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Hebrew verb · H6030

עָנָה

anahaw-naw'

to dwell; to answer; to sing

331 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key

Concordance spelling: ʻânâh

Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H6030is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.

  • 33 of 39
    Old Testament books
  • 190
    spellings
  • 3
    meanings

The definition in full

Strong's key (1890) · H6030

properly, to eye or (generally) to heed, i.e. pay attention; by implication, to respond; by extension to begin to speak; specifically to sing, shout, testify, announce

The King James renders it: give account, afflict (by mistake for H6031 (עָנָה)), (cause to, give) answer, bring low (by mistake for H6031 (עָנָה)), cry, hear, Leannoth, lift up, say, [idiom] scholar, (give a) shout, sing (together by course), speak, testify, utter, (bear) witness. See also H1042 (בֵּית עֲנוֹת), H1043 (בֵּית עֲנָת).

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

anah is rendered "to dwell; to answer; to sing". It stands 331 times in the Hebrew text, across thirty-three books.

  • Sixty of the uses stand in Job, more than in any other book.
  • The lexicon lists three meanings for it, beginning with "to dwell".
  • Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Genesis 18:27Then Abraham answered, “Now that I have ventured to speak to the Lord—though I am but dust and ashes—
  • The Greek text spells it 190 different ways.

The first use

Then Abraham answered, “Now that I have ventured to speak to the Lord—though I am but dust and ashes—

Genesis 18:27וַיַּ֥עַן

The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.

Where the word stands

What the word means

The word carries three meanings: to dwell, and to answer, and to sing.

Each meaning, and the words it is translated by

The English STEP Bible gives each use, word by word, and how many times.
to dwellStrong's entry ATagged aslisted under the tableWhereGenesis 18:27Then Abraham answered, “Now that I have ventured to speak to the Lord—though I am but dust and…
to answerStrong's entry BTagged aslisted under the tableWherein the ledger below
to singStrong's entry CTagged aslisted under the tableWherein the ledger below

How the Greek text is glossed, word by word

  • and he answered108
  • and they answered17
  • answer me12
  • I will answer10
  • and he answered me6
  • answered6
  • he will answer6
  • and I answered5
  • and she answered5
  • they answered5
  • and answer me4
  • and he answered him4

and 97 more, 331 uses in all

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.

עָנָןanancloudUses87
עָנָהanahbe occupiedUses82
עָנָוanavpoorUses22
עָנָףanaphbranchUses7
עָנָקanaqneckUses3

Other numbers on this spelling

Strong gave these words the same spelling and different numbers, so the site counts and defines them apart.

The words it stands beside

All 331, in canonical order

Every use, in order

Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.

190 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

  • וַיַּ֨עַן25
  • וַיַּ֥עַן16
  • וַיַּ֣עַן12
  • וַיַּ֤עַן10
  • וַיַּעַן֩9
  • וַיַּ֧עַן9
  • וַ֭יַּעַן8
  • וַיַּ֜עַן5
  • יַעֲנֶ֥ה5
  • וַיַּ֖עַן4
  • וַיַּ֙עַן֙4
  • אֶֽעֱנֶ֑ה3

and 178 more spellings in the ledger below.

The grammar of each form

  • Hc/Vqw3ms112Hc/Vqw3ms
  • Hc/Vqw3mp17Hc/Vqw3mp
  • verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singular17HVqi3ms
  • verb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singular12HVqv2ms/Sp1bs
  • verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common singular8HVqi1cs
  • verb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common plural8HVqp3cp
  • verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine singular7HVqi2ms
  • verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singular7HVqrmsa
  • Hc/Vqw3fs6Hc/Vqw3fs
  • verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine plural6HVqi3mp
  • verb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singular6HVqp3ms
  • Hc/Vqw1cs5Hc/Vqw1cs

Genesis

nineteen uses
  • Then Abraham answered, “Now that I have ventured to speak to the Lord—though I am but dust and ashes—

    Genesis 18:27

    • וַיַּ֥עַןvaiyaanHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he answered
  • The Hittites replied to Abraham,

    Genesis 23:5

    • וַיַּעֲנ֧וּvaiyaanuHc/Vqw3mptagged: and they answered
  • Now Ephron was sitting among the sons of Heth. So in the presence of all the Hittites who had come to the gate of his city, Ephron the Hittite answered Abraham,

    Genesis 23:10

    • וַיַּעַן֩vaiyaanHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he answered
  • Ephron answered Abraham,

    Genesis 23:14

    • וַיַּ֧עַןvaiyaanHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he answered
  • Laban and Bethuel answered, “This is from the LORD; we have no choice in the matter.

