before me to the high place, for you shall eat with me today: and in the morning I will let you go, and will tell you all that is in your heart.
- 1 Samuel 9:21 וַ/יַּ֨עַן conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Saul answered, Am I not a Benjamite, of the smallest of the tribes of Israel? and my family the least of all the families of the tribe of Benjamin? why then speak you to me after this manner?
- 1 Samuel 10:12 וַ/יַּ֨עַן conj + Qal wimpf 3ms One of the same place answered, Who is their father? Therefore it became a proverb, Is Saul also among the prophets?
- 1 Samuel 12:3 עֲנ֣וּ Qal impv 2mp Here I am: witness against me before Yahweh, and before his anointed: whose ox have I taken? or whose donkey have I taken? or whom have I defrauded? whom have I oppressed? or of whose hand have I taken a ransom to blind my eyes therewith? and I will restore it you.
- 1 Samuel 14:12 וַ/יַּעֲנוּ֩ conj + Qal wimpf 3mp The men of the garrison answered Jonathan and his armor bearer, and said, Come up to us, and we will show you a thing. Jonathan said to his armor bearer, Come up after me; for Yahweh has delivered them into the hand of Israel.
- 1 Samuel 14:28 וַ/יַּעַן֩ conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Then answered one of the people, and said, Your father directly charged the people with an oath, saying, Cursed be the man who eats food this day. The people were faint.
- 1 Samuel 14:37 עָנָ֖/הוּ Qal pf 3ms + sfx pers 3ms Saul asked counsel of God, Shall I go down after the Philistines? will you deliver them into the hand of Israel? But he didn't answer him that day.
- 1 Samuel 14:39 עֹנֵ֖/הוּ Qal ptcp.act ms cs + sfx pers 3ms For, as Yahweh lives, who saves Israel, though it be in Jonathan my son, he shall surely die. But there was not a man among all the people who answered him.
- 1 Samuel 16:18 וַ/יַּעַן֩ conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Then answered one of the young men, and said, Behold, I have seen a son of Jesse the Bethlehemite, who is skillful in playing, and a mighty man of valor, and a man of war, and prudent in speech, and a comely person; and Yahweh is with him.
- 1 Samuel 18:7 וַֽ/תַּעֲנֶ֛ינָה conj + Qal wimpf 3fp The women sang one to another as they played, and said, Saul has slain his thousands, David his ten thousands.
- 1 Samuel 20:10 יַּעַנְ/ךָ֥ Qal impf 3ms + sfx pers 2ms Then said David to Jonathan, Who shall tell me if perchance your father answer you roughly?
- 1 Samuel 20:28 וַ/יַּ֥עַן conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Jonathan answered Saul, David earnestly asked leave of me to go to Bethlehem:
- 1 Samuel 20:32 וַ/יַּ֨עַן֙ conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Jonathan answered Saul his father, and said to him, "Why should he be put to death? What has he done?"
- 1 Samuel 21:4 וַ/יַּ֨עַן conj + Qal wimpf 3ms The priest answered David, and said, There is no common bread under my hand, but there is holy bread; if only the young men have kept themselves from women.
- 1 Samuel 21:5 וַ/יַּעַן֩ conj + Qal wimpf 3ms David answered the priest, and said to him, Of a truth women have been kept from us about these three days; when I came out, the vessels of the young men were holy, though it was but a common journey; how much more then today shall their vessels be holy?
- 1 Samuel 21:11 יַעֲנ֤וּ Qal impf 3mp The servants of Achish said to him, "Isn't this David the king of the land? Didn't they sing one to another about him in dances, saying, 'Saul has slain his thousands, David his ten thousands?'"
- 1 Samuel 22:9 וַ/יַּ֜עַן conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Then answered Doeg the Edomite, who stood by the servants of Saul, and said, I saw the son of Jesse coming to Nob, to Ahimelech the son of Ahitub.
- 1 Samuel 22:14 וַ/יַּ֧עַן conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Then Ahimelech answered the king, and said, Who among all your servants is so faithful as David, who is the king's son-in-law, and is taken into your council, and is honorable in your house?
