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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. 1 Kings 21:13הָאֲנָשִׁ֥ים; אַנְשֵׁ֨י
    And the two scoundrels came in and sat opposite Naboth, and these men testified against him before the people, saying, “Naboth has cursed both God and the king!” So they took him outside the city and stoned him to death.
  2. 2 Kings 2:16אֲנָשִׁ֜ים · men
    “Look now,” they said to Elisha, “we your servants have fifty valiant men. Please let them go and search for your master. Perhaps the Spirit of the LORD has taken him up and put him on one of the mountains or in one of the valleys.” “Do not send them,” Elisha replied.
  3. 2 Kings 2:19אַנְשֵׁ֤י · Then the men
    Then the men of the city said to Elisha, “Please note, our lord, that the city’s location is good, as you can see. But the water is bad and the land is unfruitful.”
  4. 2 Kings 4:40לַאֲנָשִׁ֖ים · for the men
    And they poured it out for the men to eat, but when they tasted the stew they cried out, “There is death in the pot, O man of God!” And they could not eat it.
  5. 2 Kings 5:24הָאֲנָשִׁ֖ים · the men
    When Gehazi came to the hill, he took the gifts from the servants and stored them in the house. Then he dismissed the men, and they departed.
  6. 2 Kings 7:3אֲנָשִׁ֛ים · men
    Now there were four men with leprosy at the entrance of the city gate, and they said to one another, “Why just sit here until we die?
  7. 2 Kings 10:6אַנְשֵׁ֣י
    Then Jehu wrote them a second letter and said: “If you are on my side, and if you will obey me, then bring the heads of your master’s sons to me at Jezreel by this time tomorrow.” Now the sons of the king, seventy in all, were being brought up by the leading men of the city.
  8. 2 Kings 10:24הָאֲנָשִׁ֗ים · the men
    And they went in to offer sacrifices and burnt offerings. Now Jehu had stationed eighty men outside and warned them, “If anyone allows one of the men I am delivering into your hands to escape, he will forfeit his life for theirs.”
  9. 2 Kings 11:9אֲנָשָׁ֔יו · his men
    So the commanders of hundreds did everything that Jehoiada the priest had ordered. Each of them took his men—those coming on duty on the Sabbath and those going off duty—and came to Jehoiada the priest.
  10. 2 Kings 17:30וְאַנְשֵׁ֣י · The men; וְאַנְשֵׁי־ · the men; וְאַנְשֵׁ֥י · the men
    The men of Babylon made Succoth-benoth, the men of Cuth made Nergal, the men of Hamath made Ashima,
  11. 2 Kings 18:27הָאֲנָשִׁ֗ים · the men
    But the Rabshakeh replied, “Has my master sent me to speak these words only to you and your master, and not to the men sitting on the wall, who are destined with you to eat their own dung and drink their own urine?”
  12. 2 Kings 20:14הָאֲנָשִׁ֣ים · men
    Then the prophet Isaiah went to King Hezekiah and asked, “Where did those men come from, and what did they say to you?” “They came from a distant land,” Hezekiah replied, “from Babylon.”
  13. 2 Kings 23:17אַנְשֵׁ֣י · And the men
    Then the king asked, “What is this monument I see?” And the men of the city replied, “It is the tomb of the man of God who came from Judah and proclaimed these things that you have done to the altar of Bethel.”
  14. 2 Kings 24:16אַנְשֵׁ֨י · men
    The king of Babylon also brought into exile to Babylon all seven thousand men of valor and a thousand craftsmen and metalsmiths—all strong and fit for battle.
  15. 2 Kings 25:4אַנְשֵׁ֨י · the men
    Then the city was breached; and though the Chaldeans had surrounded the city, all the men of war fled by night by way of the gate between the two walls near the king’s garden. They headed toward the Arabah,
  16. 2 Kings 25:19אַנְשֵׁ֣י · the men; אֲנָשִׁ֜ים
    Of those still in the city, he took a court official who had been appointed over the men of war, as well as five royal advisors. He also took the scribe of the captain of the army, who had enlisted the people of the land, and sixty men who were found in the city.
  17. 2 Kings 25:23וְהָאֲנָשִׁ֗ים · and their men; וְאַנְשֵׁיהֶֽם׃ · as well as their men
    When all the commanders of the armies and their men heard that the king of Babylon had appointed Gedaliah as governor, they came to Gedaliah at Mizpah—Ishmael son of Nethaniah, Johanan son of Kareah, Seraiah son of Tanhumeth the Netophathite, and Jaazaniah son of the Maacathite, as well as their men.
  18. 2 Kings 25:24וּלְאַנְשֵׁיהֶ֔ם · and their men
    And Gedaliah took an oath before them and their men, assuring them, “Do not be afraid of the servants of the Chaldeans. Live in the land and serve the king of Babylon, and it will be well with you.”
  19. 2 Kings 25:25אֲנָשִׁים֙ · men
    In the seventh month, however, Ishmael son of Nethaniah, the son of Elishama, who was a member of the royal family, came with ten men and struck down and killed Gedaliah, along with the Judeans and Chaldeans who were with him at Mizpah.
  20. 1 Chronicles 4:12אַנְשֵׁ֥י · were the men
    Eshton was the father of Beth-rapha, of Paseah, and of Tehinnah the father of Ir-nahash. These were the men of Recah.
  21. 1 Chronicles 4:22וְאַנְשֵׁ֣י · the men
    Jokim, the men of Cozeba, and Joash and Saraph, who ruled in Moab and Jashubi-lehem. (These names are from ancient records.)
