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אֱנוֹשׁ

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hebrewOld TestamentNoun · masculine543 occurrences31 books508 verses

Definition

from H605; properly, a mortal (and thus differing from the more dignified H120); hence, a man in general (singly or collectively)
Traditional renderings: another, × (blood-) thirsty, certain, chap(-man); divers, fellow, × in the flower of their age, husband, (certain, mortal) man, people, person, servant, some (× of them), stranger, those, their trade. It is often unexpressed in the English versions, especially when used in apposition with another word. Compare H376.

In the Greek Old Testament

How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders אֱנוֹשׁ:

Usage patterns

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Occurrences

543 total
  1. Judges 8:14מֵאַנְשֵׁ֥י
    There he captured a young man of Succoth and interrogated him. The young man wrote down for him the names of the seventy-seven leaders and elders of Succoth.
  2. Judges 8:15אַנְשֵׁ֣י · the men; לַאֲנָשֶׁ֥יךָ · men
    And Gideon went to the men of Succoth and said, “Here are Zebah and Zalmunna, about whom you taunted me, saying, ‘Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna already in your possession, that we should give bread to your weary men?’”
  3. Judges 8:16אַנְשֵׁ֥י · the men
    Then he took the elders of the city, and using the thorns and briers of the wilderness, he disciplined the men of Succoth.
  4. Judges 8:17אַנְשֵׁ֥י · the men
    He also pulled down the tower of Penuel and killed the men of the city.
  5. Judges 8:18הָאֲנָשִׁ֔ים · of men
    Next, Gideon asked Zebah and Zalmunna, “What kind of men did you kill at Tabor?” “Men like you,” they answered, “each one resembling the son of a king.”
  6. Judges 9:4אֲנָשִׁ֤ים · men
    So they gave him seventy shekels of silver from the temple of Baal-berith, with which Abimelech hired some worthless and reckless men to follow him.
  7. Judges 9:9וַאֲנָשִׁ֑ים · and man
    But the olive tree replied, ‘Should I stop giving my oil that honors both God and man, to hold sway over the trees?’
  8. Judges 9:13וַאֲנָשִׁ֑ים · and man
    But the grapevine replied, ‘Should I stop giving my wine that cheers both God and man, to hold sway over the trees?’
  9. Judges 9:28אַנְשֵׁ֤י · the men
    Then Gaal son of Ebed said, “Who is Abimelech, and who is Shechem, that we should serve him? Is he not the son of Jerubbaal, and is not Zebul his officer? You are to serve the men of Hamor, the father of Shechem. Why should we serve Abimelech?
  10. Judges 9:36כָּאֲנָשִֽׁים׃ס · like men
    When Gaal saw the people, he said to Zebul, “Look, people are coming down from the mountains!” But Zebul replied, “The shadows of the mountains look like men to you.”
  11. Judges 9:49אַנְשֵׁ֧י
    So each man also cut his own branch and followed Abimelech. Then they piled the branches against the inner chamber and set it on fire above them, killing everyone in the tower of Shechem, about a thousand men and women.
  12. Judges 9:51הָאֲנָשִׁ֣ים · the men
    But there was a strong tower inside the city, and all the men, women, and leaders of the city fled there. They locked themselves in and went up to the roof of the tower.
  13. Judges 9:57אַנְשֵׁ֣י · of the men
    And God also brought all the wickedness of the men of Shechem back upon their own heads. So the curse of Jotham son of Jerubbaal came upon them.
  14. Judges 11:3אֲנָשִׁ֣ים
    So Jephthah fled from his brothers and settled in the land of Tob, where worthless men gathered around him and traveled with him.
  15. Judges 12:4אַנְשֵׁ֣י · the men; אַנְשֵׁ֨י · And the men
    Jephthah then gathered all the men of Gilead and fought against Ephraim. And the men of Gilead struck them down because the Ephraimites had said, “You Gileadites are fugitives in Ephraim, living in the territories of Ephraim and Manasseh.”
  16. Judges 12:5אַנְשֵֽׁי־
    The Gileadites captured the fords of the Jordan leading to Ephraim, and whenever a fugitive from Ephraim would say, “Let me cross over,” the Gileadites would ask him, “Are you an Ephraimite?” If he answered, “No,”
  17. Judges 14:18אַנְשֵׁ֨י · the men
    Before sunset on the seventh day, the men of the city said to Samson: “What is sweeter than honey? And what is stronger than a lion?” So he said to them: “If you had not plowed with my heifer, you would not have solved my riddle!”
  18. Judges 16:27הָֽאֲנָשִׁים֙ · of men
    Now the temple was full of men and women; all the lords of the Philistines were there, and about three thousand men and women were on the roof watching Samson entertain them.
  19. Judges 18:2אֲנָשִׁ֣ים · men; אֲנָשִׁ֨ים · men
    So the Danites sent out five men from their clans, men of valor from Zorah and Eshtaol, to spy out the land and explore it. “Go and explore the land,” they told them. The men entered the hill country of Ephraim and came to the house of Micah, where they spent the night.
  20. Judges 18:7הָאֲנָשִׁ֔ים · men
    So the five men departed and came to Laish, where they saw that the people were living securely, like the Sidonians, quiet and unsuspecting. There was nothing lacking in the land and no oppressive ruler. And they were far away from the Sidonians and had no alliance with anyone.
