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.
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
Occurrences
543 total
- 1 Samuel 6:20אַנְשֵׁ֣י · The menThe men of Beth-shemesh asked, “Who can stand in the presence of the LORD, this holy God? To whom should the ark go up from here?”
- 1 Samuel 7:1אַנְשֵׁ֣י׀ · Then the menThen the men of Kiriath-jearim came for the ark of the LORD and took it into Abinadab’s house on the hill. And they consecrated his son Eleazar to guard the ark of the LORD.
- 1 Samuel 7:11אַנְשֵׁ֤י · Then the menThen the men of Israel charged out of Mizpah and pursued the Philistines, striking them down all the way to an area below Beth-car.
- 1 Samuel 8:22אַנְשֵׁ֣י · the men“Listen to their voice,” the LORD said to Samuel. “Appoint a king for them.” Then Samuel told the men of Israel, “Everyone must go back to his city.”
- 1 Samuel 10:2אֲנָשִׁ֜ים · menWhen you leave me today, you will find two men at Rachel’s tomb in Zelzah on the border of Benjamin. They will say to you, ‘The donkeys you seek have been found, and now your father has stopped worrying about the donkeys and started worrying about you, asking, “What should I do about my son?”’
- 1 Samuel 10:3אֲנָשִׁ֔ים · menThen you will go on from there until you come to the Oak of Tabor. Three men going up to God at Bethel will meet you there, one carrying three young goats, another carrying three loaves of bread, and another carrying a skin of wine.
- 1 Samuel 11:1אַנְשֵׁ֤י · the menThen Nahash the Ammonite came up and laid siege to Jabesh-gilead. All the men of Jabesh said to him, “Make a treaty with us, and we will serve you.”
- 1 Samuel 11:5אַנְשֵׁ֥י · the menJust then Saul was returning from the field, behind his oxen. “What troubles the people?” asked Saul. “Why are they weeping?” And they relayed to him the words of the men from Jabesh.
- 1 Samuel 11:9לְאַנְשֵׁ֥י · to the menSo they said to the messengers who had come, “Tell the men of Jabesh-gilead: ‘Deliverance will be yours tomorrow by the time the sun is hot.’” And when the messengers relayed this to the men of Jabesh, they rejoiced.
- 1 Samuel 11:10אַנְשֵׁ֣י · Then the menThen the men of Jabesh said to Nahash, “Tomorrow we will come out, and you can do with us whatever seems good to you.”
- 1 Samuel 11:12הָאֲנָשִׁ֖ים · those men hereThen the people said to Samuel, “Who said that Saul should not reign over us? Bring those men here so we can kill them!”
- 1 Samuel 11:15אַנְשֵׁ֥יSo all the people went to Gilgal and confirmed Saul as king in the presence of the LORD. There they sacrificed peace offerings before the LORD, and Saul and all the Israelites rejoiced greatly.
- 1 Samuel 14:8הָאֲנָשִׁ֑ים · [these] men“Very well,” said Jonathan, “we will cross over toward these men and show ourselves to them.
- 1 Samuel 14:12אַנְשֵׁ֨י · So the menSo the men of the outpost called out to Jonathan and his armor-bearer, “Come on up, and we will teach you a lesson!” “Follow me,” Jonathan told his armor-bearer, “for the LORD has delivered them into the hand of Israel.”
- 1 Samuel 17:12בַאֲנָשִֽׁים׃ · [in years]Now David was the son of a man named Jesse, an Ephrathite from Bethlehem of Judah who had eight sons. And in the days of Saul, Jesse was old and well along in years.
- 1 Samuel 17:26הָאֲנָשִׁ֞ים · the menDavid asked the men who were standing with him, “What will be done for the man who kills this Philistine and removes this disgrace from Israel? Just who is this uncircumcised Philistine, that he should defy the armies of the living God?”
- 1 Samuel 17:28הָאֲנָשִׁ֑ים · the menNow when David’s oldest brother Eliab heard him speaking to the men, his anger burned against David. “Why have you come down here?” he asked. “And with whom did you leave those few sheep in the wilderness? I know your pride and wickedness of heart—you have come down to see the battle!”
- 1 Samuel 17:52אַנְשֵׁי֩ · Then the menThen the men of Israel and Judah charged forward with a shout and pursued the Philistines to the entrance of Gath and to the gates of Ekron. And the bodies of the Philistines were strewn along the Shaaraim road to Gath and Ekron.
- 1 Samuel 18:5אַנְשֵׁ֣י · the menSo David marched out and prospered in everything Saul sent him to do, and Saul set him over the men of war. And this was pleasing in the sight of all the people, and of Saul’s officers as well.
- 1 Samuel 18:27וַאֲנָשָׁ֗יו · and his menDavid and his men went out and killed two hundred Philistines. He brought their foreskins and presented them as payment in full to become the king’s son-in-law. Then Saul gave his daughter Michal to David in marriage.
- 1 Samuel 22:6וַאֲנָשִׁ֖יםSoon Saul learned that David and his men had been discovered. At that time Saul was sitting under the tamarisk tree on the hill at Gibeah, with his spear in hand and all his servants standing around him.
- 1 Samuel 23:3אַנְשֵׁ֤י · menBut David’s men said to him, “Look, we are afraid here in Judah; how much more if we go to Keilah against the armies of the Philistines?”
- 1 Samuel 23:5וְאֲנָשׁוֹ · and his menThen David and his men went to Keilah, fought against the Philistines, and carried off their livestock, striking them with a mighty blow. So David saved the people of Keilah.