- 1 Samuel 23:4 וַֽ/יַּעֲנֵ֖/הוּ conj + Qal wimpf 3ms + sfx pers 3ms Then David inquired of Yahweh yet again. Yahweh answered him, and said, Arise, go down to Keilah; for I will deliver the Philistines into your hand.
- 1 Samuel 25:10 וַ/יַּ֨עַן conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Nabal answered David's servants, and said, Who is David? and who is the son of Jesse? there are many servants now-a-days who break away every man from his master.
- 1 Samuel 26:6 וַ/יַּ֨עַן conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Then answered David and said to Ahimelech the Hittite, and to Abishai the son of Zeruiah, brother to Joab, saying, Who will go down with me to Saul to the camp? Abishai said, I will go down with you.
- 1 Samuel 26:14 תַעֲנֶ֖ה וַ/יַּ֤עַן Qal impf 2ms conj + Qal wimpf 3ms and David cried to the people, and to Abner the son of Ner, saying, Don't you answer, Abner? Then Abner answered, Who are you who cries to the king?
- 1 Samuel 26:22 וַ/יַּ֤עַן conj + Qal wimpf 3ms David answered, Behold the spear, O king! let then one of the young men come over and get it.
- 1 Samuel 28:6 עָנָ֖/הוּ Qal pf 3ms + sfx pers 3ms When Saul inquired of Yahweh, Yahweh didn't answer him, neither by dreams, nor by Urim, nor by prophets.
- 1 Samuel 28:15 עָנָ֣/נִי Qal pf 3ms + sfx pers 1cs Samuel said to Saul, Why have you disquieted me, to bring me up? Saul answered, I am sore distressed; for the Philistines make war against me, and God is departed from me, and answers me no more, neither by prophets, nor by dreams: therefore I have called you, that you may make known to me what I shall do.
- 1 Samuel 29:5 יַעֲנוּ Qal impf 3mp Is not this David, of whom they sang one to another in dances, saying, Saul has slain his thousands, David his ten thousands?
- 1 Samuel 29:9 וַ/יַּ֣עַן conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Achish answered David, I know that you are good in my sight, as an angel of God: notwithstanding the princes of the Philistines have said, He shall not go up with us to the battle.
- 1 Samuel 30:22 וַ/יַּ֜עַן conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Then answered all the wicked men and base fellows, of those who went with David, and said, Because they didn't go with us, we will not give them anything of the spoil that we have recovered, except to every man his wife and his children, that he may lead them away, and depart.
About this entry
At a glance — auto-summarized from this page’s data, not written by a person. Every figure links to its source below. This summary describes the numbers; it doesn’t interpret them.
ענה — transliterated ʻânâh — is a Hebrew verb carrying the sense “to answer.” The verb spans 6 stems, from Qal to Niphal. The Hebrew Bible uses it across 316 verses — common. It first appears in Genesis 18:27. Related forms include מען, מענה and ענה. Each statement above links to its evidence; the full detail follows below.
Gloss history
Strong's 1890 vs modern scholarship
About this word
Strong's H6030 catalogs a Hebrew word from the Hebrew Old Testament.
These counts are not copied from any lexicon or concordance. They are computed here, from the morphology-tagged Hebrew Old Testament. What Lemma adds →
- 316
- distinct verses
- The word appears in 316 distinct verses.
- 33 / 39
- OT books
- The word appears in 33 of 39 Old Testament books.
- #150
- by frequency
- Top 250 most frequent Hebrew words (rank 150 of 8,640 Hebrew words by occurrence).
View all 316 occurrences in the concordance →
By section of the Old Testament
By traditional corpus
Conventional, traditional groupings — biblical authorship is debated, so this is a traditional corpus grouping, not an authorship claim. Each share is this word’s portion of its verses in that division of the Hebrew canon. Each figure is a share of the word’s 316 distinct verses.
