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H597 אָנַס (ʼânaç) aw-nas'

Hebrew
Verb (Hebrew)
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Quick Definition

to compel

Strong's Definition

to insist

KJV Usage: compel.

TWOT Reference: 132

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) (Qal) to compel, to constrain

Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents

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

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

אָנַס (a.nas) — to compel. (Qal) to compel, to constrain Aramaic equivalent: a.nas (אֲנַס "to constrain" H0598)

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

verb

Engage | verb qal

to force, to compel, to restrain = to enforce a certain type of behavior

EST 1:8

Complicated | verb pe'al

to be too difficult, to baffle = state in which a mystery is too hard for someone to understand

DAN 4:6

Reinier de Blois

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

[אָנַס] vb. compel, constrain base

Bible Occurrences (1)

1:8

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