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Lexicon :: Strong's H584 - 'ānaḥ

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אָנַח
Transliteration
'ānaḥ
Pronunciation
aw-nakh'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 127

Strong’s Definitions

אָנַח ʼânach, aw-nakh'; a primitive root; to sigh:—groan, mourn, sigh.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 12x

The KJV translates Strong's H584 in the following manner: sigh (10x), groan (1x), mourn (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 12x
The KJV translates Strong's H584 in the following manner: sigh (10x), groan (1x), mourn (1x).
  1. (Niphal) sigh, groan (in pain or grief), gasp

    1. moan (of cattle)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
אָנַח ʼânach, aw-nakh'; a primitive root; to sigh:—groan, mourn, sigh.
STRONGS H584: Abbreviations
† [אָנַח] verb only
Niph. sigh, groan, mostly in poetry & late (Aramaic אֲנַח, OfnAe   Ethpe`el compare Assyrian [anâḫu], inḫu, sigh ZimBP 12, 30) — Perfect 3rd person feminine singular נֶאֶנְחָה Lamentations 1:8; Joel 1:18; >3rd person plural נֶאֶנְחוּ Isaiah 24:7; Imperfect יֵאָנַח Proverbs 29:2 etc.; Imperative הֵאָנַ֯ח֑ Ezekiel 21:11; Participle נֶאְנָ֑ךְ Ezekiel 21:12; נֶאֱנָחָה Lamentations 1:21 etc.; —
1. sigh, in token of grief Isaiah 24:7; Proverbs 29:2; Lamentations 1:4 (|| נוּגוֺתּ) Lamentations 1:21; Ezekiel 21:11 (twice in verse); of Jerusalem Lamentations 1:8; mostly absolute but followed by אַל־ Ezekiel 9:4 (|| נֶאֱנָק); followed by עַל־ & אֱל־ Ezekiel 21:12.
2. in physical distress Lamentations 1:11 (|| בִּקֵּשׁ לֶחֶם); Exodus 2:23 followed by מִן by reason of (|| זָעַק).
3. groan of cattle (בְּהֵמָה) Joel 1:18.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Exodus

2:23

Proverbs

29:2; 29:2

Isaiah

24:7; 24:7

Lamentations

1:4; 1:8; 1:8; 1:11; 1:21; 1:21

Ezekiel

9:4; 21:11; 21:11; 21:12; 21:12

Joel

1:18; 1:18

H584

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H584 matches the Hebrew אָנַח ('ānaḥ),
which occurs 12 times in 11 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 2:23 -

Now it happened after a long time [about forty years] that the king of Egypt died. And the children of Israel (Jacob) groaned and sighed because of the bondage, and they cried out. And their cry for help because of their bondage [fn]ascended to God.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 29:2 -

When the righteous are in authority and become great, the people rejoice;

But when the wicked man rules, the people groan and sigh.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 24:7 -

The new wine mourns,

The vine decays;

All the merry-hearted sigh and groan.

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 1:4 -

The roads to Zion are in mourning

Because no one comes to the appointed feasts.

All her gates are desolate;

Her priests are groaning,

Her virgins are grieved and suffering,

And she suffers bitterly.

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 1:8 -

Jerusalem sinned greatly;

Therefore she has become an unclean thing [and has been removed].

All who honored her [now] despise her

Because they have seen her nakedness;

Even she herself groans and turns [her face] away.

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 1:11 -

All her people groan, seeking bread;

They have exchanged their desirable and precious things for food

To restore their lives.

“See, O LORD, and consider

How despised and repulsive I have become!”

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 1:21 -

“People have heard that I groan,

That I have no comforter [in You].

All my enemies have heard of my desperation;

They are delighted [O LORD] that You have done it.

Oh, that You would bring the day [of judgment] which You have proclaimed

So that they will become like me.

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 9:4 - The LORD said to him, “Go through the midst of the city, throughout all of Jerusalem, and put a mark on the foreheads of the men who sigh [in distress] and grieve over all the repulsive acts which are being committed in it.”
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:6 - “As for you, son of man, groan with breaking heart and bitter grief, groan in their sight.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:7 - “And when they say to you, ‘Why do you sigh and groan?’ you shall answer, ‘Because of the news that is coming; and every heart will melt and all hands will be frail, and every spirit will faint and all knees will be weak as water. Behold, it comes and it will happen,’ says the Lord GOD.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 1:18 -

How the animals groan!

The herds of cattle are bewildered and wander aimlessly

Because they have no pasture;

Even the flocks of sheep suffer.

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