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Lexicon :: Strong's H587 - 'ănaḥnû

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אֲנַחְנוּ
Transliteration
'ănaḥnû
Pronunciation
an-akh'-noo
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Part of Speech
personal pronoun
Root Word (Etymology)
Apparently from אָנֹכִי (H595)
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 128

Strong’s Definitions

אֲנַחְנוּ ʼănachnûw, an-akh'-noo; apparently from H595; we:—ourselves, us, we.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 6x

The KJV translates Strong's H587 in the following manner: we, ourselves, us.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 6x
The KJV translates Strong's H587 in the following manner: we, ourselves, us.

  1. we (first pers. pl. - usually used for emphasis)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
אֲנַחְנוּ ʼănachnûw, an-akh'-noo; apparently from H595; we:—ourselves, us, we.
STRONGS H587: Abbreviations
אֲנַ֫חְנוּ אֲנָ֑חְנוּ pronoun 1st person plural common we (the plural corresponding to אָנֹכִי, as אֲנוּ; to אֲנִי; see WSG p. 100; Phoenician אנחן CISi. 3, 16.17, Aramaic אֲנַחְנָא, Targum also נַחְנָא, Syriac NfnofnAf  , Nfno, نَعْنُ, ንሕነ፡) Genesis 13:8; Genesis 29:4; Genesis 37:7; Genesis 42:11, 13; Numbers 9:7; Deuteronomy 1:28, 41; Joel 2:17, 18, etc. Like אֲנִי, following a participle as its subject Genesis 19:13; Numbers 10:29; Judges 19:18; 2 Kings 18:26; appended to a verb for emphasis Judges 9:28; 2 Kings 10:4; Isaiah 20:6.

See related Aramaic BDB entry H586.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

13:8; 19:13; 29:4; 37:7; 42:11; 42:13

Numbers

9:7; 10:29

Deuteronomy

1:28; 1:41

Judges

9:28; 19:18

2 Kings

10:4; 18:26

Isaiah

20:6

Joel

2:17; 2:18

H587

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H587 matches the Hebrew אֲנַחְנוּ ('ănaḥnû),
which occurs 121 times in 115 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 3 (Gen 13:8–2Ki 6:1)

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 13:8

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 13:8 - Finally Abram said to Lot, “Let’s not allow this conflict to come between us or our herdsmen. After all, we are close relatives!

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 19:13

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:13 - For we are about to destroy this city completely. The outcry against this place is so great it has reached the LORD, and he has sent us to destroy it.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 29:4

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:4 - Jacob went over to the shepherds and asked, “Where are you from, my friends?”
“We are from Haran,” they answered.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 37:7

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:7 - “We were out in the field, tying up bundles of grain. Suddenly my bundle stood up, and your bundles all gathered around and bowed low before mine!”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 42:11

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:11 - We are all brothers—members of the same family. We are honest men, sir! We are not spies!”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 42:13

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:13 - “Sir,” they said, “there are actually twelve of us. We, your servants, are all brothers, sons of a man living in the land of Canaan. Our youngest brother is back there with our father right now, and one of our brothers is no longer with us.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 42:21

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:21 - Speaking among themselves, they said, “Clearly we are being punished because of what we did to Joseph long ago. We saw his anguish when he pleaded for his life, but we wouldn’t listen. That’s why we’re in this trouble.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 42:31

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:31 - But we said, ‘We are honest men, not spies.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 42:32

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:32 - We are twelve brothers, sons of one father. One brother is no longer with us, and the youngest is at home with our father in the land of Canaan.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 43:8

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:8 - Judah said to his father, “Send the boy with me, and we will be on our way. Otherwise we will all die of starvation—and not only we, but you and our little ones.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 43:18

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:18 - The brothers were terrified when they saw that they were being taken into Joseph’s house. “It’s because of the money someone put in our sacks last time we were here,” they said. “He plans to pretend that we stole it. Then he will seize us, make us slaves, and take our donkeys.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 44:9

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:9 - If you find his cup with any one of us, let that man die. And all the rest of us, my lord, will be your slaves.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 44:16

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:16 - Judah answered, “Oh, my lord, what can we say to you? How can we explain this? How can we prove our innocence? God is punishing us for our sins. My lord, we have all returned to be your slaves—all of us, not just our brother who had your cup in his sack.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 46:34

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 46:34 - you must tell him, ‘We, your servants, have raised livestock all our lives, as our ancestors have always done.’ When you tell him this, he will let you live here in the region of Goshen, for the Egyptians despise shepherds.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 47:3

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 47:3 - And Pharaoh asked the brothers, “What is your occupation?”
They replied, “We, your servants, are shepherds, just like our ancestors.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 47:19

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 47:19 - Why should we die before your very eyes? Buy us and our land in exchange for food; we offer our land and ourselves as slaves for Pharaoh. Just give us grain so we may live and not die, and so the land does not become empty and desolate.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 10:26

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 10:26 - All our livestock must go with us, too; not a hoof can be left behind. We must choose our sacrifices for the LORD our God from among these animals. And we won’t know how we are to worship the LORD until we get there.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 9:7

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 9:7 - and said, “We have become ceremonially unclean by touching a dead body. But why should we be prevented from presenting the LORD’s offering at the proper time with the rest of the Israelites?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 10:29

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 10:29 - One day Moses said to his brother-in-law, Hobab son of Reuel the Midianite, “We are on our way to the place the LORD promised us, for he said, ‘I will give it to you.’ Come with us and we will treat you well, for the LORD has promised wonderful blessings for Israel!”