  22. 1 Chronicles 4:42אֲנָשִׁ֖ים
    And five hundred of these Simeonites led by Pelatiah, Neariah, Rephaiah, and Uzziel, the sons of Ishi, went to Mount Seir
  23. 1 Chronicles 5:18אֲ֠נָשִׁים · men
    The Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh had 44,760 warriors—valiant men who carried the shield and sword, drew the bow, and were trained for battle.
  24. 1 Chronicles 5:24אֲנָשִׁים֙ · men; אַנְשֵׁ֣י · men
    These were the heads of their families: Epher, Ishi, Eliel, Azriel, Jeremiah, Hodaviah, and Jahdiel. They were mighty men of valor, famous men, and heads of their families.
  25. 1 Chronicles 7:21אַנְשֵׁי־ · by the natives
    Zabad his son, and Shuthelah his son. Ezer and Elead were killed by the natives of Gath, because they went down to steal their livestock.
  26. 1 Chronicles 7:40אֲנָשִׁ֔ים · of men
    All these were the descendants of Asher—heads of their families, choice and mighty men of valor, and chiefs among the leaders. The number of men fit for battle, recorded in their genealogies, was 26,000.
  27. 1 Chronicles 8:40אֲנָשִׁ֨ים · men
    The sons of Ulam were mighty men of valor, archers, and they had many sons and grandsons—150 in all. All these were the descendants of Benjamin.
  28. 1 Chronicles 9:9אֲנָשִׁ֔ים · men
    …and 956 of their relatives according to their genealogy. All these men were heads of their families.
  29. 1 Chronicles 11:19הָאֲנָשִׁים֩ · men
    …saying, “Far be it from me, my God, to do this! How can I drink the blood of these men who risked their lives?” Because they had brought it at the risk of their lives, David refused to drink it. Such were the exploits of the three mighty men.
  30. 1 Chronicles 19:5הָֽאֲנָשִׁים֙ · his men; הָאֲנָשִׁ֖ים · the men
    When someone came and told David about his men, he sent messengers to meet them, since the men had been thoroughly humiliated. The king told them, “Stay in Jericho until your beards have grown back, and then return.”
  31. 1 Chronicles 25:1אַנְשֵׁ֥י · of the men
    Additionally, David and the commanders of the army set apart some of the sons of Asaph, Heman, and Jeduthun to prophesy with the accompaniment of lyres, harps, and cymbals. The following is the list of the men who performed this service:
  32. 2 Chronicles 8:9אַנְשֵׁ֤י · his men
    But Solomon did not consign any of the Israelites to slave labor, because they were his men of war, the leaders of his captains, and the commanders of his chariots and cavalry.
  33. 2 Chronicles 9:7אֲנָשֶׁ֔יךָ · are your men
    How blessed are your men! How blessed are these servants of yours who stand continually before you and hear your wisdom!
  34. 2 Chronicles 9:14מֵאַנְשֵׁ֧י · from the merchants
    …not including the revenue from the merchants and traders. And all the Arabian kings and governors of the land also brought gold and silver to Solomon.
  35. 2 Chronicles 13:7אֲנָשִׁ֤ים
    Then worthless and wicked men gathered around him to resist Rehoboam son of Solomon when he was young, inexperienced, and unable to resist them.
  36. 2 Chronicles 14:11אֱנֽוֹשׁ׃ס · let a mere mortal
    Then Asa cried out to the LORD his God: “O LORD, there is no one besides You to help the powerless against the mighty. Help us, O LORD our God, for we rely on You, and in Your name we have come against this multitude. O LORD, You are our God. Do not let a mere mortal prevail against You.”
  37. 2 Chronicles 17:13וְאַנְשֵׁ֧י
    …and kept vast supplies in the cities of Judah. He also had warriors in Jerusalem who were mighty men of valor.
  38. 2 Chronicles 23:8אֲנָשָׁ֔יו · his men
    So the Levites and all Judah did everything that Jehoiada the priest had ordered. Each of them took his men—those coming on duty on the Sabbath and those going off duty—for Jehoiada the priest had not released any of the divisions.
  39. 2 Chronicles 24:24אֲנָשִׁ֜ים · men
    Although the Aramean army had come with only a few men, the LORD delivered into their hand a very great army. Because Judah had forsaken the LORD, the God of their fathers, judgment was executed on Joash.
  40. 2 Chronicles 28:12אֲנָשִׁ֜ים · Then some
    Then some of the leaders of the Ephraimites—Azariah son of Jehohanan, Berechiah son of Meshillemoth, Jehizkiah son of Shallum, and Amasa son of Hadlai—stood in opposition to those arriving from the war.
  41. 2 Chronicles 28:15הָאֲנָשִׁים֩ · Then the men
    Then the men who were designated by name arose, took charge of the captives, and provided from the plunder clothing for the naked. They clothed them, gave them sandals and food and drink, anointed their wounds, and put all the feeble on donkeys. So they brought them to Jericho, the City of Palms, to their brothers. Then they returned to Samaria.
  42. 2 Chronicles 30:11אֲנָשִׁ֛ים · some
    Nevertheless, some from Asher, Manasseh, and Zebulun humbled themselves and came to Jerusalem.
  43. 2 Chronicles 31:19אֲנָשִׁ֕ים · men
    As for the priests, the descendants of Aaron, who lived on the farmlands around each of their cities or in any other city, men were designated by name to distribute a portion to every male among the priests and to every Levite listed by the genealogies.