    Genesis 24:50

    • וַיַּ֨עַןvaiyaanHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he answered
  • But Isaac answered Esau: “Look, I have made him your master and given him all his relatives as servants; I have sustained him with grain and new wine. What is left that I can do for you, my son?”

    Genesis 27:37

    • וַיַּ֨עַןvaiyaanHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he answered
  • His father Isaac answered him: “Behold, your dwelling place shall be away from the richness of the land, away from the dew of heaven above.

    Genesis 27:39

    • וַיַּ֛עַןvaiyaanHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he answered
  • So my honesty will testify for me when you come to check on my wages in the future. If I have any goats that are not speckled or spotted, or any lambs that are not dark-colored, they will be considered stolen.”

    Genesis 30:33

    • וְעָֽנְתָה־veanetah-Hc/Vqq3fstagged: and it will testify
  • And Rachel and Leah replied, “Do we have any portion or inheritance left in our father’s house?

    Genesis 31:14

    • וַתַּ֤עַןvataanHc/Vqw3fstagged: and she answered
  • “I was afraid,” Jacob answered, “for I thought you would take your daughters from me by force.

    Genesis 31:31

    • וַיַּ֥עַןvaiyaanHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he answered
  • Then Jacob became incensed and challenged Laban. “What is my crime?” he said. “For what sin of mine have you so hotly pursued me?

    Genesis 31:36

    • וַיַּ֤עַןvaiyaanHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he answered
  • But Laban answered Jacob, “These daughters are my daughters, these sons are my sons, and these flocks are my flocks! Everything you see is mine! Yet what can I do today about these daughters of mine or the children they have borne?

    Genesis 31:43

    • וַיַּ֨עַןvaiyaanHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he answered
  • But because Shechem had defiled their sister Dinah, Jacob’s sons answered him and his father Hamor deceitfully.

    Genesis 34:13

    • וַיַּעֲנ֨וּvaiyaanuHc/Vqw3mptagged: and they answered
  • Then let us arise and go to Bethel. I will build an altar there to God, who answered me in my day of distress. He has been with me wherever I have gone.”

    Genesis 35:3

    • הָעֹנֶ֤הhaonehthe definite article (“the”) + verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: who answered
  • Joseph replied, “This is the interpretation: The three baskets are three days.

    Genesis 40:18

    • וַיַּ֤עַןvaiyaanHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he answered
  • “I myself cannot do it,” Joseph replied, “but God will give Pharaoh a sound answer.”

    Genesis 41:16

    • וַיַּ֨עַןvaiyaanHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he answered
    • יַעֲנֶ֖הyaanehverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he will answer
  • And Reuben responded, “Didn’t I tell you not to sin against the boy? But you would not listen. Now we must account for his blood!”

    Genesis 42:22

    • וַיַּעַן֩vaiyaanHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he answered
  • Joseph said to his brothers, “I am Joseph! Is my father still alive?” But they were unable to answer him, because they were terrified in his presence.

    Genesis 45:3

    • לַעֲנ֣וֹתlaanotpreposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to answer

Exodus

ten uses
  • Then Moses answered, “What if they do not believe me or listen to my voice? For they may say, ‘The LORD has not appeared to you.’”

    Exodus 4:1

    • וַיַּ֤עַןvaiyaanHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he answered
  • And Miriam sang back to them: “Sing to the LORD, for He is highly exalted; the horse and rider He has thrown into the sea.”

    Exodus 15:21

    • וַתַּ֥עַןvataanHc/Vqw3fstagged: and she sang
  • And all the people answered together, “We will do everything that the LORD has spoken.” So Moses brought their words back to the LORD.

    Exodus 19:8

    • וַיַּעֲנ֨וּvaiyaanuHc/Vqw3mptagged: and they answered
  • And as the sound of the ram’s horn grew louder and louder, Moses spoke and God answered him in the thunder.

    Exodus 19:19

    • יַעֲנֶ֥נּוּyaanenuverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he answered him
  • You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.

    Exodus 20:16

    • תַעֲנֶ֥הtaanehverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you must testify
  • You shall not follow the crowd in wrongdoing. When you testify in a lawsuit, do not pervert justice by siding with the crowd.

