Word Study · Strong's H6061 · Hebrew
עָנָק
Anaq
aw-nawk'
Strong's 1890 spelling: ʻÂnâq
“Anak, a Canaanite”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
Anak, a Canaanite
Rendered in the KJV as
Anak.
- 9occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 4 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 7inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 9 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 7
- הָעֲנָ֑ק2
- הָעֲנָֽק׃2
- הָֽעֲנ֛וֹק1
- הָֽעֲנָ֖ק1
- הָעֲנָ֖ק1
- עֲנָ֖ק1
- עֲנָֽק׃1
How it is rendered · 2
- the Anak7
- Anak2
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 2
- the definite article (“the”) + gentilic noun (a people)7
- gentilic noun (a people)2
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- HTd/Ngmsa · 7
- HNgmsa · 2
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Where this word lives
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Numbers3 occurrences
- Numbers 13:22הָעֲנָ֑קhaanakthe definite article (“the”) + gentilic noun (a people)They went up through the Negev and came to Hebron, where Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, the descendants of Anak, dwelled. It had been built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.here: the Anak
- Numbers 13:28הָֽעֲנָ֖קhaanakthe definite article (“the”) + gentilic noun (a people)Nevertheless, the people living in the land are strong, and the cities are large and fortified. We even saw the descendants of Anak there.here: the Anak
- Numbers 13:33עֲנָ֖קʾanakgentilic noun (a people)We even saw the Nephilim there—the descendants of Anak that come from the Nephilim! We seemed like grasshoppers in our own sight, and we must have seemed the same to them!”here: Anak
Joshua4 occurrences
- Joshua 15:13הָעֲנָ֖קhaanakthe definite article (“the”) + gentilic noun (a people)According to the LORD’s command to him, Joshua gave Caleb son of Jephunneh a portion among the sons of Judah—Kiriath-arba, that is, Hebron. (Arba was the forefather of Anak.)here: the Anak
- Joshua 15:14הָעֲנָ֑קhaanakthe definite article (“the”) + gentilic noun (a people)And Caleb drove out from there the three sons of Anak—the descendants of Sheshai, Ahiman, and Talmai, the children of Anak.here: the Anak
- Joshua 15:14הָעֲנָֽק׃haanakthe definite article (“the”) + gentilic noun (a people)And Caleb drove out from there the three sons of Anak—the descendants of Sheshai, Ahiman, and Talmai, the children of Anak.here: the Anak
- Joshua 21:11הָֽעֲנ֛וֹקhaanokthe definite article (“the”) + gentilic noun (a people)They gave them Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron), with its surrounding pasturelands, in the hill country of Judah. (Arba was the father of Anak.)here: the Anak
Same headword in Strong's