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 20:4

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 20:4 - Why have you brought the congregation of the LORD’s people into this wilderness to die, along with all our livestock?

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 20:16

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 20:16 - But when we cried out to the LORD, he heard us and sent an angel who brought us out of Egypt. Now we are camped at Kadesh, a town on the border of your land.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 32:17

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 32:17 - Then we will arm ourselves and lead our fellow Israelites into battle until we have brought them safely to their land. Meanwhile, our families will stay in the fortified towns we build here, so they will be safe from any attacks by the local people.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 1:28

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:28 - Where can we go? Our brothers have demoralized us with their report. They tell us, “The people of the land are taller and more powerful than we are, and their towns are large, with walls rising high into the sky! We even saw giants there—the descendants of Anak!”’

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 1:41

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:41 - “Then you confessed, ‘We have sinned against the LORD! We will go into the land and fight for it, as the LORD our God has commanded us.’ So your men strapped on their weapons, thinking it would be easy to attack the hill country.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 5:3

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 5:3 - The LORD did not make this covenant with our ancestors, but with all of us who are alive today.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 5:25

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 5:25 - But now, why should we risk death again? If the LORD our God speaks to us again, we will certainly die and be consumed by this awesome fire.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 12:8

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 12:8 - “Your pattern of worship will change. Today all of you are doing as you please,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 2:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 2:17 - Before they left, the men told her, “We will be bound by the oath we have taken only if you follow these instructions.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 2:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 2:18 - When we come into the land, you must leave this scarlet rope hanging from the window through which you let us down. And all your family members—your father, mother, brothers, and all your relatives—must be here inside the house.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 2:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 2:19 - If they go out into the street and are killed, it will not be our fault. But if anyone lays a hand on people inside this house, we will accept the responsibility for their death.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 9:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 9:8 - They replied, “We are your servants.”
“But who are you?” Joshua demanded. “Where do you come from?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 9:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 9:11 - So our elders and all our people instructed us, ‘Take supplies for a long journey. Go meet with the people of Israel and tell them, “We are your servants; please make a treaty with us.”’

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 9:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 9:19 - But the leaders replied, “Since we have sworn an oath in the presence of the LORD, the God of Israel, we cannot touch them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 9:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 9:22 - Joshua called together the Gibeonites and said, “Why did you lie to us? Why did you say that you live in a distant land when you live right here among us?

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 24:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 24:18 - It was the LORD who drove out the Amorites and the other nations living here in the land. So we, too, will serve the LORD, for he alone is our God.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 9:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:28 - “Who is Abimelech?” Gaal shouted. “He’s not a true son of Shechem,[fn] so why should we be his servants? He’s merely the son of Gideon, and this Zebul is merely his deputy. Serve the true sons of Hamor, the founder of Shechem. Why should we serve Abimelech?

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 16:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:5 - The rulers of the Philistines went to her and said, “Entice Samson to tell you what makes him so strong and how he can be overpowered and tied up securely. Then each of us will give you 1,100 pieces[fn] of silver.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 18:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 18:5 - Then they said, “Ask God whether or not our journey will be successful.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 19:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:18 - “We have been in Bethlehem in Judah,” the man replied. “We are on our way to a remote area in the hill country of Ephraim, which is my home. I traveled to Bethlehem, and now I’m returning home.[fn] But no one has taken us in for the night,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 21:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 21:7 - How can we find wives for the few who remain, since we have sworn by the LORD not to give them our daughters in marriage?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 21:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 21:18 - But we cannot give them our own daughters in marriage because we have sworn with a solemn oath that anyone who does this will fall under God’s curse.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 8:20

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 8:20 - “We want to be like the nations around us. Our king will judge us and lead us into battle.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 14:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:8 - “All right then,” Jonathan told him. “We will cross over and let them see us.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 20:42

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:42 - At last Jonathan said to David, “Go in peace, for we have sworn loyalty to each other in the LORD’s name. The LORD is the witness of a bond between us and our children forever.” Then David left, and Jonathan returned to the town.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 23:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 23:3 - But David’s men said, “We’re afraid even here in Judah. We certainly don’t want to go to Keilah to fight the whole Philistine army!”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 30:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 30:14 - We were on our way back from raiding the Kerethites in the Negev, the territory of Judah, and the land of Caleb, and we had just burned Ziklag.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 5:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 5:1 - Then all the tribes of Israel went to David at Hebron and told him, “We are your own flesh and blood.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 3:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 3:18 - Three days later this woman also had a baby. We were alone; there were only two of us in the house.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 22:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:3 - During the visit, the king of Israel said to his officials, “Do you realize that the town of Ramoth-gilead belongs to us? And yet we’ve done nothing to recapture it from the king of Aram!”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 6:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 6:1 - One day the group of prophets came to Elisha and told him, “As you can see, this place where we meet with you is too small.

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