    Exodus 23:2

    • תַעֲנֶ֣הtaanehverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you must testify
  • When Moses came and told the people all the words and ordinances of the LORD, they all responded with one voice: “All the words that the LORD has spoken, we will do.”

    Exodus 24:3

    • וַיַּ֨עַןvaiyaanHc/Vqw3mstagged: and it answered
  • But Moses replied: “It is neither the cry of victory nor the cry of defeat; I hear the sound of singing!”

    Exodus 32:18

    • עֲנ֣וֹתanotverb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: singing of
    • עֲנ֣וֹתanotverb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: singing of
    • עַנּ֔וֹתanotverb · intensive (piel), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: singing

Numbers

seven uses
  • Joshua son of Nun, the attendant to Moses since youth, spoke up and said, “Moses, my lord, stop them!”

    Numbers 11:28

    • וַיַּ֜עַןvaiyaanHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he answered
  • Then Israel sang this song: “Spring up, O well, all of you sing to it!

    Numbers 21:17

    • עֱנוּ־ʾenu-verb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: sing
  • But Balaam replied to the servants of Balak, “If Balak were to give me his house full of silver and gold, I could not do anything small or great to go beyond the command of the LORD my God.

    Numbers 22:18

    • וַיַּ֣עַןvaiyaanHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he answered
  • But Balaam replied, “Should I not speak exactly what the LORD puts in my mouth?”

    Numbers 23:12

    • וַיַּ֖עַןvaiyaanHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he answered
  • But Balaam replied, “Did I not tell you that whatever the LORD says, I must do?”

    Numbers 23:26

    • וַיַּ֣עַןvaiyaanHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he answered
  • The Gadites and Reubenites replied, “As the LORD has spoken to your servants, so we will do.

    Numbers 32:31

    • וַיַּֽעֲנ֧וּvaiyaanuHc/Vqw3mptagged: and they answered
  • If anyone kills a person, the murderer is to be put to death on the testimony of the witnesses. But no one is to be put to death based on the testimony of a lone witness.

    Numbers 35:30

    • יַעֲנֶ֥הyaanehverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he will testify

Deuteronomy

twelve uses
  • And you answered me and said, “What you propose to do is good.”

    Deuteronomy 1:14

    • וַֽתַּעֲנ֖וּvataanuHc/Vqw2mptagged: and you answered
  • “We have sinned against the LORD,” you replied. “We will go up and fight, as the LORD our God has commanded us.” Then each of you put on his weapons of war, thinking it easy to go up into the hill country.

    Deuteronomy 1:41

    • וַֽתַּעֲנ֣וּ׀vataanuHc/Vqw2mptagged: and you answered
  • You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.

    Deuteronomy 5:20

    • תַעֲנֶ֥הtaanehverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you must testify
  • If a false witness testifies against someone, accusing him of a crime,

    Deuteronomy 19:16

    • לַעֲנ֥וֹתlaanotpreposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to testify
  • The judges shall investigate thoroughly, and if the witness is proven to be a liar who has falsely accused his brother,

    Deuteronomy 19:18

    • עָנָ֥הʾanahverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he has testified
  • If they accept your offer of peace and open their gates, all the people there will become forced laborers to serve you.

    Deuteronomy 20:11

    • תַּֽעַנְךָ֔taankhaverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person feminine singular + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: it will answer you
  • and they shall declare, “Our hands did not shed this blood, nor did our eyes see it.

    Deuteronomy 21:7

    • וְעָנ֖וּveanuHc/Vqq3cptagged: and they will answer
  • his brother’s widow shall go up to him in the presence of the elders, remove his sandal, spit in his face, and declare, “This is what is done to the man who will not maintain his brother’s line.”

    Deuteronomy 25:9

    • וְעָֽנְתָה֙veanetahHc/Vqq3fstagged: and she will answer
  • and you are to declare before the LORD your God, “My father was a wandering Aramean, and he went down to Egypt few in number and lived there and became a great nation, mighty and numerous.