- Prophets (Nevi'im) 149 verses · 47%
- Writings (Ketuvim) 122 verses · 39%
- Torah (Pentateuch) 45 verses · 14%
How translations render this word
Counts come from each version’s own published word-to-Strong’s tagging or interlinear alignment — an approximate guide to how each version renders this word, not a word-level alignment the data otherwise carries. Because each total is that version’s own tagged count, the per-version totals vary from one another and need not match the appearance or distinct-verse counts above. These counts may also differ from a printed concordance because Lemma counts each distinctly tagged rendering and does not collapse phrase taggings into a single head-word total. This is a fixed set of word-tagged versions (KJV, ASV, BSB, ULT) and does not change with the reading translation you choose elsewhere. Each version’s license is shown beside its name below (and on Sources).
BDB lists this Strong’s number as 5 distinct words (homographs). Each count above pools all of them and is not split by sense — see the Senses section below. A low-frequency rendering may belong to a different one of those words, not the primary meaning.
- King James Version†: Answered 142×, Answer 17×, Hear 15×
- American Standard Version†: Answered 133×, Answer 24×, He answered 10×
- Berean Standard Bible†: Answered 51×, Replied 47×, Answer 24×
- unfoldingWord Literal Text†: Answered 115×, And 104×, Answer 25×
King James Version Public Domain
Renders H6030 across 329† tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 84 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 1 further occurrence.
American Standard Version Public Domain
Renders H6030 across 329† tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 88 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
Berean Standard Bible Public Domain
Renders H6030 across 317† tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 70 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 14 further occurrences.
unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Renders H6030 across 498† tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 62 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
40 senses and sub-senses in the full BDB
Hebrew verbs can shift meaning by stem (binyan): Qal is the basic action, Niphal is often passive or reflexive, Piel often intensifies or makes it factitive, and Hiphil is typically causative. The senses below are grouped under the stem BDB assigns to each. This entry also uses Pual (the passive of Piel) and Hithpael (reflexive or reciprocal).
What do BDB’s symbols mean?
BDB uses these scholarly abbreviations:
| Symbol | Meaning |
|---|---|
| 𝔊 | the Septuagint (the ancient Greek translation, LXX) |
| 𝔙 | the Vulgate (the Latin translation) |
| 𝔖 | the Syriac version (the Peshitta) |
| 𝔗 | the Targum (the Aramaic translation) |
| ψ | the Psalms |
| √ | root (the underlying root or stem) |
| ‖ | parallel passage (a synonymous or contrasted parallel) |
| † | the dagger: every passage where the word occurs is cited |