  21. Judges 18:14הָאֲנָשִׁ֗ים · men
    Then the five men who had gone to spy out the land of Laish said to their brothers, “Did you know that one of these houses has an ephod, household gods, a graven image, and a molten idol? Now think about what you should do.”
  22. Judges 18:17הָאֲנָשִׁ֗ים · men
    And the five men who had gone to spy out the land went inside and took the graven image, the ephod, the household idols, and the molten idol, while the priest stood at the entrance of the gate with the six hundred armed men.
  23. Judges 18:22וְהָאֲנָשִׁ֗ים · the men
    After they were some distance from Micah’s house, the men in the houses near Micah’s house mobilized and overtook the Danites.
  24. Judges 18:25אֲנָשִׁים֙ · men
    The Danites said to him, “Do not raise your voice against us, or angry men will attack you, and you and your family will lose your lives.”
  25. Judges 19:16וְאַנְשֵׁ֥י · the men
    That evening an old man from the hill country of Ephraim, who was residing in Gibeah (the men of that place were Benjamites), came in from his work in the field.
  26. Judges 19:22אַנְשֵׁ֨י · men; אַנְשֵׁ֣י
    While they were enjoying themselves, suddenly the wicked men of the city surrounded the house. Pounding on the door, they said to the old man who owned the house, “Bring out the man who came to your house, so we can have relations with him!”
  27. Judges 19:25הָאֲנָשִׁים֙
    But the men would not listen to him. So the Levite took his concubine and sent her outside to them, and they raped her and abused her throughout the night, and at dawn they let her go.
  28. Judges 20:10אֲנָשִׁ֨ים · men
    We will take ten men out of every hundred from all the tribes of Israel, and a hundred out of every thousand, and a thousand out of every ten thousand, to supply provisions for the army when they go to Gibeah in Benjamin to punish them for the atrocity they have committed in Israel.”
  29. Judges 20:12אֲנָשִׁ֔ים · men
    And the tribes of Israel sent men throughout the tribe of Benjamin, saying, “What is this wickedness that has occurred among you?
  30. Judges 20:13הָאֲנָשִׁ֨ים
    Hand over the wicked men of Gibeah so we can put them to death and purge Israel of this evil.” But the Benjamites refused to heed the voice of their fellow Israelites.
  31. Judges 20:44אַנְשֵׁי־ · men
    And 18,000 Benjamites fell, all men of valor.
  32. Judges 20:46אַנְשֵׁי־ · men
    That day 25,000 Benjamite swordsmen fell, all men of valor.
  33. Ruth 1:11לַאֲנָשִֽׁים׃ · husbands
    But Naomi replied, “Return home, my daughters. Why would you go with me? Are there still sons in my womb to become your husbands?
  34. Ruth 4:2אֲנָשִׁ֛ים
    Then Boaz took ten of the elders of the city and said, “Sit here,” and they did so.
  35. 1 Samuel 1:11אֲנָשִׁ֑ים
    And she made a vow, saying, “O LORD of Hosts, if only You will look upon the affliction of Your maidservant and remember me, not forgetting Your maidservant but giving her a son, then I will dedicate him to the LORD all the days of his life, and no razor shall ever touch his head.”
  36. 1 Samuel 2:17הָֽאֲנָשִׁ֔ים · they
    Thus the sin of these young men was severe in the sight of the LORD, for they were treating the LORD’s offering with contempt.
  37. 1 Samuel 2:26אֲנָשִֽׁים׃ס · man
    And the boy Samuel continued to grow in stature and in favor with the LORD and with man.
  38. 1 Samuel 2:33אֲנָשִֽׁים׃ · of men
    And every one of you that I do not cut off from My altar, I will cause your eyes to fail and your heart to grieve. All your descendants will die by the sword of men.
  39. 1 Samuel 4:9לַֽאֲנָשִׁים֙ · men; לַאֲנָשִׁ֖ים · men
    Take courage and be men, O Philistines! Otherwise, you will serve the Hebrews just as they served you. Now be men and fight!”
  40. 1 Samuel 5:7אַנְשֵֽׁי־ · And when the men
    And when the men of Ashdod saw what was happening, they said, “The ark of the God of Israel must not stay here with us, because His hand is heavy upon us and upon our god Dagon.”
  41. 1 Samuel 5:9אַנְשֵׁ֣י · the men
    But after they had moved the ark to Gath, the LORD’s hand was also against that city, throwing it into great confusion and afflicting the men of the city, both young and old, with an outbreak of tumors.
  42. 1 Samuel 5:12וְהָֽאֲנָשִׁים֙ · Those
    Those who did not die were afflicted with tumors, and the outcry of the city went up to heaven.
  43. 1 Samuel 6:10הָאֲנָשִׁים֙ · So the men
    So the men did as instructed. They took two milk cows, hitched them to the cart, and penned up their calves.
  44. 1 Samuel 6:15וְאַנְשֵׁ֣י · the men
    And the Levites took down the ark of the LORD and the chest containing the gold objects, and they placed them on the large rock. That day the men of Beth-shemesh offered burnt offerings and made sacrifices to the LORD.
  45. 1 Samuel 6:19בְּאַנְשֵׁ֣י
    But God struck down some of the people of Beth-shemesh because they looked inside the ark of the LORD. He struck down seventy men, and the people mourned because the LORD had struck them with a great slaughter.