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Lexicon :: Strong's H6030 - ʿānâ

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עָנָה
Transliteration
ʿānâ
Pronunciation
aw-naw'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
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TWOT Reference: 1650,1653

Strong’s Definitions

עָנָה ʻânâh, aw-naw'; a primitive root; properly, to eye or (generally) to heed, i.e. pay attention; by implication, to respond; by extension to begin to speak; specifically to sing, shout, testify, announce:—give account, afflict (by mistake for 6031), (cause to, give) answer, bring low (by mistake for 6031), cry, hear, Leannoth, lift up, say, × scholar, (give a) shout, sing (together by course), speak, testify, utter, (bear) witness. See also H1042, H1043.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 329x

The KJV translates Strong's H6030 in the following manner: answer (242x), hear (42x), testify (12x), speak (8x), sing (4x), bear (3x), cry (2x), witness (2x), give (1x), miscellaneous (13x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 329x
The KJV translates Strong's H6030 in the following manner: answer (242x), hear (42x), testify (12x), speak (8x), sing (4x), bear (3x), cry (2x), witness (2x), give (1x), miscellaneous (13x).
  1. to answer, respond, testify, speak, shout

    1. (Qal)

      1. to answer, respond to

      2. to testify, respond as a witness

    2. (Niphal)

      1. to make answer

      2. to be answered, receive answer

  2. (Qal) to sing, utter tunefully

  3. (Qal) to dwell

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
עָנָה ʻânâh, aw-naw'; a primitive root; properly, to eye or (generally) to heed, i.e. pay attention; by implication, to respond; by extension to begin to speak; specifically to sing, shout, testify, announce:—give account, afflict (by mistake for 6031), (cause to, give) answer, bring low (by mistake for 6031), cry, hear, Leannoth, lift up, say, × scholar, (give a) shout, sing (together by course), speak, testify, utter, (bear) witness. See also H1042, H1043.
STRONGS H6030: Abbreviations
† [עוּן] verb dwell (probably; √ of following; Arabic bdb073210, bdb073211 is support, help, see especially FlKl. Schr. i. 87 ff.); —
Qal Perfect 3rd person feminine singular consecutive וְעָנָה֫ (read וְעָ֫נָה ?) Isaiah 13:22 and jackals shall dwell, etc. (on agreement see Ges§ 145 k; || שׁכן Isaiah 13:21 ), so Greek Version of the LXX Buhl; CheHeb. Hpt. 124 וְשָֽׁכְנוּ; > Syriac Version Targum Vulgate and others √ IV. ענה. — Psalm 87:7 see מַעְיָן.

