Quick Definition
where?
Strong's Definition
where?; hence, whither?, when?; also hither and thither
Derivation: or אָנָה; contracted from H370 (אַיִן);
KJV Usage: [phrase] any (no) whither, now, where, whither(-soever).
TWOT Reference: 75g
Outline of Biblical Usage
Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents
This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
אָן (an) — where?. 1) where?, whither? (of place) 2) when?, until when?, how long? (of time)
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
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Spatial Referents | ≈ אֵיפֹה
where? = referent to an unknown location; ► normally used with the purpose of finding which location that is; sometimes used in rhetorical questions expressing one's conviction that such a location cannot be found
GEN 16:8 · GEN 32:18 · GEN 37:30 · DEU 1:28 · JOS 2:5 · JDG 19:17 · RUT 2:19 · 1SA 10:14 · 2SA 2:1 · 2SA 13:13 · 1KI 2:36 · 1KI 2:36 · 1KI 2:42 · 1KI 2:42 · 2KI 5:25 · 2KI 5:25 · 2KI 6:6 · NEH 2:16 · PSA 139:7 · PSA 139:7 · SNG 6:1 · SNG 6:1 · ISA 10:3 · JER 15:2 · EZK 21:21 · ZEC 2:6 · ZEC 5:10
Temporal Referents
when? = referent to an unknown point in time; ► normally used with the purpose of finding out which point in time is intended; sometimes used in rhetorical questions expressing one's conviction that this point of time may never arrive
EXO 16:28 · NUM 14:11 · NUM 14:11 · JOS 18:3 · JOB 8:2 · JOB 18:2 · JOB 19:2 · PSA 13:2 · PSA 13:2 · PSA 13:3 · PSA 13:3 · PSA 62:4 · JER 47:6 · HAB 1:2
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
אָן adv. where? or whither? base