H584 אָנַח (ʼânach) aw-nakh'

Hebrew

Verb (Hebrew)

Quick Definition

to sigh

Strong's Definition

to sigh

Derivation: a primitive root;

KJV Usage: groan, mourn, sigh.

TWOT Reference: 127

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) (Niphal) sigh, groan (in pain or grief), gasp

1a) moan (of cattle)

Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents

This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:

G389 G4727

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

אָנַח (a.nach) — to sigh. 1) (Niphal) sigh, groan (in pain or grief), gasp 1a) moan (of cattle)

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

אנח (H0584)

verb

Sounds | verb nif

to sigh, to groan, to moan = action by which humans or animals make a deep inarticulate sound ◄ caused by pain, grief, or severe suffering

EXO 2:23 · PRO 29:2 · ISA 24:7 · JER 22:23 · LAM 1:4 · LAM 1:8 · LAM 1:11 · LAM 1:21 · EZK 9:4 · EZK 21:11 · EZK 21:11 · EZK 21:12 · JOL 1:18

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

[אָנַח] vb. only Niph. sigh, groan sigh, in token of grief

in physical distress

groan of cattle

base

Bible Occurrences (12)

2:23

29:2

24:7

22:23

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

9:4 21:6 21:7

1:18

Exodus 2:23

After a long... time, the king of Egypt died. The Israelites... groaned and cried out under their burden of slavery, and their cry for deliverance from bondage ascended to God.

Proverbs 29:2

When the righteous flourish, the people rejoice, but when the wicked rule, the people groan.

Isaiah 24:7

The new wine dries up, the vine withers. All the merrymakers... now groan.

Jeremiah 22:23

O inhabitant of Lebanon, nestled in the cedars, how you will groan when pangs of anguish come upon you, agony like a woman in labor.

Lamentations 1:4

The roads to Zion mourn, because no one comes to her appointed feasts. All her gates are deserted; her priests groan, her maidens grieve, and she herself is bitter with anguish.

Lamentations 1:8

Jerusalem has sinned greatly...; therefore... she has become an object of scorn. All who honored her now despise her, for they have seen her nakedness...; she herself groans and turns away.

Lamentations 1:11

All her people groan as they search for bread. They have traded their treasures for food to keep themselves alive.... Look, O LORD, and consider, for I have become despised.

Lamentations 1:21

People have heard my groaning, but there is no one to comfort me. All my enemies have heard of my trouble; they are glad that You have caused it. May You bring the day You have announced, so that they may become like me.