Keraia
Lexicon

עוּן

unto dwellHow to read Hebrew
hebrewOld TestamentVerb331 occurrences33 books318 verses

Definition

a primitive root; properly, to eye or (generally) to heed, i.e. pay attention; by implication, to respond; by extension to begin to speak; specifically to sing, shout, testify, announce
Traditional renderings: give account, afflict (by mistake for H6031), (cause to, give) answer, bring low (by mistake for H6031), cry, hear, Leannoth, lift up, say, × scholar, (give a) shout, sing (together by course), speak, testify, utter, (bear) witness. See also H1042, H1043.

In the Greek Old Testament

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

Usage patterns

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Occurrences

331 total
  1. Joshua 9:24וַיַּעֲנ֨וּ · The Gibeonites answered
    The Gibeonites answered, “Your servants were told clearly that the LORD your God had commanded His servant Moses to give you all the land and wipe out all its inhabitants before you. So we greatly feared for our lives because of you, and that is why we have done this.
  2. Joshua 22:21וַֽיַּעֲנוּ֙ · answered
    Then the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh answered the leaders of the clans of Israel:
  3. Joshua 24:16וַיַּ֤עַן · replied
    The people replied, “Far be it from us to forsake the LORD to serve other gods!
  4. Judges 5:29תַּעֲנֶ֑ינָּה · answer
    Her wisest ladies answer; indeed she keeps telling herself,
  5. Judges 7:14וַיַּ֨עַן · replied
    His friend replied: “This is nothing less than the sword of Gideon son of Joash, the Israelite. God has delivered Midian and the whole camp into his hand.”
  6. Judges 8:8וַיַּעֲנ֤וּ · gave the same response; עָנ֖וּ
    From there he went up to Penuel and asked the same from them, but the men of Penuel gave the same response as the men of Succoth.
  7. Judges 18:14וַֽיַּעֲנ֞וּ
    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.”
  8. Judges 19:28עֹנֶ֑ה · response
    “Get up,” he told her. “Let us go.” But there was no response. So the man put her on his donkey and set out for home.
  9. Judges 20:4וַיַּ֜עַן · answered
    So the Levite, the husband of the murdered woman, answered: “I and my concubine came to Gibeah in Benjamin to spend the night.
  10. Ruth 1:21עָ֣נָה · has testified
    I went away full, but the LORD has brought me back empty. Why call me Naomi? After all, the LORD has testified against me, and the Almighty has afflicted me.”
  11. Ruth 2:6וַיַּ֗עַן · answered
    The foreman answered, “She is the Moabitess who returned with Naomi from the land of Moab.
  12. Ruth 2:11וַיַּ֤עַן · replied
    Boaz replied, “I have been made fully aware of all you have done for your mother-in-law since the death of your husband, how you left your father and mother and the land of your birth, and how you came to a people you did not know before.
  13. 1 Samuel 1:15וַתַּ֨עַן · replied
    “No, my lord,” Hannah replied. “I am a woman troubled in spirit. I have not had any wine or strong drink, but I have poured out my soul before the LORD.
  14. 1 Samuel 1:17וַיַּ֧עַן · replied
    “Go in peace,” Eli replied, “and may the God of Israel grant the petition you have asked of Him.”
  15. 1 Samuel 4:17וַיַּ֨עַן · answered
    The messenger answered, “Israel has fled before the Philistines, and there has been a great slaughter among the people. Your two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, are both dead, and the ark of God has been captured.”
  16. 1 Samuel 4:20עָנְתָ֖ה · respond
    As she was dying, the women attending to her said, “Do not be afraid, for you have given birth to a son!” But she did not respond or pay any heed.
  17. 1 Samuel 7:9וַֽיַּעֲנֵ֖הוּ · answered him
    Then Samuel took a suckling lamb and offered it as a whole burnt offering to the LORD. He cried out to the LORD on behalf of Israel, and the LORD answered him.
  18. 1 Samuel 8:18יַעֲנֶ֧ה · answer you
    When that day comes, you will beg for relief from the king you have chosen, but the LORD will not answer you on that day.”
  19. 1 Samuel 9:8לַעֲנ֣וֹת · answered
    The servant answered him again. “Look,” he said, “I have here in my hand a quarter shekel of silver. I will give it to the man of God, and he will tell us our way.”
  20. 1 Samuel 9:12וַתַּעֲנֶ֧ינָה · they answered
    “Yes, he is ahead of you,” they answered. “Hurry now, for today he has come to the city because the people have a sacrifice on the high place.
  21. 1 Samuel 9:17עָנָ֔הוּ · told him
    When Samuel saw Saul, the LORD told him, “Here is the man of whom I spoke; he shall rule over My people.”
  22. 1 Samuel 9:19וַיַּ֨עַן · replied
    “I am the seer,” Samuel replied. “Go up before me to the high place, for you shall eat with me today. And when I send you off in the morning, I will tell you all that is in your heart.
  23. 1 Samuel 9:21וַיַּ֨עַן · replied
