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.
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
Occurrences
331 total
- Nehemiah 8:6וַיַּֽעֲנ֨וּ · saidThen Ezra blessed the LORD, the great God, and with their hands uplifted, all the people said, “Amen, Amen!” Then they bowed down and worshiped the LORD with their faces to the ground.
- Esther 5:7וַתַּ֥עַן · repliedEsther replied, “This is my petition and my request:
- Esther 7:3וַתַּ֨עַן · repliedQueen Esther replied, “If I have found favor in your sight, O king, and if it pleases the king, grant me my life as my petition, and the lives of my people as my request.
- Job 1:7וַיַּ֨עַן · replied“Where have you come from?” said the LORD to Satan. “From roaming through the earth,” he replied, “and walking back and forth in it.”
- Job 1:9וַיַּ֧עַן · answeredSatan answered the LORD, “Does Job fear God for nothing?
- Job 2:2וַיַּ֨עַן · replied“Where have you come from?” said the LORD to Satan. “From roaming through the earth,” he replied, “and walking back and forth in it.”
- Job 2:4וַיַּ֧עַן · replied“Skin for skin!” Satan replied. “A man will give up all he owns in exchange for his life.
- Job 3:2וַיַּ֥עַן · And [this is what]And this is what he said:
- Job 4:1וַ֭יַּעַן · repliedThen Eliphaz the Temanite replied:
- Job 5:1עוֹנֶ֑ךָּ · but who will answer“Call out if you please, but who will answer? To which of the holy ones will you turn?
- Job 6:1וַיַּ֥עַן · repliedThen Job replied:
- Job 8:1וַ֭יַּעַן · repliedThen Bildad the Shuhite replied:
- Job 9:1וַיַּ֥עַן · answeredThen Job answered:
- Job 9:3יַ֝עֲנֶ֗נּוּ · answer HimIf one wished to contend with God, he could not answer Him one time out of a thousand.
- Job 9:14אֶֽעֱנֶ֑נּוּ · answer HimHow then can I answer Him or choose my arguments against Him?
- Job 9:15אֶעֱנֶ֑ה · answerFor even if I were right, I could not answer. I could only beg my Judge for mercy.
- Job 9:16וַֽיַּעֲנֵ֑נִי · and He answered meIf I summoned Him and He answered me, I do not believe He would listen to my voice.
- Job 9:32אֶֽעֱנֶ֑נּוּ · that I can answer HimFor He is not a man like me, that I can answer Him, that we can take each other to court.
- Job 11:1וַ֭יַּעַן · repliedThen Zophar the Naamathite replied:
- Job 11:2יֵעָנֶ֑ה“Should this stream of words go unanswered and such a speaker be vindicated?
- Job 12:1וַיַּ֥עַן · answeredThen Job answered:
- Job 12:4וַֽיַּעֲנֵ֑הוּ · and He answeredI am a laughingstock to my friends, though I called on God, and He answered. The righteous and upright man is a laughingstock.
- Job 13:22אֶֽעֱנֶ֑ה · will answerThen call me, and I will answer, or let me speak, and You can reply.
- Job 14:15אֶֽעֱנֶ֑ךָּ · will answerYou will call, and I will answer; You will desire the work of Your hands.
- Job 15:1וַ֭יַּעַן · repliedThen Eliphaz the Temanite replied:
- Job 15:2יַעֲנֶ֥ה · man answer“Does a wise man answer with empty counsel or fill his belly with the hot east wind?
- Job 15:6יַעֲנוּ־ · testifyYour own mouth, not mine, condemns you; your own lips testify against you.
- Job 16:1וַיַּ֥עַן · answeredThen Job answered:
- Job 16:3תַעֲנֶֽה׃ · continue testifyingIs there no end to your long-winded speeches? What provokes you to continue testifying?
- Job 16:8יַעֲנֶֽה׃ · and testifiesYou have bound me, and it has become a witness; my frailty rises up and testifies against me.
- Job 18:1וַ֭יַּעַן · repliedThen Bildad the Shuhite replied:
- Job 19:1וַיַּ֥עַן · answeredThen Job answered:
- Job 19:7אֵעָנֶ֑ה · responseThough I cry out, ‘Violence!’ I get no response; though I call for help, there is no justice.
- Job 19:16יַעֲנֶ֑ה · answerI call for my servant, but he does not answer, though I implore him with my own mouth.
- Job 20:1וַ֭יַּעַן · repliedThen Zophar the Naamathite replied:
- Job 20:3יַעֲנֵֽנִי׃ · prompts a replyI have heard a rebuke that insults me, and my understanding prompts a reply.
- Job 21:1וַיַּ֥עַן · answeredThen Job answered:
- Job 22:1וַ֭יַּעַן · repliedThen Eliphaz the Temanite replied:
- Job 23:1וַיַּ֥עַן · answeredThen Job answered:
- Job 23:5יַעֲנֵ֑נִי · He would answerI would learn how He would answer, and consider what He would say.
- Job 25:1וַ֭יַּעַן · repliedThen Bildad the Shuhite replied:
- Job 26:1וַיַּ֥עַן · answeredThen Job answered:
- Job 30:20תַעֲנֵ֑נִי · answerI cry out to You for help, but You do not answer; when I stand up, You merely look at me.
- Job 31:35יַעֲנֵ֑נִי · answer me(Oh, that I had one to hear me! Here is my signature. Let the Almighty answer me; let my accuser compose an indictment.
- Job 32:1מֵעֲנ֣וֹת · answeringSo these three men stopped answering Job, because he was righteous in his own eyes.
- Job 32:6וַיַּ֤עַן׀ · declaredSo Elihu son of Barachel the Buzite declared: “I am young in years, while you are old; that is why I was timid and afraid to tell you what I know.
- Job 32:12עוֹנֶ֖ה · you rebuttedI paid you full attention. But no one proved Job wrong; not one of you rebutted his arguments.
- Job 32:15עָ֣נוּ · to sayJob’s friends are dismayed, with no more to say; words have escaped them.
- Job 32:16עָ֥נוּ · replyMust I wait, now that they are silent, now that they stand and no longer reply?
- Job 32:17אַעֲנֶ֣ה · will answerI too will answer; yes, I will declare what I know.