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. Psalm 143:7עֲנֵ֨נִי׀ · Answer me
    Answer me quickly, O LORD; my spirit fails. Do not hide Your face from me, or I will be like those who descend to the Pit.
  2. Psalm 147:7עֱנ֣וּ · Sing
    Sing to the LORD with thanksgiving; make music on the harp to our God,
  3. Proverbs 1:28אֶֽעֱנֶ֑ה · answer
    Then they will call on me, but I will not answer; they will earnestly seek me, but will not find me.
  4. Proverbs 15:28לַעֲנ֑וֹת · how to answer
    The heart of the righteous ponders how to answer, but the mouth of the wicked blurts out evil.
  5. Proverbs 18:23יַעֲנֶ֥ה · answers
    The poor man pleads for mercy, but the rich man answers harshly.
  6. Proverbs 21:13יֵעָנֶֽה׃ · and receive no answer
    Whoever shuts his ears to the cry of the poor, he too shall cry out and receive no answer.
  7. Proverbs 25:18עֹנֶ֥ה · who bears
    Like a club or sword or sharp arrow is a man who bears false witness against his neighbor.
  8. Proverbs 26:4תַּ֣עַן · answer
    Do not answer a fool according to his folly, or you yourself will be like him.
  9. Proverbs 26:5עֲנֵ֣ה · Answer
    Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he become wise in his own eyes.
  10. Proverbs 29:19מַעֲנֶֽה׃ · respond
    A servant cannot be corrected by words alone; though he understands, he will not respond.
  11. Ecclesiastes 10:19יַעֲנֶ֥ה · is the answer
    A feast is prepared for laughter, and wine makes life merry, but money is the answer for everything.
  12. Song of Solomon 2:10עָנָ֥ה · calls
    My beloved calls to me, “Arise, my darling. Come away with me, my beautiful one.
  13. Song of Solomon 5:6עָנָֽנִי׃ · answer
    I opened for my beloved, but he had turned and gone. My heart sank at his departure. I sought him but did not find him. I called, but he did not answer.
  14. Isaiah 3:9עָ֣נְתָה · testifies
    The expression on their faces testifies against them, and like Sodom they flaunt their sin; they do not conceal it. Woe to them, for they have brought disaster upon themselves.
  15. Isaiah 13:22וְעָנָ֤ה · will howl
    Hyenas will howl in her fortresses and jackals in her luxurious palaces. Babylon’s time is at hand, and her days will not be prolonged.
  16. Isaiah 14:10יַֽעֲנ֔וּ · respond
    They will all respond to you, saying, “You too have become weak, as we are; you have become like us!”
  17. Isaiah 14:32יַּעֲנֶ֖ה · answer will be given
    What answer will be given to the envoys of that nation? “The LORD has founded Zion, where His afflicted people will find refuge.”
  18. Isaiah 21:9וַיַּ֣עַן · And one answered
    Look, here come the riders, horsemen in pairs.” And one answered, saying: “Fallen, fallen is Babylon! All the images of her gods lie shattered on the ground!”
  19. Isaiah 27:2עַנּוּ־ · Sing
    In that day: “Sing about a fruitful vineyard.
  20. Isaiah 30:19עָנָֽךְ׃ · He will answer you
    O people in Zion who dwell in Jerusalem, you will weep no more. He will surely be gracious when you cry for help; when He hears, He will answer you.
  21. Isaiah 36:21עָנ֥וּ · answer a word; תַעֲנֻֽהוּ׃ · answer him
    But the people remained silent and did not answer a word, for Hezekiah had commanded, “Do not answer him.”
  22. Isaiah 41:17אֶעֱנֵ֔ם · will answer them
    The poor and needy seek water, but there is none; their tongues are parched with thirst. I, the LORD, will answer them; I, the God of Israel, will not forsake them.
  23. Isaiah 46:7יַעֲנֶ֔ה · answer
    They lift it to their shoulder and carry it along; they set it in its place, and there it stands, not budging from that spot. They cry out to it, but it does not answer; it saves no one from his troubles.
  24. Isaiah 49:8עֲנִיתִ֔יךָ · I will answer You
    This is what the LORD says: “In the time of favor I will answer You, and in the day of salvation I will help You; I will keep You and appoint You to be a covenant for the people, to restore the land, to apportion its desolate inheritances,
  25. Isaiah 50:2עוֹנֶה֒ · answer
    Why was no one there when I arrived? Why did no one answer when I called? Is My hand too short to redeem you? Or do I lack the strength to deliver you? Behold, My rebuke dries up the sea; I turn the rivers into a desert; the fish rot for lack of water and die of thirst.