    Deuteronomy 26:5

    • וְעָנִ֨יתָveanitaHc/Vqq2mstagged: and you will answer
  • Then the Levites shall proclaim in a loud voice to every Israelite:

    Deuteronomy 27:14

    • וְעָנ֣וּveanuHc/Vqq3cptagged: and they will answer
  • ‘Cursed is the man who makes a carved idol or molten image—an abomination to the LORD, the work of the hands of a craftsman—and sets it up in secret.’ And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’

    Deuteronomy 27:15

    • וְעָנ֧וּveanuHc/Vqq3cptagged: and they will answer
  • And when many troubles and afflictions have come upon them, this song will testify against them, because it will not be forgotten from the lips of their descendants. For I know their inclination, even before I bring them into the land that I swore to give them.”

    Deuteronomy 31:21

    • וְ֠עָנְתָהveanetahHc/Vqq3fstagged: and it will testify

Joshua

five uses
  • So they answered Joshua, “Everything you have commanded us we will do, and everywhere you send us we will go.

    Joshua 1:16

    • וַֽיַּעֲנ֔וּvaiyaanuHc/Vqw3mptagged: and they answered
  • “It is true,” Achan replied, “I have sinned against the LORD, the God of Israel. This is what I did:

    Joshua 7:20

    • וַיַּ֧עַןvaiyaanHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he answered
  • The Gibeonites answered, “Your servants were told clearly that the LORD your God had commanded His servant Moses to give you all the land and wipe out all its inhabitants before you. So we greatly feared for our lives because of you, and that is why we have done this.

    Joshua 9:24

    • וַיַּעֲנ֨וּvaiyaanuHc/Vqw3mptagged: and they answered
  • Then the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh answered the leaders of the clans of Israel:

    Joshua 22:21

    • וַֽיַּעֲנוּ֙vaiyaanuHc/Vqw3mptagged: and they answered
  • The people replied, “Far be it from us to forsake the LORD to serve other gods!

    Joshua 24:16

    • וַיַּ֤עַןvaiyaanHc/Vqw3mstagged: and it answered

Judges

seven uses
  • Her wisest ladies answer; indeed she keeps telling herself,

    Judges 5:29

    • תַּעֲנֶ֑ינָּהtaaneinahverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person feminine pluraltagged: they answered
  • His friend replied: “This is nothing less than the sword of Gideon son of Joash, the Israelite. God has delivered Midian and the whole camp into his hand.”

    Judges 7:14

    • וַיַּ֨עַןvaiyaanHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he answered
  • From there he went up to Penuel and asked the same from them, but the men of Penuel gave the same response as the men of Succoth.

    Judges 8:8

    • וַיַּעֲנ֤וּvaiyaanuHc/Vqw3mptagged: and they answered
    • עָנ֖וּʾanuverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they had answered
  • Then the five men who had gone to spy out the land of Laish said to their brothers, “Did you know that one of these houses has an ephod, household gods, a graven image, and a molten idol? Now think about what you should do.”

    Judges 18:14

    • וַֽיַּעֲנ֞וּvaiyaanuHc/Vqw3mptagged: and they answered
  • “Get up,” he told her. “Let us go.” But there was no response. So the man put her on his donkey and set out for home.

    Judges 19:28

    • עֹנֶ֑הʾonehverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: answered
  • So the Levite, the husband of the murdered woman, answered: “I and my concubine came to Gibeah in Benjamin to spend the night.

    Judges 20:4

    • וַיַּ֜עַןvaiyaanHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he answered

Ruth

three uses
  • I went away full, but the LORD has brought me back empty. Why call me Naomi? After all, the LORD has testified against me, and the Almighty has afflicted me.”

    Ruth 1:21

    • עָ֣נָהʾanahverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he has testified
  • The foreman answered, “She is the Moabitess who returned with Naomi from the land of Moab.

    Ruth 2:6

    • וַיַּ֗עַןvaiyaanHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he answered
  • Boaz replied, “I have been made fully aware of all you have done for your mother-in-law since the death of your husband, how you left your father and mother and the land of your birth, and how you came to a people you did not know before.

    Ruth 2:11

    • וַיַּ֤עַןvaiyaanHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he answered

1 Samuel

thirty-nine uses
  • “No, my lord,” Hannah replied. “I am a woman oppressed in spirit. I have not had any wine or strong drink, but I have poured out my soul before the LORD.

    1 Samuel 1:15

    • וַתַּ֨עַןvataanHc/Vqw3fstagged: and she answered
  • “Go in peace,” Eli replied, “and may the God of Israel grant the petition you have asked of Him.”

    1 Samuel 1:17

    • וַיַּ֧עַןvaiyaanHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he answered
  • The messenger answered, “Israel has fled before the Philistines, and there has been a great slaughter among the people. Your two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, are both dead, and the ark of God has been captured.”

