אָנָה

Strong’s Definition

to approach; hence, to meet in various senses

Etymology & Derivation

a primitive root (perhaps rather identical with H578 (אָנָה) through the idea of contraction in anguish);

KJV Usage

befall, deliver, happen, seek a quarrel.

Detailed Definition

From the Brown–Driver–Briggs (BDB) Hebrew lexicon outline.

• 1.to meet, encounter, approach, be opportune
• 2.(piel) to allow to meet, cause to meet
• 3.(pual) to be sent, be allowed to meet
• 4.(hithpael) to seek occasion (quarrel), cause oneself to meet

Scholarly Notes

Transliteration: ʼânâh; Pronunciation: aw-naw'