I. עָנָה verb answer, respond (Late Hebrew id., respond, make response; Targum עֲנָא; Syriac bdb077205, Old Aramaic, Palmyrene ענה; compare Arabic bdb077206, bdb077207, intend by saying); —
Qal Perfect 3rd person masculine singular ע׳ Micah 6:5 +; suffix עָנַנִי 1 Samuel 28:15 +, עָנָךְ Isaiah 30:19; Jeremiah 23:37, עָנָהוּ 1 Samuel 9:17 +; 1st person singular עָנִיתִי Hosea 14:9 [Hosea 14:8], etc.; Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular יַעֲנֶה Genesis 41:16 +, וַיַּעַן Amos 7:14 +, suffix יַעֲנֵנִי Job 20:3 +, etc.; Imperative עֲנֵה Micah 6:3; Proverbs 26:5 etc.; Infinitive construct עֲנוֺת Genesis 45:3 + [2 Samuel 22:36 see עֲנָוָה]; Participle עֹנֶה Judges 19:28 +, etc.; —
1. answer, respond to something said, actual or implied, Judges 8:8; 1 Samuel 4:20; Job 9:15 +; especially
a. of men, with accusative of person Genesis 45:3 (E), Judges 5:29; 2 Kings 18:36 = Isaiah 36:21; Job 5:1 + very often (approximately + 110 times); specifically be responsive, i.e. answer kindly, grant request 1 Kings 12:7 (suffix person); = be amenable, docile (toward י׳) Hosea 2:17 [Hosea 2:15] (of Israel in figure); seldom and late, with accusative of thing replied to, Job 32:12; Job 33:13 (De Di Bu), Job 40:2.
b. of God answering (graciously): usually with accusative of person; by oracle 1 Samuel 14:37; 1 Samuel 28:6, 1 Samuel 28:15 +, figurative Habakkuk 2:11; by deed 1 Samuel 7:9; 1 Kings 18:37 (twice in verse), compare בָּאֵשׁ 1 Kings 18:24; 1 Chronicles 21:26, and especially Hosea 2:23 [Hosea 2:21]; Hosea 2:24 [Hosea 2:22]; Hosea 14:9 [Hosea 14:8], see also Micah 3:4; Isaiah 41:17; Isaiah 49:8; Jeremiah 33:3; Job 12:4 +, especially Psalms, e.g. Psalm 3:5 [Psalm 3:4]; Psalm 4:2 [Psalm 4:1]; Psalm 20:2 [Psalm 20:1] + 33 times, etc. (in all approximately + 77 times).
c. rarely with accusative, or clause, of answer: פַּרְעֹה אֶת־שְׁלוֹם יע'אלהים Genesis 41:16; Job 15:2; Proverbs 18:23; Nehemiah 8:6 they responded, Amen! 2 Samuel 19:43 they made reply against Israel (with עַל against, only here), + quoted answer; with accusative of person + answer 1 Samuel 20:28 Jonathan answered Saul, David asked leave, etc.; with 2 accusative (approximately + 20 times) 2 Kings 18:36 = Isaiah 36:21; Job 23:5 +; so = grant, vouchsafe to, נוֺרָאוֺת תַּעֲנֵנוּ Psalm 65:6 [Psalm 65:5] terrible things dost thou [י׳] vouchsafe to us.
d. often + אָמַר Genesis 18:27 Abraham answered and said, Exodus 4:1 (J), Exodus 19:8 (E), Job 4:1; Job 6:1 etc.; + אָמַר אֶלֿ Genesis 27:39 + 16 times; + לְ א׳ Genesis 27:37 + 8 times; י׳ + accusative of person + אמר, 1 Samuel 9:8 he answered Saul and said, + 23 times (in all approximately + 130 times); seldom + לֵאמֹר Numbers 32:31 (P), ע׳ + accusative of person + עא׳ Genesis 23:5, Genesis 23:10, Genesis 23:14 (P), Genesis 41:16; Genesis 42:22 (E), Joshua 1:16 (D).
e. seldom + דִּבֶּר Joshua 22:21 (P), 2 Kings 1:10, 2 Kings 1:11, 2 Kings 1:12; ע׳ + accusative of person + ר׳ Genesis 34:13 (P).
2.
a. respond to an occasion, speak in view of circumstances : 1 Samuel 9:17 (accusative of person + quotation), Judges 18:14)+ אָמַר), Numbers 11:28 (J E; + id.), 2 Kings 1:11 (+ id.), + 19 times
b. figurative יַעֲנֶה אֶתהַֿכֹּל Ecclesiastes 10:19; money meets all demands.
3.
a. specifically respond as a witness, testify, so perhaps participleעֹנֶה (absolute) Malachi 2:12 (in good sense); with בְּ person= in the case of = for Genesis 30:33; usually against, 1 Samuel 12:3; 2 Samuel 1:16; Isaiah 3:9; Isaiah 59:12; Micah 6:3; Jeremiah 14:7; Numbers 35:30 (P), Ruth 1:21 (>Be be occupied with, II.ענה; Vrss Luth KitKau עִנָּה humiliate); with בְּפָנָיו Hosea 5:5; Hosea 7:10; Job 16:8; with לְפָנָיו Deuteronomy 31:21 (+ לְעֵד as witness); with בְּ person + accusative of charge, סָרָה Deuteronomy 19:16, of false witness שֶׁקֶר Deuteronomy 19:18, עֵדשֶֿׁקֶר Exodus 20:16 (Ginsb Exodus 20:13), || Deuteronomy 5:17 ; Proverbs 25:18: absolute (bad implication) Exodus 23:2 (E; עַל concerning).
b. less often make response as one accused (respondent) Job 9:14, Job 9:15.
Niph..
1. make answer, subject י׳, with ל person, Perfect 1st person singular נַעֲנֵיתִי Ezekiel 14:4; Participle נַעֲנֶה (Qal not in Ezekiel).
2. be answered: Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular יֵעָנֶה,
a. Job 11:2 (subject words).
b. of man = receive answer Proverbs 21:13, so 1st person singular אֵעָנֶה Job 19:7.
Hiph. Participle מַעֲנֶה בְּשִׂמְחַת לִבּוֺ Ecclesiastes 5:19 [Ecclesiastes 5:20], wholly dubious; Hi (God) causes (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.