    Saul replied, “Am I not a Benjamite from the smallest tribe of Israel, and is not my clan the least of all the clans of Benjamin? So why would you say such a thing to me?”
  24. 1 Samuel 10:12וַיַּ֨עַן · replied
    Then a man who lived there replied, “And who is their father?” So the saying became a proverb: “Is Saul also among the prophets?”
  25. 1 Samuel 12:3עֲנ֣וּ · Bear witness
    Here I am. Bear witness against me before the LORD and before His anointed: Whose ox or donkey have I taken? Whom have I cheated or oppressed? From whose hand have I accepted a bribe and closed my eyes? Tell me, and I will restore it to you.”
  26. 1 Samuel 14:12וַיַּעֲנוּ֩ · called out
    So 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.”
  27. 1 Samuel 14:28וַיַּעַן֩ · Then
    Then one of the soldiers told him, “Your father bound the troops with a solemn oath, saying, ‘Cursed is the man who eats food today.’ That is why the people are faint.”
  28. 1 Samuel 14:37עָנָ֖הוּ · answer him
    So Saul inquired of God, “Shall I go down after the Philistines? Will You give them into the hand of Israel?” But God did not answer him that day.
  29. 1 Samuel 14:39עֹנֵ֖הוּ · said
    As surely as the LORD who saves Israel lives, even if it is my son Jonathan, he must die!” But not one of the troops said a word.
  30. 1 Samuel 16:18וַיַּעַן֩ · answered
    One of the servants answered, “I have seen a son of Jesse of Bethlehem who knows how to play the harp. He is a mighty man of valor, a warrior, eloquent and handsome, and the LORD is with him.”
  31. 1 Samuel 18:7וַֽתַּעֲנֶ֛ינָה · they sang out
    And as the women danced, they sang out: “Saul has slain his thousands, and David his tens of thousands.”
  32. 1 Samuel 20:10יַּעַנְךָ֥ · answers
    Then David asked Jonathan, “Who will tell me if your father answers you harshly?”
  33. 1 Samuel 20:28וַיַּ֥עַן · answered
    Jonathan answered, “David urgently requested my permission to go to Bethlehem,
  34. 1 Samuel 20:32וַיַּ֙עַן֙ · replied
    “Why must he be put to death?” Jonathan replied. “What has he done?”
  35. 1 Samuel 21:4וַיַּ֨עַן · replied
    “There is no common bread on hand,” the priest replied, “but there is some consecrated bread—provided that the young men have kept themselves from women.”
  36. 1 Samuel 21:5וַיַּעַן֩ · answered
    David answered, “Women have indeed been kept from us, as is usual when I set out. And the bodies of the young men are holy even on common missions. How much more so today!”
  37. 1 Samuel 21:11יַעֲנ֤וּ · sing
    But the servants of Achish said to him, “Is this not David, the king of the land? Did they not sing about him in their dances, saying: ‘Saul has slain his thousands, and David his tens of thousands’?”
  38. 1 Samuel 22:9וַיַּ֜עַן · answered
    But Doeg the Edomite, who had stationed himself with Saul’s servants, answered: “I saw the son of Jesse come to Ahimelech son of Ahitub at Nob.
  39. 1 Samuel 22:14וַיַּ֧עַן · answered
    Ahimelech answered the king, “Who among all your servants is as faithful as David, the king’s son-in-law, the captain of your bodyguard and honored in your house?
  40. 1 Samuel 23:4וַֽיַּעֲנֵ֖הוּ · answered him
    Once again, David inquired of the LORD, and the LORD answered him: “Go at once to Keilah, for I will deliver the Philistines into your hand.”
  41. 1 Samuel 25:10וַיַּ֨עַן
    But Nabal asked them, “Who is David? Who is this son of Jesse? Many servants these days are breaking away from their masters.
  42. 1 Samuel 26:6וַיַּ֨עַן · asked
    And David asked Ahimelech the Hittite and Abishai son of Zeruiah, Joab’s brother, “Who will go down with me to Saul in the camp?” “I will go with you,” answered Abishai.
  43. 1 Samuel 26:14תַעֲנֶ֖ה · answer me; וַיַּ֤עַן · replied
    And David shouted to the troops and to Abner son of Ner, “Will you not answer me, Abner?” “Who are you who calls to the king?” Abner replied.
  44. 1 Samuel 26:22וַיַּ֤עַן · answered
    “Here is the king’s spear,” David answered. “Let one of the young men come over and get it.
  45. 1 Samuel 28:6עָנָ֖הוּ · answer him
    He inquired of the LORD, but the LORD did not answer him by dreams or Urim or prophets.
  46. 1 Samuel 28:15עָנָ֣נִי · answers me
    Then Samuel said to Saul, “Why have you disturbed me by bringing me up?” “I am deeply distressed,” replied Saul. “The Philistines are fighting against me, and God has turned away from me. He no longer answers me, either by prophets or by dreams. So I have called on you to tell me what to do.”
  47. 1 Samuel 29:5יַעֲנוּ־ · they sing
    Is this not the David about whom they sing in their dances: ‘Saul has slain his thousands, and David his tens of thousands’?”
  48. 1 Samuel 29:9וַיַּ֣עַן · replied
    Achish replied, “I know that you are as pleasing in my sight as an angel of God. But the commanders of the Philistines have said, ‘He must not go into battle with us.’