The 40 senses and sub-senses the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon distinguishes for this word, in lexicon order (not ranked by frequency), with BDB’s own verbatim wording and sub-sense lettering. Shown in Hebrew script with BDB’s own scholarly abbreviations. The condensed entry is in the Lexicon Entry tab. See also the Forms in the corpus table below.
ענה I dwell (prob.
Qal
- Pf. 3 fs. consec. וְעָנָה֫ (read וְעָ֫נָה?) Is 13:22 and jackals shall dwell, etc. (on agreement v. Ges§ 145 k; ‖ שׁכן v 21), so 𝔊 Buhl; CheHeb. Hpt.. 124 וְשָֽׁכְנוּ; > 𝔖 𝔗 𝔙 al. √ IV. ענה.—ψ 87:7 v. מַעְיָן. e.g. Isaiah 13:22
ענה II answer, respond (NH id., respond, make response
Qal
- Pf. 3 ms. ע׳ Mi 6:5 +; sf. עָנַנִי 1 S 28:15 +, עָנָךְ Is 30:19; Je 23:37, עָנָהוּ 1 S 9:17 +; 1 s. עָנִיתִי Ho 14:9, etc.; Impf. 3 ms. יַעֲנֶה Gn 41:16 +, וַיַּעַן Am 7:14 +, sf. יַעֲנֵנִי Jb 20:3 +, etc.; Imv. עֲנֵה Mi 6:3; Pr 26:5 etc.; Inf. cstr. עֲנוֹת Gn 45:3 + [2 S 22:36 v. עֲנָוָה]; Pt. עֹנֶה Ju 19:28 +, etc.;— e.g. Micah 6:5
- 1. answer, respond to sthg. said, actual or implied, Ju 8:8; 1 S 4:20; Jb 9:15 +; especially e.g. Judges 8:8
- a. of men, c. acc. pers. Gn 45:3 (E), Ju 5:29; 2 K 18:36 = Is 36:21; Jb 5:1 + very often (c. 110 times); specif. be responsive, i.e. answer kindly, grant request 1 K 12:7 (sf. pers.); = be amenable, docile (toward י׳) Ho 2:17 (of Isr. in fig.); seldom and late, c. acc. of thing replied to, Jb 32:12; 33:13 (De Di Bu), 40:2. e.g. Genesis 45:3
- b. of God answering (graciously): usually c. acc. pers.; by oracle 1 S 14:37; 28:6, 15 +, fig. Hb 2:11; by deed 1 S 7:9; 1 K 18:37(×2), cf. בָּאֵשׁ v 24; 1 Ch 21:26, and especially Ho 2:23, 24; 14:9, v. also Mi 3:4 Is 41:17; 49:8 Je 33:3; Jb 12:4 +, especially ψψ, e.g. 3:5; 4:2; 20:2 + 33 times, etc. (in all c. 77 times); e.g. 1 Samuel 14:37
- c. rarely c. acc., or cl., of answer: אלהים יַע׳ אֶת־שְׁלוֹם פַּרְעֹה Gn 41:16; Jb 15:2; Pr 18:23; Ne 8:6 they responded, Amen! 2 S 19:43 they made reply against Isr. (c. עַל against, only here), + quoted answer; c. acc. pers. + answer 1 S 20:28 Jonathan answered Saul, David asked leave, etc.; c. 2 acc. (c. 20 times) 2 K 18:36 = Is 36:21; Jb 23:5 +; so = grant, vouchsafe to, נוֹרָאוֹת תַּעֲנֵנוּ ψ 65:6 terrible things dost thou [י׳] vouchsafe to us. e.g. Genesis 41:16
- d. often + אָמַר Gn 18:27 Abr. answered and said, Ex 4:1 (J), 19:8 (E), Jb 4:1; 6:1 etc.; + אָמַר אֶל־ Gn 27:39 + 16 times; + א׳ לְ v 37 + 8 times; ע׳ + acc. pers. + אמר, 1 S 9:8 he answered Saul and said, + 23 times (in all c. 130 times); seldom + לֵאמֹר †Nu 32:31 (P), ע׳ + acc. pers. + לא׳ Gn 23:5, 10, 14 (P), 41:16; 42:22 (E), Jos 1:16 (D) e.g. Genesis 18:27
- e. seldom + דִּבֶּר Jos 22:21 (P), 2 K 1:10, 11, 12; ע׳ + acc. pers. + ד׳ Gn 34:13 (P). e.g. Joshua 22:21
- 2.
- a. respond to an occasion, speak in view of circumstances: 1 S 9:17 (acc. pers. + quot.), Ju 18:14 (+ אָמַר), Nu 11:28 (JE; + id.), 2 K 1:11 (+ id.), + 19 times e.g. 1 Samuel 9:17
- b. fig. יַעֲנֶה אֶת־הַכֹּל Ec 10:19 money meets all demands. e.g. Ecclesiastes 10:19
- 3.
