Strong's Definition
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
Derivation: a primitive root;
KJV Usage: give account, afflict (by mistake for H6031 (עָנָה)), (cause to, give) answer, bring low (by mistake for H6031 (עָנָה)), cry, hear, Leannoth, lift up, say, [idiom] scholar, (give a) shout, sing (together by course), speak, testify, utter, (bear) witness. See also H1042 (בֵּית עֲנוֹת), H1043 (בֵּית עֲנָת).
TWOT Reference: 1650,1653
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
עוּן (un) — to dwell. (Qal) to dwell
עָנָה (a.nah) — to answer. 1) to answer, respond, testify, speak, shout 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to answer, respond to 1a2) to testify, respond as a witness 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to make answer 1b2) to be answered, receive answer Aramaic equivalent: a.nah (עֲנָה "to answer" H6032)
עָנָה (a.nah) — to sing. (Qal) to sing, utter tunefully
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
verb · מַעֲנֶה
Speak | verb qal, verb pe'al, verb nif, verb pi
to answer, to respond, to speak up = action in which humans or deities respond to a question or situation, either by words or by actions
GEN 18:27 · GEN 23:5 · GEN 23:10 · GEN 23:14 · GEN 24:50 · GEN 27:37 · GEN 27:39 · GEN 31:14 · GEN 31:31 · GEN 31:36 · GEN 31:43 · GEN 34:13 · GEN 35:3 · GEN 40:18 · GEN 41:16 · GEN 41:16 · GEN 42:22 · GEN 45:3 · EXO 4:1 · EXO 19:8 · EXO 19:19 · EXO 24:3 · NUM 11:28 · NUM 22:18 · NUM 23:12 · NUM 23:26 · NUM 32:31 · DEU 1:14 · DEU 1:41 · DEU 20:11 · DEU 21:7 · DEU 25:9 · DEU 26:5 · DEU 27:14 · DEU 27:15 · DEU 31:21 · JOS 1:16 · JOS 7:20 · JOS 9:24 · JOS 22:21 · JOS 24:16 · JDG 5:29 · JDG 7:14 · JDG 8:8 · JDG 8:8 · JDG 18:14 · JDG 19:28 · JDG 20:4 · RUT 2:6 · RUT 2:11 · 1SA 1:15 · 1SA 1:17 · 1SA 4:17 · 1SA 4:20 · 1SA 7:9 · 1SA 8:18 · 1SA 9:8 · 1SA 9:12 · 1SA 9:17 · 1SA 9:19 · 1SA 9:21 · 1SA 10:12 · 1SA 14:12 · 1SA 14:28 · 1SA 14:37 · 1SA 14:39 · 1SA 16:18 · 1SA 20:10 · 1SA 20:28 · 1SA 20:32 · 1SA 21:5 · 1SA 21:6 · 1SA 22:9 · 1SA 22:14 · 1SA 23:4 · 1SA 25:10 · 1SA 26:6 · 1SA 26:14 · 1SA 26:14 · 1SA 26:22 · 1SA 28:6 · 1SA 28:15 · 1SA 29:9 · 1SA 30:22 · 2SA 4:9 · 2SA 13:32 · 2SA 14:18 · 2SA 14:19 · 2SA 15:21 · 2SA 19:22 · 2SA 19:43 · 2SA 19:44 · 2SA 20:20 · 2SA 22:42 · 1KI 1:28 · 1KI 1:36 · 1KI 1:43 · 1KI 2:22 · 1KI 2:30 · 1KI 3:27 · 1KI 12:7 · 1KI 12:13 · 1KI 13:6 · 1KI 18:21 · 1KI 18:24 · 1KI 18:24 · 1KI 18:26 · 1KI 18:26 · 1KI 18:29 · 1KI 18:37 · 1KI 18:37 · 1KI 20:4 · 1KI 20:11 · 2KI 1:10 · 2KI 1:11 · 2KI 1:12 · 2KI 3:11 · 2KI 4:29 · 2KI 7:2 · 2KI 7:13 · 2KI 7:19 · 2KI 18:36 · 2KI 18:36 · 1CH 12:18 · 1CH 21:26 · 1CH 21:28 · 2CH 10:13 · 2CH 29:31 · 2CH 34:15 · EZR 10:2 · EZR 10:12 · NEH 8:6 · EST 5:7 · EST 7:3 · JOB 1:7 · JOB 1:9 · JOB 2:2 · JOB 2:4 · JOB 3:2 · JOB 4:1 · JOB 5:1 · JOB 6:1 · JOB 8:1 · JOB 9:1 · JOB 9:3 · JOB 9:14 · JOB 9:15 · JOB 9:16 · JOB 9:32 · JOB 11:1 · JOB 11:2 · JOB 12:1 · JOB 12:4 · JOB 13:22 · JOB 14:15 · JOB 15:1 · JOB 15:2 · JOB 16:1 · JOB 16:3 · JOB 18:1 · JOB 19:1 · JOB 19:7 · JOB 19:16 · JOB 20:1 · JOB 20:3 · JOB 21:1 · JOB 22:1 · JOB 23:1 · JOB 23:5 · JOB 25:1 · JOB 26:1 · JOB 30:20 · JOB 31:35 · JOB 32:1 · JOB 32:6 · JOB 32:12 · JOB 32:15 · JOB 32:16 · JOB 32:17 · JOB 32:20 · JOB 33:12 · JOB 33:13 · JOB 34:1 · JOB 35:1 · JOB 35:12 · JOB 38:1 · JOB 40:1 · JOB 40:2 · JOB 40:3 · JOB 40:5 · JOB 40:6 · JOB 42:1 · PSA 3:5 · PSA 4:2 · PSA 13:4 · PSA 17:6 · PSA 18:42 · PSA 20:2 · PSA 20:7 · PSA 20:10 · PSA 22:3 · PSA 22:22 · PSA 27:7 · PSA 34:5 · PSA 38:16 · PSA 55:3 · PSA 60:7 · PSA 65:6 · PSA 69:14 · PSA 69:17 · PSA 69:18 · PSA 81:8 · PSA 86:1 · PSA 86:7 · PSA 91:15 · PSA 99:6 · PSA 99:8 · PSA 102:3 · PSA 108:7 · PSA 118:5 · PSA 118:21 · PSA 119:26 · PSA 119:42 · PSA 119:145 · PSA 120:1 · PSA 138:3 · PSA 143:1 · PSA 143:7 · PRO 1:28 · PRO 15:28 · PRO 18:23 · PRO 21:13 · PRO 26:4 · PRO 26:5 · PRO 29:19 · ECC 10:19 · SNG 2:10 · SNG 5:6 · ISA 14:10 · ISA 14:32 · ISA 21:9 · ISA 30:19 · ISA 36:21 · ISA 36:21 · ISA 41:17 · ISA 46:7 · ISA 49:8 · ISA 50:2 · ISA 58:9 · ISA 65:12 · ISA 65:24 · ISA 66:4 · JER 7:13 · JER 7:27 · JER 11:5 · JER 23:35 · JER 23:37 · JER 25:30 · JER 33:3 · JER 35:17 · JER 42:4 · JER 44:15 · JER 44:20 · JER 51:14 · EZK 14:4 · EZK 14:7 · DAN 2:5 · DAN 2:7 · DAN 2:8 · DAN 2:10 · DAN 2:15 · DAN 2:20 · DAN 2:26 · DAN 2:27 · DAN 2:47 · DAN 3:9 · DAN 3:14 · DAN 3:16 · DAN 3:19 · DAN 3:24 · DAN 3:24 · DAN 3:25 · DAN 3:26 · DAN 3:28 · DAN 4:16 · DAN 4:16 · DAN 4:27 · DAN 5:7 · DAN 5:10 · DAN 5:13 · DAN 5:17 · DAN 6:13 · DAN 6:14 · DAN 6:17 · DAN 6:21 · DAN 7:2 · HOS 2:17 · HOS 2:23 · HOS 2:23 · HOS 2:23 · HOS 2:24 · HOS 2:24 · HOS 14:9 · JOL 2:19 · AMO 7:14 · JON 2:3 · MIC 3:4 · MIC 6:5 · HAB 2:2 · HAB 2:11 · HAG 2:12 · HAG 2:13 · HAG 2:14 · ZEC 1:10 · ZEC 1:11 · ZEC 1:12 · ZEC 1:13 · ZEC 3:4 · ZEC 4:4 · ZEC 4:5 · ZEC 4:6 · ZEC 4:11 · ZEC 4:12 · ZEC 6:4 · ZEC 6:5 · ZEC 10:6 · ZEC 13:9 · MAL 2:12
Speak | verb qal
to testify, to give evidence = action by which humans provide evidence in court
GEN 30:33 · EXO 20:16 · EXO 23:2 · NUM 35:30 · DEU 5:20 · DEU 19:16 · DEU 19:18 · RUT 1:21 · 1SA 12:3 · 2SA 1:16 · JOB 15:6 · JOB 16:8 · PRO 25:18 · ISA 3:9 · ISA 59:12 · JER 14:7 · HOS 5:5 · HOS 7:10 · MIC 6:3
Sing | verb qal, verb pi
to sing = action by which humans produce musical sounds with their voice, often as a celebratory response, either set to a prescribed tune or spontaneous
EXO 15:21 · EXO 32:18 · EXO 32:18 · EXO 32:18 · NUM 21:17 · 1SA 18:7 · 1SA 21:12 · 1SA 29:5 · EZR 3:11 · PSA 88:1 · PSA 119:172 · PSA 147:7 · ISA 13:22 · ISA 27:2
verb · עָנָו · עֲנָוָה · עֱנוּת · עֳנִי · עָנִי · תַּעֲנִית
Insignificant | verb hit, verb nif
to humble oneself, to submit literally: to bow down; hence: = action by which humans put themselves in a lowered status or position with respect to other humans or deities