See related Aramaic BDB entry H6032.

† IV. עָנָה verb sing (Arabic bdb077701 sing, chant, bdb077702 singing, chanting, etc.; Syriac bdb077703 sing responsively, bdb077704 hymn, refrain; possibly Assyrian enû, resound (?); Egyptian anni is loan-word according to Bondi80); —
Qal Perfect 3rd person masculine singular וְעָנוּ consecutive Jeremiah 51:14; Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular יַעַנֶה Jeremiah 25:30; 3rd person feminine singular וַתַּעַן Exodus 15:21; 3rd person feminine plural וַתַּעֲנֶינָה 1 Samuel 18:7, etc.; Imperative עֱנוּ Numbers 21:17; Psalm 147:7; Infinitive construct עֲנוֺת Exodus 32:18 (twice in verse); — sing, utter tunefully, Exodus 15:21 (E) and Miriam sang to (ל) them; of uttering shout (הֵידָד), as in vintage Jeremiah 25:30 (י׳ subject; + אֶלֿ person), in attack Jeremiah 51:14 (+ עַלֿ person); (חֲלוּשָׁה) קוֺל עֲנוֺת גְּבוּרָה Exodus 32:18 (twice in verse) (E); with ל of thing or person laudation Numbers 21:17 (J E; well); Psalm 147:7 (י׳; || זַמְּרוּ), Ezra 3:11; + אָמַר 1 Samuel 18:7 the women sang, and said; יַעֲנוּ בַמְּחֹלוֺת לֵאמֹר 1 Samuel 21:12 [1 Samuel 21:11]; 1 Samuel 29:5; with accusative of thing laudation Psalm 119:172 (compare || Psalm 119:171). — Isaiah 14:22 see עון.
Pi. intensive: Imperative עַנּוּלָֿהּ Isaiah 27:2 sing sweetly of it; Infinitive קוֺל עַנּוֺת Exodus 32:18 (E) the sound of distinct singing; compare לְעַנּוֺת Psalm 88:1.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

18:27; 23:5; 23:10; 23:14; 27:37; 27:39; 30:33; 34:13; 41:16; 41:16; 41:16; 42:22; 45:3; 45:3

Exodus

4:1; 15:21; 15:21; 19:8; 20:13; 20:16; 23:2; 32:18; 32:18; 32:18

Numbers

11:28; 21:17; 21:17; 32:31; 35:30

Deuteronomy

5:17; 19:16; 19:18; 31:21

Joshua

1:16; 22:21

Judges

5:29; 8:8; 18:14; 19:28

Ruth

1:21

1 Samuel

4:20; 7:9; 9:8; 9:17; 9:17; 12:3; 14:37; 18:7; 18:7; 20:28; 21:11; 28:6; 28:15; 28:15; 29:5

2 Samuel

1:16; 19:43; 22:36

1 Kings

12:7; 18:24; 18:37

2 Kings

1:10; 1:11; 1:11; 1:12; 18:36; 18:36

1 Chronicles

21:26

Ezra

3:11

Nehemiah

8:6

Job

4:1; 5:1; 6:1; 9:14; 9:15; 9:15; 11:2; 12:4; 15:2; 16:8; 19:7; 20:3; 23:5; 32:12; 33:13; 40:2

Psalms

3:4; 4:1; 20:1; 65:5; 87:7; 88:1; 119:171; 119:172; 147:7; 147:7

Proverbs

18:23; 21:13; 25:18; 26:5

Ecclesiastes

5:20; 10:19

Isaiah

3:9; 13:21; 13:22; 14:22; 27:2; 30:19; 36:21; 36:21; 41:17; 49:8; 59:12

Jeremiah

14:7; 23:37; 25:30; 25:30; 33:3; 51:14; 51:14

Ezekiel

14:4

Hosea

2:15; 2:21; 2:22; 5:5; 7:10; 14:8; 14:8

Amos

7:14

Micah

3:4; 6:3; 6:3; 6:5

Habakkuk

2:11

Malachi

2:12

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H6030 matches the Hebrew עָנָה (ʿānâ),
which occurs 329 times in 316 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 3 / 7 (2Sa 14:19–Job 4:1)