- a. specif. respond as a witness, testify, so perhaps pt. עֹנֶה (abs.) Mal 2:12 (in good sense); c. בְּ pers. = in the case of = for Gn 30:33; usually against, 1 S 12:3; 2 S 1:16; Is 3:9; 59:12; Mi 6:3; Je 14:7; Jb 15:6; Nu 35:30 (P), Ru 1:21 (> Be be occupied with; Vrss Luth KitKau עִנָּה humiliate); c. בְּפָנָיו Ho 5:5; 7:10; Jb 16:8; c. לְפָנָיו Dt 31:21 (+ לְעֵד as witness); c. בְּ pers. + acc. of charge, סָרָה 19:16, of false witness שֶׁקֶר v 18, עֵד־שֶׁקֶר Ex 20:16 (Ginsb v 13), ‖ Dt 5:17, Pr 25:18: abs. (bad implic.) Ex 23:2 (E; עַל concerning). e.g. Malachi 2:12
- b. less often make response as one accused (respondent) Jb 9:14, 15. e.g. Job 9:14
Niphal
- 1. make answer, subj. י׳, c. ל pers., Pf. 1 s. נַעֲנֵיתִי Ez 14:4; Pt. נַעֲנֶה v 7 (Qal not in Ez). e.g. Ezekiel 14:4
- 2. be answered: Impf. 3 ms. יֵעָנֶה,
- a. Jb 11:2 (subj. words). e.g. Job 11:2
- b. of man = receive answer Pr 21:13, so 1 s. אֵעָנֶה Jb 19:7. e.g. Proverbs 21:13
Hiphil
- Pt. מַעֲנֶה בְּשִׂמְחַת לִבּוֹ Ec 5:19, wholly dub.; Hi (God) cause (all things) to respond in the joy of his heart; De answers to the joy, etc.; de Jong Wild occupies him (II. עָנָה with the joy, etc. e.g. Ecclesiastes 5:19
ענה III be occupied, busied with (ב), only Ec (perhaps Aramaic loan-word
Qal
- Inf. עֲנוֹת Ec 1:13; 3:10. e.g. Ecclesiastes 1:13
ענה IV be bowed down, afflicted (NH id.
Qal
- Pf. 1 s. עָנִיתִי ψ 116:10; Impf. 3 ms. יַעֲנֶה Is 25:5; 31:4, etc.;— e.g. Psalms 116:10
- 1. be put down or become low, of song of triumph Is 25:5 (others as Hiph. he putteth down, ‖ תַּכְנִיעַ). e.g. Isaiah 25:5
- 2. be depressed, downcast Is 31:4 (of lion; ‖ יֵחָ֑ת). e.g. Isaiah 31:4
- 3. be afflicted ψ 116:10; 119:67; Zc 10:2. e.g. Psalms 116:10
Niphal
- Pf. 1 s. נַעֲנֵיתִי ψ 119:107; Inf. cstr. לֵעָנֹת (perhaps read as Qal Ges§ 51 l) Ex 10:3; Pt. נַעֲנֶה 53:7; fs. נַעֲנָה 58:10;— e.g. Psalms 119:107
- 1. humble oneself מִפְּנֵי Ex 10:3. e.g. Exodus 10:3
- 2. be afflicted ψ 119:107 Is 53:7; 58:10. e.g. Psalms 119:107
Piel
- Pf. 3 ms. עִנָּה Dt 22:24 + 5 times; 2 ms. עִנִּיתָ ψ 88:8; 1 s. עִנֵּיתִי ψ 35:13, sf. וְעִנִּתִךְ consec. Na 1:12, etc.; Impf. יְעַנֶּה Jb 37:23, etc.; Imv. עַנּוּ Ju 19:24; Inf. abs. עַנֵּה Ex 22:22; cstr. עַנּוֹת Is 58:5 +, etc.; Pt. pl. sf. מְעַנַּיִךְ Is 60:14 Zp 3:19;— e.g. Deuteronomy 22:24
- 1. humble, mishandle, afflict: individual Gn 16:6; 31:50 (J) Ex 22:21, 22(×2) (E) Jb 30:11; by imprisonment and bonds Ju 16:5, 6, 19 ψ 105:18; a nation by way or in bondage Gn 15:13 (J) Ex 1:11, 12; Nu 24:24(×2) (E) Dt 26:6; 1 S 12:8 (inserting וַיְעַנּוּם מִצְרַיִם, so 𝔊 Dr Bu Kit HPS (cf. Th We]), 2 S 7:10; 2 K 17:20 ψ 94:5; Is 60:14; Zp 3:19; dynasty of David ψ 89:23. e.g. Genesis 16:6