  26. Isaiah 58:9יַעֲנֶ֔ה · will answer
    Then you will call, and the LORD will answer; you will cry out, and He will say, ‘Here I am.’ If you remove the yoke from your midst, the pointing of the finger and malicious talk,
  27. Isaiah 59:12עָ֣נְתָה · testify
    For our transgressions are multiplied before You, and our sins testify against us. Our transgressions are indeed with us, and we know our iniquities:
  28. Isaiah 65:12עֲנִיתֶ֔ם · answer
    I will destine you for the sword, and you will all kneel down to be slaughtered, because I called and you did not answer, I spoke and you did not listen; you did evil in My sight and chose that in which I did not delight.”
  29. Isaiah 65:24אֶעֱנֶ֑ה · will answer
    Even before they call, I will answer, and while they are still speaking, I will hear.
  30. Isaiah 66:4עוֹנֶ֔ה · one answered
    So I will choose their punishment and I will bring terror upon them, because I called and no one answered, I spoke and no one listened. But they did evil in My sight and chose that in which I did not delight.”
  31. Jeremiah 7:13עֲנִיתֶֽם׃ · answer
    And now, because you have done all these things, declares the LORD, and because I have spoken to you again and again but you would not listen, and I have called to you but you would not answer,
  32. Jeremiah 7:27יַעֲנֽוּכָה׃ · answer
    When you tell them all these things, they will not listen to you. When you call to them, they will not answer.
  33. Jeremiah 11:5וָאַ֥עַן · I answered
    This was in order to establish the oath I swore to your forefathers, to give them a land flowing with milk and honey, as it is to this day.” “Amen, LORD,” I answered.
  34. Jeremiah 14:7עָ֣נוּ · testify
    Although our iniquities testify against us, O LORD, act for the sake of Your name. Indeed, our rebellions are many; we have sinned against You.
  35. Jeremiah 23:35עָנָ֣ה · answered
    This is what each man is to say to his friend and to his brother: ‘What has the LORD answered?’ or ‘What has the LORD spoken?’
  36. Jeremiah 23:37עָנָ֣ךְ · answered you
    Thus you are to say to the prophet: ‘What has the LORD answered you?’ and ‘What has the LORD spoken?’
  37. Jeremiah 25:30יַֽעֲנֶ֔ה · He will call out
    So you are to prophesy all these words against them and say to them: ‘The LORD will roar from on high; He will raise His voice from His holy habitation. He will roar loudly over His pasture; like those who tread the grapes, He will call out with a shout against all the inhabitants of the earth.
  38. Jeremiah 33:3וְאֶעֱנֶ֑ךָּ · and I will answer
    Call to Me, and I will answer and show you great and unsearchable things you do not know.
  39. Jeremiah 35:17עָנֽוּ׃ · answered
    Therefore this is what the LORD God of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: ‘Behold, I will bring to Judah and to all the residents of Jerusalem all the disaster I have pronounced against them, because I have spoken to them but they have not obeyed, and I have called to them but they have not answered.’”
  40. Jeremiah 42:4יַעֲנֶ֨ה · answers
    “I have heard you,” replied Jeremiah the prophet. “I will surely pray to the LORD your God as you request, and I will tell you everything that the LORD answers. I will not withhold a word from you.”
  41. Jeremiah 44:15וַיַּעֲנ֣וּ · said
    Then all the men who knew that their wives were burning incense to other gods, and all the women standing by—a great assembly—along with all the people living in the land of Egypt and in Pathros, said to Jeremiah,
  42. Jeremiah 44:20הָעֹנִ֥ים · who were answering
    Then Jeremiah said to all the people, both men and women, who were answering him,
  43. Jeremiah 51:14וְעָנ֥וּ · and they will shout in triumph
    The LORD of Hosts has sworn by Himself: “Surely I will fill you up with men as with locusts, and they will shout in triumph over you.”
  44. Ezekiel 14:4נַעֲנֵ֧יתִי · will answer
    Therefore speak to them and tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘When any Israelite sets up idols in his heart and puts a wicked stumbling block before his face, and then comes to the prophet, I the LORD will answer him according to his great idolatry,
  45. Ezekiel 14:7נַֽעֲנֶה־ · will answer
    For when any Israelite or any foreigner dwelling in Israel separates himself from Me, sets up idols in his heart, and puts a wicked stumbling block before his face, and then comes to the prophet to inquire of Me, I the LORD will answer him Myself.
  46. Hosea 2:15וְעָ֤נְתָה · she will respond as she did
    There I will give back her vineyards and make the Valley of Achor into a gateway of hope. There she will respond as she did in the days of her youth, as in the day she came up out of Egypt.
  47. Hosea 2:21אֶֽעֱנֶה֙ · I will respond; אֶעֱנֶ֖ה · I will respond; יַעֲנ֥וּ · will respond
    “On that day I will respond—” declares the LORD—“I will respond to the heavens, and they will respond to the earth.