עָנָה

Strong’s Definition

to depress literally or figuratively, transitive or intransitive (in various applications, as follows)

Etymology & Derivation

a primitive root (possibly rather identical with H6030 (עָנָה) through the idea of looking down or browbeating);

KJV Usage

abase self, afflict(-ion, self), answer (by mistake for H6030 (עָנָה)), chasten self, deal hardly with, defile, exercise, force, gentleness, humble (self), hurt, ravish, sing (by mistake for H6030 (עָנָה)), speak (by mistake for H6030 (עָנָה)), submit self, weaken, [idiom] in any wise.

Detailed Definition

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

• 1.(qal)
• 2.(qal) to be occupied, be busied with
• 3.to afflict, oppress, humble, be afflicted, be bowed down
• 4.(niphal)
• 5.(piel)
• 6.(pual)
• 7.(hiphil) to afflict
• 8.(hithpael)

Scholarly Notes

Transliteration: ʻânâh; Pronunciation: aw-naw'