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STRONGS NUMBER H6035
Transliteration: anav
Phonetic Spelling: (aw-nawv')
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Short Definition: poor, afflicted, humble, meek
Meaning: poor, afflicted, humble, meek
Word Summary
anav: poor, afflicted, humble, meek
Original Word: עָנָוTransliteration: anav
Phonetic Spelling: (aw-nawv')
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Short Definition: poor, afflicted, humble, meek
Meaning: poor, afflicted, humble, meek
Strong's Concordance
humble, lowly, meek, poor Or (by intermixture with aniy) Aanayv {aw-nawv'}; from anah; depressed (figuratively), in mind (gentle) or circumstances (needy, especially saintly) -- humble, lowly, meek, poor. Compare aniy.
see HEBREW aniy
see HEBREW anah
see HEBREW aniy
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H6035. anav
עָנָי (?; LagBN 48) noun masculine poor, afflicted, humble, meek; — עָנָו Numbers 12:3 (Kt; Qr עָנָיו is to ensure the ָ֯ according to Di Köii. 1. 76); elsewhere plural עֲנָוִים Isaiah 29:19 11t. + Kt עֲנָוִים 32:7; Psalm 9:19 (Qr עֲנִיִּים); Qr עֲנָוִים 9:13; 10:12; Proverbs 3:34; 14:21; 16:19 (Kt עניים); construct עַנְוֵי Zephaniah 2:3 2t., + Kt ענוי (Qr עֲנִיֵּי) Amos 8:4 (so Job 24:4 van d. H.; but עֲנִיֵּי Kt and Qr Baer Ginsb) — these forms shew confusion with עָנִי, which is perhaps only another form of עָנָו (otherwise Rahlfsop. cit. 62 f. Dr'Poor' in HastingsDB; עָנָו = humble, meek, עָנִי = passive humbled, afflicted); —
1 poor, needy, Proverbs 14:21 (Qr).
2 poor and weak. oppressed by rich and powerful Amos 2:7; Isaiah 29:19; 32:7 (Kt); (ה)ארץ ענוי Psalm 76:10; Isaiah 11:4; Zephaniah 2:3; Amos 8:4 (Kt), Job 24:4.
3 poor, weak and afflicted Israel (usually rendered meek) Psalm 10:17; 22:27; 25:9 (twice in verse); 34:3; 37:11; 69:33 (עָנִי
3, also in all these Psalms), Psalm 147:6; 149:4; Isaiah 61:1 ("" לב נשׁברי, compare 66:2 עָנִי 3), Psalm 9:19 (Kt) 9:13; 10:12 (Qr).
4 humble, lowly, meek Numbers 12:3 (Moses); Proverbs 3:34; 16:19 (both Qr).