Non-Ingest | verb pi, verb pu'al
Collocation: ענה נֶפֶשׁ
to humble oneself by fasting literally: to humble (one's) self; hence: = action by which humans refrain from ingesting food ► and so humiliate themselves before a deity
LEV 16:29 · LEV 16:31 · LEV 23:27 · LEV 23:29 · LEV 23:32 · NUM 29:7 · NUM 30:14 · PSA 35:13 · ISA 58:3 · ISA 58:5
Sex | verb pi
to violate, to force (someone) to have sex, to rape = causative action by which a man forces himself upon a woman and has non-consensual sex with her ► and so brings humiliation upon her
GEN 34:2 · DEU 21:14 · DEU 22:24 · DEU 22:29 · JDG 19:24 · JDG 20:5 · 2SA 13:12 · 2SA 13:14 · 2SA 13:22 · 2SA 13:32 · LAM 5:11 · EZK 22:10 · EZK 22:11
Non-Engage | verb qal
to be stilled literally: to be bowed down; hence: = process by which an activity is forcefully put to an end
Unsafe | verb qal, verb nif, verb hit
to be afflicted, to be bothered, to be daunted literally: to be bowed down; hence: = state in which humans are suffering hardship and trouble and unable to help themselves
1KI 2:26 · PSA 107:17 · PSA 116:10 · PSA 119:67 · PSA 119:107 · ISA 31:4 · ISA 53:7 · ISA 58:10 · ZEC 10:2
Unsafe | verb pi, verb hif, verb pu'al
to afflict, to oppress, to make helpless literally: to bow down; hence: = causative action in which a humans or deities cause (other) humans to suffer hardship and trouble, ► resulting in a state of inability to help oneself
GEN 15:13 · GEN 16:6 · GEN 31:50 · EXO 1:11 · EXO 1:12 · EXO 22:21 · EXO 22:22 · EXO 22:22 · NUM 24:24 · NUM 24:24 · DEU 8:2 · DEU 8:3 · DEU 8:16 · DEU 26:6 · JDG 16:5 · JDG 16:6 · JDG 16:19 · 2SA 7:10 · 1KI 8:35 · 1KI 11:39 · 2KI 17:20 · 2CH 6:26 · JOB 30:11 · JOB 37:23 · PSA 55:20 · PSA 88:8 · PSA 89:23 · PSA 90:15 · PSA 94:5 · PSA 102:24 · PSA 105:18 · PSA 119:71 · PSA 119:75 · PSA 132:1 · ISA 53:4 · ISA 60:14 · ISA 64:11 · LAM 3:33 · NAM 1:12 · NAM 1:12 · ZEP 3:19
verb · עֹנָה · עִנְיָן
Engage | verb qal
to be busy (with), to be concerned (about) = state in which humans are physically and mentally preoccupied with a responsibility or task ◄ often assigned to them by God
Engage | verb hif
to keep (one) occupied, busy = causative action by which God keeps humans concerned about or preoccupied with a situation or responsibility
1 2SA 22:36 4QSam-a RSV NRSV GNT CEV "help" | MT עְַנֹותְךָ ESV "gentleness" NIV "stoop down" NJPS "providence"
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
[עוּן] vb. dwell base
עָנָה 316 vb. answer, respond Qal answer, respond to sthg. said, actual or implied
respond to an occasion, speak in view of circumstances
money meets all demands
specif. respond as a witness, testify
less oft. make response as one accused (respondent)
Niph. make answer
be answered
Hiph. wholly dub.; causes all things to respond in the joy of his heart
base
עָנָה vb. sing Qal sing, utter tunefully
Pi. sing sweetly of it
base