- 2. humble, a woman by cohabit., Gn 34:2 (J) Dt 21:14; 22:24, 29; Ju 19:24; 20:5 2 S 13:12, 14, 22, 32; Ez 22:10, 11; La 5:11. e.g. Genesis 34:2
- 3. afflict as a discipline (God agent) Dt 8:2, 3, 16; 1 K 11:39 ψ 88:8; 90:15; 119:75; Is 64:11 Na 1:12(×2) La 3:33. e.g. Deuteronomy 8:2
- 4. humble, weaken, obj. כֹּחַ ψ 102:24; משׁפט Jb 37:23 (cf. Talm עִנָּה דִּין); נֶפֶשׁ oneself, by fasting Lv 16:29, 31; 23:27, 32; Nu 29:7 (P) ψ 35:13; Is 58:3, 5; by an oath Nu 30:14 (P). e.g. Psalms 102:24
Pual
- Pf. 1 s. עֻנֵּיתִי ψ 119:71; Impf. 3 fs. תְּעֻנֶּה Lv 23:29; Inf. cstr. sf. עֻנּוֹתוֹ ψ 132:1; Pt. מְעֻנֶּה Is 53:4;— e.g. Psalms 119:71
- 1. be afflicted, in discipline by God ψ 119:71; 132:1 Is 53:4. e.g. Psalms 119:71
- 2. be humbled by fasting Lv 23:29 (P). e.g. Leviticus 23:29
Hiphil
- Impf. 2 ms. sf. תַּעֲנֵם 1 K 8:35 = 2 Ch 6:26 afflict, in discipline. e.g. 1 Kings 8:35
Hithpael
- Pf. 3 ms. הִתְעַנָּה 1 K 2:26; 2 ms. הִתְעַנִּיתָ v 26; Impf. 3 mpl. יִתְעַנּוּ ψ 107:17; Imv. הִתְעַנִּי Gn 16:9; Inf. cstr. הִתְעַנּוֹת Ez 8:21 Dn 10:12;— e.g. 1 Kings 2:26
- 1. humble oneself (c. תַּחַת יָדֶיהָ Gn 16:9 (J). e.g. Genesis 16:9
- 2. be afflicted, by men 1 K 2:26(×2) by God in discipline ψ 107:17. e.g. 1 Kings 2:26
- 3. humble oneself in fasting Ezr 8:21 Dn 10:12. e.g. Ezra 8:21
ענה V sing (Arabic عَنَّى sing, chant, غِنَآءٌ singing, chanting, etc.
Qal
- Pf. 3 ms. וְעָנוּ consec. Je 51:14; Impf. 3 ms. יַעֲנֶה Je 25:30; 3 fs. וַתַּעַן Ex 15:21; 3 fpl. וַתַּעֲנֶינָה 1 S 18:7, etc.; Imv. עֱנוּ Nu 21:17 ψ 147:7; Inf. cstr. עֲנוֹת Ex 32:18(×2);—sing, utter tunefully, Ex 15:21 (E) and Miriam sang to (ל) them; of uttering shout (הֵידָד), as in vintage Je 25:30 (י׳ subj.; + אֶל־ pers.), in attack 51:14 (+ עַל־ pers.); קוֹל עֲנוֹתגְּבוּרָה(חֲלוּשָׁה) Ex 32:18(×2) (E) Ho 2:17; c. ל rei v. pers. laudat. Nu 21:17 (JE; well); ψ 147:7 (י׳; ‖ זַמְּרוּ), Ezr 3:11; + אָמַר 1 S 18:7 the women sang, and said; יַעֲגוּ בַמְּחֹלוֹת לֵאמֹר 21:12; 29:5; c. acc. rei laudat. ψ 119:172 (cf. ‖ v 171).—Is 13:22 v. עון. e.g. Jeremiah 51:14
Piel
- intens.: Imv. עַנּוּ־לַהּ Is 27:2 sing sweetly of it; Inf. קוֹל עַנּוֹת Ex 32:18 (E) the sound of distinct singing; cf. לְעַנּוֹת ψ 88:1. e.g. Isaiah 27:2
Senses from the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon (Brown, Driver, Briggs; Oxford 1906 — public domain), digitized via Sefaria, supplemented by the OpenScriptures HebrewLexicon (CC BY 4.0). Full attribution on Sources.