- 1 Samuel 23:8אֲנָשָֽׁיו׃ · and his menThen Saul summoned all his troops to go to war at Keilah and besiege David and his men.
- 1 Samuel 23:12אֲנָשַׁ֖י · my menSo David asked, “Will the citizens of Keilah surrender me and my men into the hand of Saul?” “They will,” said the LORD.
- 1 Samuel 23:13וַאֲנָשָׁ֜יו · and his menThen David and his men, about six hundred strong, set out and departed from Keilah, moving from place to place. When Saul was told that David had escaped from Keilah, he declined to go forth.
- 1 Samuel 23:24וַאֲנָשָׁ֜יו · and his menSo they set out and went to Ziph ahead of Saul. Now David and his men were in the Wilderness of Maon in the Arabah south of Jeshimon,
- 1 Samuel 23:25וַאֲנָשָׁיו֮ · and his men…and Saul and his men went to seek him. When David was told about it, he went down to the rock and stayed in the Wilderness of Maon. And when Saul heard of this, he pursued David there.
- 1 Samuel 23:26וַאֲנָשָׁ֛יו · and his men; וַאֲנָשָׁ֗יו · and his men; אֲנָשָׁ֖יו · and his menSaul was proceeding along one side of the mountain, and David and his men along the other side. Even though David was hurrying to get away, Saul and his men were closing in on David and his men to capture them.
- 1 Samuel 24:2וַֽאֲנָשָׁ֔יו · and his menSo Saul took three thousand chosen men from all Israel and went to look for David and his men in the region of the Rocks of the Wild Goats.
- 1 Samuel 24:3וַאֲנָשָׁ֔יו · and his menSoon Saul came to the sheepfolds along the road, where there was a cave, and he went in to relieve himself. And David and his men were hiding in the recesses of the cave.
- 1 Samuel 24:6לַאֲנָשָׁ֜יו · to his menSo he said to his men, “The LORD forbid that I should do such a thing to my master, the LORD’s anointed. May I never lift my hand against him, since he is the LORD’s anointed.”
- 1 Samuel 25:11לַֽאֲנָשִׁ֔ים · to these menWhy should I take my bread and water and the meat I have slaughtered for my shearers, and give them to these men whose origin I do not know?”
- 1 Samuel 25:13לַאֲנָשָׁ֜יו · to his menAnd David said to his men, “Strap on your swords!” So David and all his men strapped on their swords, and about four hundred men followed David, while two hundred stayed with the supplies.
- 1 Samuel 25:15וְהָ֣אֲנָשִׁ֔ים · Yet these menYet these men were very good to us. When we were in the field, we were not harassed, and nothing of ours went missing the whole time we lived among them.
- 1 Samuel 25:20וַאֲנָשָׁ֔יו · and his menAs Abigail came riding her donkey into a mountain ravine, she saw David and his men coming down toward her, and she met them.
- 1 Samuel 27:3וַאֲנָשָׁ֖יו · and his menDavid and his men settled in Gath with Achish. Each man had his family with him, and David had his two wives: Ahinoam of Jezreel and Abigail of Carmel, the widow of Nabal.
- 1 Samuel 27:8וַֽאֲנָשָׁ֔יו · and his menNow David and his men went up and raided the Geshurites, the Girzites, and the Amalekites. (From ancient times these people had inhabited the land extending to Shur and Egypt.)
- 1 Samuel 28:1וַאֲנָשֶֽׁיךָ׃ · and your menNow in those days the Philistines gathered their forces for warfare against Israel. So Achish said to David, “You must understand that you and your men are to go out to battle with me.”
- 1 Samuel 28:8אֲנָשִׁים֙ · of his menSo Saul disguised himself by putting on different clothes, and he set out with two of his men. They came to the woman at night, and Saul said, “Consult a spirit for me. Bring up for me the one I name.”
- 1 Samuel 29:2וַאֲנָשָׁ֗יו · and his menAs the Philistine leaders marched out with their units of hundreds and thousands, David and his men marched behind them with Achish.
- 1 Samuel 29:4הָאֲנָשִׁ֥ים · of our menBut the commanders of the Philistines were angry with Achish and told him, “Send that man back and let him return to the place you assigned him. He must not go down with us into battle only to become our adversary during the war. What better way for him to regain the favor of his master than with the heads of our men?
- 1 Samuel 29:11וַֽאֲנָשָׁיו֙ · and his menSo David and his men got up early in the morning to return to the land of the Philistines. And the Philistines went up to Jezreel.
- 1 Samuel 30:1וַאֲנָשָׁ֛יו · and his menOn the third day David and his men arrived in Ziklag, and the Amalekites had raided the Negev, attacked Ziklag, and burned it down.
- 1 Samuel 30:3וַֽאֲנָשָׁיו֙ · and his menWhen David and his men came to the city, they found it burned down and their wives and sons and daughters taken captive.
- 1 Samuel 30:21הָאֲנָשִׁ֜ים · menWhen David came to the two hundred men who had been too exhausted to follow him and who were left behind at the Brook of Besor, they came out to meet him and the troops with him. As David approached the men, he greeted them,
- 1 Samuel 30:22מֵֽהָאֲנָשִׁים֮ · among those…but all the wicked and worthless men among those who had gone with David said, “Because they did not go with us, we will not share with them the plunder we recovered, except for each man’s wife and children. They may take them and go.”
- 1 Samuel 30:31וַאֲנָשָֽׁיו׃פ · and his men…and to those in Hebron and in all the places where David and his men had roamed.