עָנַשׁ
ʻânash · aw-nash'
properly, to urge; by implication, to inflict apenalty, specifically, to fine
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
properly, to urge; by implication, to inflict apenalty, specifically, to fine
- properly, to urge
- by implication, to inflict apenalty, specifically, to fine
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: amerce, condemn, punish, [idiom] surely.
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
- 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)
to see and know › the seed, life continuing › to consume, to destroy
To see and know of the seed, life continuing that works to consume, to destroy.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of עָנַשׁ 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 · 9 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- and are punished2 · 22%
- he shall be surely1 · 11%
- punished1 · 11%
- and they shall amerce1 · 11%
- and condemned1 · 11%
- also to punish1 · 11%
- is punished1 · 11%
- of the condemned1 · 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.