עָנָו
ʻânâv · aw-nawv'
depressed (figuratively), in mind (gentle) or circumstances (needy, especially saintly)
Lexicon
Derivation: or (by intermixture with H6041 (עָנִי)) עָנָיו; from H6031 (עָנָה);
depressed (figuratively), in mind (gentle) or circumstances (needy, especially saintly)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: humble, lowly, meek, poor. Compare H6041 (עָנִי).
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
- וVav6
Picture: tent peg or hook
- Concrete
- nail · peg · hook
- Extended
- to fasten · to secure · to establish · and (joining)
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to see and know › the seed, life continuing › to fasten and establish
To see and know of the seed, life continuing that works to fasten and establish.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of עָנָו 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
22 occurrences · 22 OT · 0 NT · 16 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- the meek5 · 19%
- the poor3 · 12%
- meek2 · 8%
- of the humble2 · 8%
- the humble2 · 8%
- of the poor1 · 4%
- not the humble1 · 4%
- and the meek1 · 4%
- but the meek1 · 4%
- all the meek1 · 4%
- unto the lowly1 · 4%
- on the poor1 · 4%
- with the lowly1 · 4%
- for the meek1 · 4%
- unto the meek1 · 4%
- of the meek1 · 4%
- all ye meek1 · 4%
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.