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:19 - So the king said, “Is the hand of Joab with you in all this?” And the woman replied H6030, “As your soul lives, my lord the king, no one can turn to the right or to the left from anything that my lord the king has spoken. Indeed, it was your servant Joab who commanded me, and it was he who put all these words in the mouth of your servant.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:21 - But Ittai answered H6030 the king and said, “As the LORD lives, and as my lord the king lives, wherever my lord the king may be, whether for death or for life, there assuredly shall your servant be!”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:21 - But Abishai the son of Zeruiah responded H6030, “Should Shimei not be put to death for this, the fact that he cursed the LORD’S anointed?”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:42 - Then all the men of Judah answered H6030 the men of Israel, “Because the king is a close relative to [fn]us. Why then are you angry about this matter? Have we eaten at all [fn]at the king’s expense, or has anything been taken for us?”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:43 - But the men of Israel answered H6030 the men of Judah and said, “[fn]We have ten parts in the king, therefore [fn]we also have more claim on David than you. Why then did you treat [fn]us with contempt? Was it not [fn]our [fn]advice first to bring back [fn]our king?” Yet the words of the men of Judah were harsher than the words of the men of Israel.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:20 - Joab replied H6030, “Far be it, far be it from me that I would consume or destroy!
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:42 -

“They looked, but there was no one to save them;

Even to the LORD, but He did not answer H6030 them.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:28 -

Then King David responded H6030 and said, “Summon Bathsheba to me.” And she came into the king’s presence and stood before the king.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:36 - Benaiah the son of Jehoiada answered H6030 the king and said, “Amen! May the LORD, the God of my lord the king, say the same.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:43 - But Jonathan replied H6030 to Adonijah, “On the contrary! Our lord King David has made Solomon king!
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:22 - But King Solomon answered H6030 and said to his mother, “And why are you requesting Abishag the Shunammite for Adonijah? Request for him the kingdom as well—since he is my older brother—for him, for Abiathar the priest, and for Joab the son of Zeruiah!”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:30 - So Benaiah came to the tent of the LORD and said to him, “This is what the king has said: ‘Come out.’” But he said, “No, for I will die here.” So Benaiah brought back word to the king, saying, “This is what Joab spoke, and so he answered H6030 me.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 3:27 - Then the king replied H6030, “Give [fn]the first woman the living child, and by no means kill him. She is his mother.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:7 - Then they spoke to him, saying, “If you will be a servant to this people today, and will serve them and [fn]grant H6030 them their request H6030, and speak pleasant words to them, then they will be your servants always.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:13 - And the king answered H6030 the people harshly, for he ignored the advice of the elders which they had [fn]given him,
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 13:6 - And the king responded H6030 and said to the man of God, “Please [fn]appease the LORD your God and pray for me, so that my hand may be restored to me.” So the man of God [fn]appeased the LORD, and the king’s hand was restored to him, and it became as it was before.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:21 - Then Elijah approached all the people and said, “How long are you going to [fn]struggle with the two choices? If the LORD is God, follow Him; but if Baal, follow him.” But the people did not answer H6030 him so much as a word.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:24 - “Then you call on the name of your god, and I will call on the name of the LORD; and the God who answers H6030 by fire, He is God.” And all the people replied H6030, “[fn]That is a good idea.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:26 - Then they took the ox which [fn]was given them and they prepared it, and they called on the name of Baal from morning until noon, saying, “O Baal, answer H6030 us!” But there was no voice and no one answered H6030. And they [fn]limped about the altar which [fn]they had made.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:29 - When midday was past, they raved until the time of the offering of the evening sacrifice; but there was no voice, no one answered H6030, and [fn]no one paid attention.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:37 - “Answer H6030 me, LORD, answer H6030 me, so that this people may know that You, LORD, are God, and that You have turned their heart back.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:4 - And the king of Israel replied H6030, “As [fn]you say, my lord, O king; I am yours, as well as all that I have.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:11 - Then the king of Israel replied H6030, “Tell him, ‘He who straps on his weapons had better not boast like one who takes them off.’”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 1:10 - But Elijah replied H6030 to the captain of fifty, “If I am a man of God, may fire come down from heaven and consume you and your fifty.” Then fire came down from heaven and consumed him and his fifty men.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 1:11 -

So the king again sent to him another captain of fifty with his fifty men. And he said to him, “You man of God, this is what the king says: ‘Come down quickly!’”

