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עָנָה

a.nahbe occupiedHow to read Hebrew
hebrewOld TestamentVerb82 occurrences21 books78 verses

Definition

a primitive root (possibly rather identical with H6030 through the idea of looking down or browbeating); to depress literally or figuratively, transitive or intransitive (in various applications, as follows)
Traditional renderings: abase self, afflict(-ion, self), answer (by mistake for H6030), chasten self, deal hardly with, defile, exercise, force, gentleness, humble (self), hurt, ravish, sing (by mistake for H6030), speak (by mistake for H6030), submit self, weaken, × in any wise.

In the Greek Old Testament

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

Usage patterns

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Occurrences

82 total
  1. Psalm 90:15עִנִּיתָ֑נוּ · as You have afflicted us
    Make us glad for as many days as You have afflicted us, for as many years as we have seen evil.
  2. Psalm 94:5יְעַנּֽוּ׃ · they oppress
    They crush Your people, O LORD; they oppress Your heritage.
  3. Psalm 102:23עִנָּ֖ה · He has broken
    He has broken my strength on the way; He has cut short my days.
  4. Psalm 105:18עִנּ֣וּ · They bruised
    They bruised his feet with shackles and placed his neck in irons,
  5. Psalm 107:17יִתְעַנּֽוּ׃ · suffered affliction
    Fools, in their rebellious ways, and through their iniquities, suffered affliction.
  6. Psalm 116:10עָנִ֥יתִי · afflicted
    I believed, therefore I said, “I am greatly afflicted.”
  7. Psalm 119:67אֶ֭עֱנֶה · I was afflicted
    Before I was afflicted, I went astray; but now I keep Your word.
  8. Psalm 119:71עֻנֵּ֑יתִי · be afflicted
    It was good for me to be afflicted, that I might learn Your statutes.
  9. Psalm 119:75עִנִּיתָֽנִי׃ · You have afflicted me
    I know, O LORD, that Your judgments are righteous, and that in faithfulness You have afflicted me.
  10. Psalm 119:107נַעֲנֵ֥יתִי · afflicted
    I am severely afflicted, O LORD; revive me through Your word.
  11. Psalm 132:1עֻנּוֹתֽוֹ׃ · the hardships he endured
    A song of ascents. O LORD, remember on behalf of David all the hardships he endured,
  12. Ecclesiastes 1:13לַעֲנ֥וֹת · to occupy them
    And I set my mind to seek and explore by wisdom all that is done under heaven. What a miserable task God has laid upon the sons of men to occupy them!
  13. Ecclesiastes 3:10לַעֲנ֥וֹת · to occupy
    I have seen the burden that God has laid upon the sons of men to occupy them.
  14. Ecclesiastes 5:20מַעֲנֶ֖ה · keeps him occupied
    For a man seldom considers the days of his life, because God keeps him occupied with the joy of his heart.
  15. Isaiah 25:5יַעֲנֶֽה׃פ · is silenced
    …like heat in a dry land. You subdue the uproar of foreigners. As the shade of a cloud cools the heat, so the song of the ruthless is silenced.
  16. Isaiah 31:4יַֽעֲנֶ֑ה · or subdued
    For this is what the LORD has said to me: “Like a lion roaring or a young lion over its prey—and though a band of shepherds is called out against it, it is not terrified by their shouting or subdued by their clamor—so the LORD of Hosts will come down to do battle on Mount Zion and its heights.
  17. Isaiah 53:4וּמְעֻנֶּֽה׃ · and afflicted
    Surely He took up our infirmities and carried our sorrows; yet we considered Him stricken, struck down by God, and afflicted.
  18. Isaiah 53:7נַעֲנֶה֮ · and afflicted
    He was oppressed and afflicted, yet He did not open His mouth. He was led like a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is silent, so He did not open His mouth.
  19. Isaiah 58:3עִנִּ֥ינוּ · [Why] have we humbled
    “Why have we fasted, and You have not seen? Why have we humbled ourselves, and You have not noticed?” “Behold, on the day of your fast, you do as you please, and you oppress all your workers.
  20. Isaiah 58:5עַנּ֥וֹת · to deny
    Is this the fast I have chosen: a day for a man to deny himself, to bow his head like a reed, and to spread out sackcloth and ashes? Will you call this a fast and a day acceptable to the LORD?
  21. Isaiah 58:10נַעֲנָ֖ה · the afflicted
    …and if you give yourself to the hungry and satisfy the afflicted soul, then your light will go forth in the darkness, and your night will be like noonday.
  22. Isaiah 60:14מְעַנַּ֔יִךְ · of your oppressors
    The sons of your oppressors will come and bow down to you; all who reviled you will fall facedown at your feet and call you the City of the LORD, Zion of the Holy One of Israel.
  23. Isaiah 64:12וּתְעַנֵּ֖נוּ · and afflict us
    After all this, O LORD, will You restrain Yourself? Will You keep silent and afflict us beyond measure?
  24. Lamentations 3:33עִנָּה֙ · afflict
    For He does not willingly afflict or grieve the sons of men.
  25. Lamentations 5:11עִנּ֔וּ · have been ravished
    Women have been ravished in Zion, virgins in the cities of Judah.
  26. Ezekiel 22:10עִנּוּ־ · they violate
    In you they have uncovered the nakedness of their fathers; in you they violate women during their menstrual impurity.
  27. Ezekiel 22:11עִנָּה־ · violates
    One man commits an abomination with his neighbor’s wife; another wickedly defiles his daughter-in-law; and yet another violates his sister, his own father’s daughter.
  28. Daniel 10:12וּלְהִתְעַנּ֛וֹת · and to humble
    “Do not be afraid, Daniel,” he said, “for from the first day that you purposed to understand and to humble yourself before your God, your words were heard, and I have come in response to them.
  29. Nahum 1:12וְעִ֨נִּתִ֔ךְ · Though I have afflicted you, [O Judah]; אֲעַנֵּ֖ךְ · I will afflict
    This is what the LORD says: “Though they are allied and numerous, yet they will be cut down and pass away. Though I have afflicted you, O Judah, I will afflict you no longer.
  30. Zephaniah 3:19מְעַנַּ֖יִךְ · who afflict you
    Behold, at that time, I will deal with all who afflict you. I will save the lame and gather the scattered; and I will appoint praise and fame for the disgraced throughout the earth.
  31. Zechariah 10:2יַעֲנ֖וּ · oppressed
    For idols speak deceit and diviners see illusions; they tell false dreams and offer empty comfort. Therefore the people wander like sheep, oppressed for lack of a shepherd.