עָנָה
ʻânâh · aw-naw'
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
Lexicon
Derivation: 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
- 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
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: give account, afflict (by mistake for H6031 (עָנָה)), (cause to, give) answer, bring low (by mistake for H6031 (עָנָה)), cry, hear, Leannoth, lift up, say, [idiom] scholar, (give a) shout, sing (together by course), speak, testify, utter, (bear) witness. See also H1042 (בֵּית עֲנוֹת), H1043 (בֵּית עֲנָת).
Letters
- עAyin70
Picture: an eye
- Concrete
- eye · spring of water
- Extended
- to see · to know · experience · to watch
- נNun50
Picture: a sprouting seed, or a fish in water
- Concrete
- seed · sprout · fish · offspring
- Extended
- life · continuation · heir · to perpetuate
- הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
- Concrete
- a man calling out · a window · breath
- Extended
- behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to see and know › the seed, life continuing › to reveal, behold
To see and know of the seed, life continuing that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of עָנָה above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
332 occurrences · 332 OT · 0 NT · 191 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- answered117 · 55%
- then answered18 · 8%
- hear12 · 6%
- answer8 · 4%
- and he answered6 · 3%
- and he heard4 · 2%
- and they answered4 · 2%
- shall answer4 · 2%
- testify3 · 1%
- but he answered3 · 1%
- spake3 · 1%
- to answer3 · 1%
- and answered3 · 1%
- will answer3 · 1%
- and they shall hear2 · 1%
- i will hear2 · 1%
- thou answeredst2 · 1%
- and hear2 · 1%
- i will answer2 · 1%
- and answer2 · 1%
- hath testified2 · 1%
- answereth2 · 1%
- had answered2 · 1%
- shall speak2 · 1%
- sing2 · 1%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.