אָנַשׁ
ʼânash · aw-nash'
to be frail, feeble, or (figuratively) melancholy
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
to be frail, feeble, or (figuratively) melancholy
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: desperate(-ly wicked), incurable, sick, woeful.
Letters
- אAlef1
Picture: ox head
- Concrete
- ox · bull · cattle
- Extended
- strength · leader · first · the one in front
- נNun50
Picture: a sprouting seed, or a fish in water
- Concrete
- seed · sprout · fish · offspring
- Extended
- life · continuation · heir · to perpetuate
- שShin300
Picture: two front teeth (or a composite bow)
- Concrete
- teeth · sharp · press · bow
- Extended
- to consume · to destroy · to press or grind · to change · again
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
strength, the leader › the seed, life continuing › to consume, to destroy
Strength, the leader of the seed, life continuing that works to consume, to destroy.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of אָנַשׁ 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
9 occurrences · 9 OT · 0 NT · 8 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- is incurable4 · 44%
- and it was very sick1 · 11%
- and of desperate1 · 11%
- incurable1 · 11%
- above all things, and desperately wicked1 · 11%
- the woeful1 · 11%
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.