Word origin
I. vb. dwell (prob.; √ of foll.; Arabic عون, عَانَ is support, help, v. especially FlKl.Schr. i. 87 ff.);—
I. vb. answer, respond (NH id., respond, make response; 𝔗 עֲנָא; Syriac ܥܢܳܐ; Old Aramaic Palm. ענה; cf. Arabic عنى, عَنَا intend by saying);—
II. vb. be occupied, busied with (ב), only Ec (perhaps Aramaic loan-word; Syriac ܥܢܳܐ be occupied with, ܥܶܢܝܳܢ occupation, affair; cf. Arabic عنى, عَنَا concern one, also be occupied by; Ecclus 42:8 margin);—
III. vb. be bowed down, afflicted (NH id.; MI Pi. ויענו l5, אענו l6; Assyrian enû, thwart, frustrate, do violence to; Arabic عنو, عَنَا be lowly, submissive, v. Rahlfsעָנִי und עָנָו in d. Psalmen (1892), 67 ff.; 𝔗 עַנִּי Pa. oppress; Syriac Ethpe. humble oneself, and deriv.);—
IV. vb. sing (Arabic عَنَّى sing, chant, غِنَآءٌ singing, chanting, etc.; Syriac ܥܰܢܺܝ sing responsively, ܥܽܘܢܺܝܬܳܐ hymn, refrain; poss. Assyrian enû, resound (?); Egyptian anni is loan-word according to Bondi80);—
— Brown-Driver-Briggs (Oxford 1906, public domain), digitized via Sefaria, supplemented by the OpenScriptures HebrewLexicon (CC BY 4.0). See Sources.
Origin: a primitive root
Jastrow Dictionary
A second Hebrew/Aramaic lexicon for comparison, covering Aramaic and post-biblical (Talmudic, Targumic, Midrashic) usage that the biblical-Hebrew BDB does not. Matched by lemma rather than by Strong’s number, so a lemma may carry more than one Jastrow headword (shown separately below), and the entries cover usage well beyond the Bible.
עָנָה
- , v. עני h. a. ch.
עני
- (b. h.) [to turn, come out in turn,] to begin to speak; to respond; to speak or sing in chorus; to answer. Tem. 16ᵃ ע̇תנ̇יא̇ל̇ שעֲנָאו̇ א̇ל̇ he was surnamed Othniel, because God answered his prayer (ref. to I Chr. IV, 10). Y. Sot. V, 20ᶜ top והן עוֹנִין אחריו על כל דבר ודבר and they (the class) repeat each sentence after him; משה … והן עונין אחריו אשירה Moses said, I will sing &c., and they repeated in chorus, I will sing &c. Ib. משה אמר עזי והן עונין וכ׳ Moses said, My strength &c., and they responded, I will sing &c. Tosef. ib. VI, 2 ועונין על כל עינין ועינין and they (the class) repeat each sentence. Ib. 3 ועונין אחריו עינין ראשון and they (the people) always repeated the first sentence (as refrain). Succ. 38ᵇ מצוה לַעֲנוֹת הללויה it is proper to say in response Halleluiah. M. Kat. III, 9 כולן עוֹנוֹת כאחת all start the dirge at once; אחת מדברת וכולן עונות אחריה one speaks, and all repeat in chorus after her, v. עִינּוּי I. Ber. 47ᵃ עד שיכלה אמן מפי העוֹנִים until the Amen of the responding company is finished. Pes. 36ᵃ לחם שעונין וכ׳, v. עוֹנִי. Y. Succ. III, 54ᵃ top אם בירכך גוי עֲנֵה אחריו אמן if a gentile blesses thee, say after him Amen; a. fr. e.g. 1 Chronicles 4:10
- 1. to be answered, to have one’s prayer granted. Sabb. 30ᵃ וכשאמר זכור … מיד נ׳ but when he said, Remember &c. (Ex. XXXII, 13), his prayer was at once granted. R. Hash. 18ᵃ זה התפלל ונ׳ וכ׳ one prays and is heard, another prays and is not heard; Koh. R. to IX, 11, v. פָּגַע. Gen. R. s. 60 [read:] שלשה הם שנַעֲנוּ במענה פיהם three persons (mentioned in the Scriptures) were answered as soon as they had uttered their prayer; Yalk. ib. 108; a. fr. e.g. Exodus 32:13
- 2. to be called upon to speak; to answer, to deliver an opinion. Kidd. 40ᵇ נ׳ ר"ט ואמר וכ׳ R. Ṭ. (being asked his opinion) answered saying &c.; נַעֲנוּ כולם ואמרו וכ׳ all of them in turn answered saying &c.; Sifré Deut. 41; M. Kat. 28ᵇ (at a mourner’s house); a. fr.