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 1:12 - But Elijah replied H6030 to them, “If I am a man of God, may fire come down from heaven and consume you and your fifty.” Then the fire of God came down from heaven and consumed him and his fifty men.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 3:11 - But Jehoshaphat said, “Is there no prophet of the LORD here, that we may inquire of the LORD by him?” And one of the king of Israel’s servants answered H6030 and said, “Elisha the son of Shaphat is here, who used to pour water on the hands of Elijah.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:29 -

Then he said to Gehazi, “[fn]Get ready and take my staff in your hand, and go; if you meet anyone, do not [fn]greet him, and if anyone [fn]greets you, do not reply H6030 to him. And lay my staff on the boy’s face.”

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 7:2 - The royal officer on whose hand the king was leaning responded H6030 to the man of God and said, “Even if the LORD were to make [fn]windows in heaven, could this thing happen?” Then he said, “Behold, you are going to see it with your own eyes, but you will not eat [fn]any of it.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 7:13 - One of his servants responded H6030 and said, “Please, have some men take five of the horses that remain, which are left [fn]in the city. Behold, they will be in any case like all the multitude of Israel who are left in it; behold, they will be like all the multitude of Israel who have already perished, so let us send them and see.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 7:19 - At that time the royal officer had responded H6030 to the man of God and said, “Now even if the LORD were to make windows in heaven, could such a thing as this happen?” And he had said, “Behold, you are going to see it with your own eyes, but you will not eat [fn]any of it.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:36 -

But the people were silent and did not answer H6030 him with even a word, because it was the king’s [fn]command: “Do not answer H6030 him.”

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:17 - David went out to meet them, and said to them, “If you come peacefully to help me, my heart shall be united with you; but if to betray me to my enemies, since there is no [fn]wrong in my hands, may the God of our fathers look on it and decide.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 21:26 - Then David built an altar there to the LORD, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings. And he called to the LORD, and He answered H6030 him with fire from heaven on the altar of burnt offering.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 21:28 -

At that time, when David saw that the LORD had answered H6030 him on the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite, he offered sacrifice there.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 10:13 - The king answered H6030 them harshly, and King Rehoboam ignored the advice of the elders.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 29:31 -

Then Hezekiah said, “Now that you have [fn]consecrated yourselves to the LORD, come forward and bring sacrifices and thanksgiving offerings to the house of the LORD.” So the assembly brought sacrifices and thanksgiving offerings, and everyone who was [fn]willing brought burnt offerings.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 34:15 - Hilkiah responded H6030 and said to Shaphan the scribe, “I have found the Book of the Law in the house of the LORD.” And Hilkiah gave the book to Shaphan.
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 3:11 - And they sang H6030, praising and giving thanks to the LORD, saying, “For He is good, for His favor is upon Israel forever.” And all the people shouted with a great shout of joy when they praised the LORD, because the foundation of the house of the LORD was laid.
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:2 - Shecaniah the son of Jehiel, one of the sons of Elam, said to Ezra, “We have been unfaithful to our God and have [fn]married foreign women from the peoples of the land; yet now there is hope for Israel in spite of this.
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:12 - Then all the assembly replied H6030 with a loud voice, “It is [fn]our duty to do exactly as you have said!
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 8:6 - Then Ezra blessed the LORD, the great God. And all the people answered H6030, “Amen, Amen!” with the raising of their hands; then they kneeled down and worshiped the LORD with their faces to the ground.
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 5:7 - So Esther replied H6030, “My request and my wish is:
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 7:3 - Then Queen Esther replied H6030, “If I have found favor in your sight, O king, and if it pleases the king, let my life be given me as my request, and my people as my wish;
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 1:7 - The LORD said to Satan, “From where do you come?” Satan answered H6030 the LORD and said, “From roaming about on the earth and walking around on it.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 1:9 - Then Satan answered H6030 the [fn]LORD, “Does Job fear God for nothing?
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 2:2 - The LORD said to Satan, “Where have you come from?” Then Satan answered H6030 the LORD and said, “From roaming about on the earth and walking around on it.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 2:4 - Satan answered H6030 the LORD and said, “Skin for skin! Yes, all that a man has, he will give for his life.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 3:2 - And Job [fn]said H6030,
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 4:1 -

Then Eliphaz the Temanite responded H6030,


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