עֲנָקִי
ʻĂnâqîy · an-aw-kee'
an Anakite or descendant of Anak
Lexicon
Derivation: patronymically from H6061 (עָנָק);
an Anakite or descendant of Anak
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Anakim.
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
- קQof100
Picture: the back of the head, or the sun on the horizon
- Concrete
- back of the head · rising sun · circle
- Extended
- what is behind · the last · a cycle · to come around again
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to see and know › the seed, life continuing › what comes behind, the returning cycle › the hand that works
To see and know of the seed, life continuing of what comes behind, the returning cycle of the hand that works.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of עֲנָקִי 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.
- as the anakims3 · 33%
- of the anakims2 · 22%
- the anakims1 · 11%
- there was none of the anakims1 · 11%
- how the anakims1 · 11%
- among the anakims1 · 11%
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.