Hebrew noun (masculine) · H4617
מַעֲנֶה
maanehmah-an-eh'
answer
7 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: maʻăneh
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H4617is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 3 of 39Old Testament books
- 7spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H4617
a reply (favorable or contradictory)
The King James renders it: answer, [idiom] himself.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
maaneh is rendered "answer". It stands 7 times in the Hebrew text, across three books.
- Four of the uses stand in Proverbs, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Job 32:3and he burned with anger against Job’s three friends because they had failed to refute Job, and yet had condemned him.
- The Greek text spells it seven different ways.
The first use
and he burned with anger against Job’s three friends because they had failed to refute Job, and yet had condemned him.
Job 32:3מַעֲנֶ֑ה
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- an answer3
- an answer of1
- answer of1
- for the purpose its1
- in answer of1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| מַעֲשֶׂה | maaseh | deed: work | Uses236 |
| מַעֲלָל | maalal | deed | Uses41 |
| מַעֲלָה | maalah | thought | Uses32 |
| מַעֲשֵׂר | maaser | tithe | Uses32 |
| מַעֲרָכָה | maarakah | rank | Uses19 |
| מַעֲלֶה | maaleh | ascent | Uses18 |
| מַעֲרָב | maarab | west | Uses14 |
| מַעֲבָר | maabar | ford | Uses11 |
| מַעֲרֶכֶת | maareketh | row | Uses10 |
| מַעֲרָב | maarab | merchandise | Uses9 |
| מַעֲכָתִי | Maakathi | Maacathite | Uses8 |
| מַעֲמָד | maamad | office | Uses5 |
and 18 more on the stem.
All 7, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
7 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- בְּמַעֲנֵה־1
- לַֽמַּעֲנֵ֑הוּ1
- מַעֲנֵ֥ה1
- מַעֲנֵ֖ה1
- מַעֲנֶ֑ה1
- מַעֲנֶ֗ה1
- מַֽעֲנֶה־1
The grammar of each form
- noun · masculine singular3HNcmsa
- noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)2HNcmsc
- preposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)1HR/Ncmsc
- preposition with the article + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular1HRd/Ncmsc/Sp3ms
Job
two uses
and he burned with anger against Job’s three friends because they had failed to refute Job, and yet had condemned him.
- מַעֲנֶ֑הmaanehnoun · masculine singulartagged: an answer
But when he saw that the three men had no further reply, his anger was kindled.
- מַעֲנֶ֗הmaanehnoun · masculine singulartagged: an answer
Proverbs
four uses
A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.
- מַֽעֲנֶה־maaneh-noun · masculine singulartagged: an answer
A man takes joy in a fitting reply—and how good is a timely word!
- בְּמַעֲנֵה־bemaaneh-preposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: in answer of
The plans of the heart belong to man, but the reply of the tongue is from the LORD.
- מַעֲנֵ֥הmaanehnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: answer of
The LORD has made everything for His purpose—even the wicked for the day of disaster.
- לַֽמַּעֲנֵ֑הוּlamaanehupreposition with the article + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: for the purpose its
Micah
one use
Then the seers will be ashamed and the diviners will be disgraced. They will all cover their mouths because there is no answer from God.”
- מַעֲנֵ֖הmaanehnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: an answer of
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.