עִנְיָן
ʻinyân · in-yawn'
ado, i.e. (generally) employment or (specifically) an affair
Lexicon
Derivation: from H6031 (עָנָה);
ado, i.e. (generally) employment or (specifically) an affair
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: business, travail.
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
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
- נNun50
Picture: a sprouting seed, or a fish in water
- Concrete
- seed · sprout · fish · offspring
- Extended
- life · continuation · heir · to perpetuate
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to see and know › the seed, life continuing › the hand that works › the seed, life continuing
To see and know of the seed, life continuing of the hand that works of the seed, life continuing.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of עִנְיָן 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
8 occurrences · 8 OT · 0 NT · 8 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- travail4 · 50%
- and his travail1 · 13%
- the travail1 · 13%
- of business1 · 13%
- the business1 · 13%
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.