עֲנָה
ʻănâh · an-aw'
{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: (Aramaic) corresponding to H6030 (עָנָה)
{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: answer, speak.
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 עֲנָה 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
30 occurrences · 30 OT · 0 NT · 12 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- answered12 · 40%
- spake10 · 33%
- they answered2 · 7%
- he answered2 · 7%
- and spake2 · 7%
- they spake1 · 3%
- therefore he spake1 · 3%
Where it is used, by book.
- Daniel30
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.