STRONGS NUMBER H6031


Word Summary
anah: to be bowed down or afflicted
Original Word: עָנָה
Transliteration: anah
Phonetic Spelling: (aw-naw')
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to be bowed down or afflicted
Meaning: to be bowed down or afflicted
Strong's Concordance
abase self, defile

A primitive root (possibly rather ident. With anah through the idea of looking down or browbeating); to depress literally or figuratively, transitive or intransitive (in various applications, as follows) -- abase self, afflict(-ion, self), answer (by mistake for anah), chasten self, deal hardly with, defile, exercise, force, gentleness, humble (self), hurt, ravish, sing (by mistake for anah), speak (by mistake for anah), submit self, weaken, X in any wise.

see HEBREW anah

see HEBREW anah

see HEBREW anah

see HEBREW anah

Brown-Driver-Briggs

H6031. anah

II. [עָנָה‎] verb be occupied, busied with (ב‎), only Ecclesiastes (perhaps Aramaic loan-word; Syriac be occupied with, occupation, affair; compare Arabic , concern one, also be occupied by; Ecclus 42:8 margin); —

Qal Infinitive עֲנוֺתִEcclesiastes 1:13; 3:10.

III. [עָנָה‎] verb be bowed down, afflicted ( Late Hebrew id.; MI Pi`el ויענוPsalm 1:5, אענו1:6; Assyrian enû thwart, frustrate, do violence to; Arabic , be lowly subsmissive, see Rahlfsעָנִי‎ und עָנָי‎ in d. Psalmen (1892), 67 ff.; עַנִּי ᵑ7‎ Pa`el oppress; Syriac Ethpe`el humble oneself, and derivatives); — Qal Perfect1singular עָנִיתִי116:10; Imperfect3masculine singular יַעֲנֶהIsaiah 25:5; 31:4, etc.; —

1 be put down or become low, of song of triumph Isaiah 25:5 (others as

Hiph`il he putteth down, "" תַּכְנִיעַ‎).

2 be depressed, downcast Isaiah 31:4 (of lion; "" יֵחָ֑ת‎).

3 be afficted Psalm 116:10; 119:67; Zechariah 10:2.

Niph`al Perfect1singular נַעֲניתִיPsalm 119:107; Infinitive construct לֵעָנֹת‎ (perhaps read as Qal Ges§ 51 l) Exodus 10:3; Participle נַעֲנֶהIsaiah 53:7; feminine singular נַעֲנָה58:10; —

1 humble oneself מִמְּנֵיExodus 10:3.

2 be afficted Psalm 119:107; Isaiah 53:7; 58:10.

Piel. Perfect3masculine singular עִנָּהDeuteronomy 22:24 5t.; 2 masculine singular עִנִּיתָPsalm 88:8; 1singular עִנֵּיתִי35:13, suffix וְעִנִּתִךְ‎ consecutive Nahum 1:12, etc.; Imperfect יְעַנֶּהJob 37:23, etc.; Imperative עַנּוּJudges 19:24; Infinitive absolute עַנֵּהExodus 22:22; construct עַנּוֺתIsaiah 58:5 +, etc.; Participle plural suffix מְעַנַּיִךְ60:14; Zephaniah 3:19; —

1 humble, mishandle, afflict: individual Genesis 16:6; 31:50 (J) Exodus 22:21; 22:22 (twice in verse) (E) Job 30:11; by imprisonment and bonds Judges 16:5-6, 19; Psalm 105:18; a nation by war or in bondage Genesis 15:13 (J) Exodus 1:11-12, Numbers 24:24 (twice in verse) (E) Deuteronomy 26:6; 1 Samuel 12:8 (inserting מִצְרַיִם וַיְעַנּוּם‎, so ᵐ5‎ Dr Bu Kit HPS [compare Th We]), 2 Samuel 7:10; 2 Kings 17:20; Psalm 94:5; Isaiah 60:14; Zephaniah 3:19; dynasty of David Psalm 89:23.

2 humble, a woman by cohabitation, Genesis 34:2 (J) Deuteronomy 21:14; 22:24, 29; Judges 19:24; 20:5; 2 Samuel 13:12, 14, 22, 32; Ezekiel 22:10-11, Lamentations 5:11.

3 afflict as a discipline (God agent) Deuteronomy 8:2-3, 16; 1 Kings 11:39; Psalm 88:8; 90:15; 119:75; Isaiah 64:11; Nahum 1:12 (twice in verse); Lamentations 3:33.

4 humble, weaken, object כֹּחַPsalm 102:24; משׁפטJob 37:23 (compare Talmud דִּין עִנָּה‎); נֶפֶשׁoneself, by fasting Leviticus 16:29, 31; 23:27, 32; Numbers 29:7 (P) Psalm 35:13; Isaiah 58:3, 5; by an oath Numbers 30:14 (P).

Pu`al Perfect1singular עֻנֵּיתִיPsalm 119:71; Imperfect3feminine singular תְּעֻנֶּהLeviticus 23:29; Infinitive construct suffix עֻנּוֺתוֺPsalm 132:1; Participle מְעֻנֶּהIsaiah 53:4; —

1 be afflicted, in discipline by God Psalm 119:71; 132:1; Isaiah 53:4.

2 be humbled by fasting Leviticus 23:29 (P).

Hiph`il Imperfect2masculine singular suffix תַּעֲנֵם1 Kings 8:35 2 Chronicles 6:26 afflict, in discipline.

Hithpa`el Perfect3masculine singular הִתְעַנָּה1 Kings 2:26; 2masculine singular תִתְעַנִּיתָ2:26; Imperfect3masculine plural יִתְעַנּוּPsalm 107:17; Imperative הִתְעַנִּיGenesis 16:9; Infinitive construct הִתְעַנּוֺת‎ Ezekiel 8:21; Daniel 10:12; —

1 humble oneself (with יָדֶיהָ תַּחַת‎) Genesis 16:9 (J).

2 be afflicted, by men 1 Kings 2:26 (twice in verse); by God in discipline Psalm 107:17.

3 humble oneself in fasting Ezra 8:21; Daniel 10:12.

II. ענה‎ (√ of following; see Biblical Hebrew III. עָנִי עָנָו, ענה,‎).