- 3. [to be made to respond Amen,] to be sworn; to promise allegiance. Y. Dem. II, 23ᵃ top הוא נ׳ לחבורה … נַעֲנִין לו he (the head of the house) promises allegiance to the order (v. חֲבֵרוּת), and the members of his house make the promise to him.
- to speak or sing in chorus, esp. to lament. M. Kat. III, 9, מְעַנּוֹת, v. עִינּוּי I.
עֲנֵי
- Targ. II Esth. VI, 10. Targ. I Kings XII, 7.—Targ. Ps. XXXIV, 5 (Ms. עַנְיָינִי). Ib. CII, 3; a. fr.—Y. Succ. III, 54ᵃ top מה נַעְנֵי what shall we say in response? Ib. ר׳ יונה ע׳ הכין והכין R. J. responded, so be it, and so be it. Ab. Zar. 18ᵃ bot. אימא אלהא דמאיר עֲנֵנִי say, O God of Meïr, hear me; a. fr.—[Men. 17ᵃ עני מרי, v. עֲנֵי II.]
- to speak or sing in chorus; to respond. Targ. O. Ex. XV, 21. Targ. II Esth. VI, 11.
- 1. to be answered. Targ. O. Ex. XIX, 19. Targ. Prov. XXI, 13 נתעני ed. Wil. (ed. Lag. נַעֲנוֹי will answer him; h. text יֵעָנֶה).—
- *2. (euphem.) to be gratified, be eased. Y. Shebi. III, 34ᶜ bot. ההן דאזיל ולא מִתְעַנֵּי … he who went out to ease his bowels without success; [perhaps to be read מתפני, v. פְּנֵי?]
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Forms in the corpus
The 186 distinct written forms H6030 takes in the Hebrew Bible, most frequent first — each parse links to that stem’s occurrences in the concordance. Hebrew forms include their vowel points and cantillation, so a single lemma takes many written forms.
The 60 most common forms are shown; 126 rarer forms follow in the full concordance.
Same root — word family
Other BDB entries built from the same root as H6030, grouped by Strong’s listed origin. These share a root / origin per the lexicon — not necessarily a shared meaning. Each links to that word’s own entry.
Derived from this word
- מען maʻan H4616 for the sake of
- מענה maʻăneh H4617 answer
- ענה ʻânâh H6031 to afflict
- ענה ʻănâh H6032 to answer
Proper names from this root
People and places named from this root — a name, not an additional meaning of the word.
Compare all same-root words → Showing 4 of 8 — not the complete family. 3 of the same-root words are proper names (people or places). They share a root, not necessarily a meaning.
Septuagint verse parallels
This word appears in 300 verses that also exist in the Greek Old Testament (Septuagint), out of the 316 Hebrew verses it occurs in. You can read those verses in Greek by switching the Old Testament edition to the Septuagint.
Read these verses in the Septuagint
- Genesis 18:27
- Exodus 4:1
- Numbers 11:28
- Deuteronomy 1:14
- Joshua 1:16
- Judges 5:29
- Ruth 1:21
- 1 Samuel 1:15
- 2 Samuel 1:16
- 1 Kings 1:28
- 2 Kings 1:10
- 1 Chronicles 12:17
This is a verse-level parallel only — the same verses exist in both the Hebrew and Greek Old Testaments. No word-level Hebrew↔Greek correspondence is claimed: the data carries no such alignment, so no Greek word is shown as this Hebrew word’s translation. Coverage is not total — the Septuagint omits the deuterocanon and renumbers the Psalms, so some Hebrew verses have no direct Greek parallel.