    1 Samuel 4:17

    • וַיַּ֨עַןvaiyaanHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he answered
  • As she was dying, the women attending to her said, “Do not be afraid, for you have given birth to a son!” But she did not respond or pay any heed.

    1 Samuel 4:20

    • עָנְתָ֖הʾanetahverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: she answered
  • Then Samuel took a suckling lamb and offered it as a whole burnt offering to the LORD. He cried out to the LORD on behalf of Israel, and the LORD answered him.

    1 Samuel 7:9

    • וַֽיַּעֲנֵ֖הוּvaiyaanehuHc/Vqw3ms/Sp3mstagged: and he answered him
  • When that day comes, you will beg for relief from the king you have chosen, but the LORD will not answer you on that day.”

    1 Samuel 8:18

    • יַעֲנֶ֧הyaanehverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he will answer
  • The servant answered him again. “Look,” he said, “I have here in my hand a quarter shekel of silver. I will give it to the man of God, and he will tell us our way.”

    1 Samuel 9:8

    • לַעֲנ֣וֹתlaanotpreposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to answer
  • “Yes, he is ahead of you,” they answered. “Hurry now, for today he has come to the city because the people have a sacrifice on the high place.

    1 Samuel 9:12

    • וַתַּעֲנֶ֧ינָהvataaneinahHc/Vqw3fptagged: and they answered
  • When Samuel saw Saul, the LORD told him, “Here is the man of whom I spoke; he shall rule over My people.”

    1 Samuel 9:17

    • עָנָ֔הוּʾanahuverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he answered him
  • “I am the seer,” Samuel replied. “Go up before me to the high place, for you shall eat with me today. And when I send you off in the morning, I will tell you all that is in your heart.

    1 Samuel 9:19

    • וַיַּ֨עַןvaiyaanHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he answered
  • Saul replied, “Am I not a Benjamite from the smallest tribe of Israel, and is not my clan the least of all the clans of Benjamin? So why would you say such a thing to me?”

    1 Samuel 9:21

    • וַיַּ֨עַןvaiyaanHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he answered
  • Then a man who lived there replied, “And who is their father?” So the saying became a proverb: “Is Saul also among the prophets?”

    1 Samuel 10:12

    • וַיַּ֨עַןvaiyaanHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he answered
  • Here I am. Bear witness against me before the LORD and before His anointed: Whose ox or donkey have I taken? Whom have I cheated or oppressed? From whose hand have I accepted a bribe and closed my eyes? Tell me, and I will restore it to you.”

    1 Samuel 12:3

    • עֲנ֣וּʾanuverb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: testify
  • So the men of the outpost called out to Jonathan and his armor-bearer, “Come on up, and we will teach you a lesson!” “Follow me,” Jonathan told his armor-bearer, “for the LORD has delivered them into the hand of Israel.”

    1 Samuel 14:12

    • וַיַּעֲנוּ֩vaiyaanuHc/Vqw3mptagged: and they answered
  • Then one of the soldiers told him, “Your father bound the troops with a solemn oath, saying, ‘Cursed is the man who eats food today.’ That is why the people are faint.”

    1 Samuel 14:28

    • וַיַּעַן֩vaiyaanHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he answered
  • So Saul inquired of God, “Shall I go down after the Philistines? Will You give them into the hand of Israel?” But God did not answer him that day.

    1 Samuel 14:37

    • עָנָ֖הוּʾanahuverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he answered him
  • As surely as the LORD who saves Israel lives, even if it is my son Jonathan, he must die!” But not one of the troops said a word.

    1 Samuel 14:39

    • עֹנֵ֖הוּʾonehuverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: answering him
  • So Saul said to the LORD, the God of Israel, “Why have You not answered Your servant this day? If the fault is with me or my son Jonathan, respond with Urim; but if the fault is with the men of Israel, respond with Thummim.” And Jonathan and Saul were selected, but the people were cleared of the charge.

    1 Samuel 14:41

    • עָנִיתָʾanitaverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you did answer
  • One of the servants answered, “I have seen a son of Jesse of Bethlehem who knows how to play the harp. He is a mighty man of valor, a warrior, eloquent and handsome, and the LORD is with him.”

    1 Samuel 16:18

    • וַיַּעַן֩vaiyaanHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he answered
  • And as the women danced, they sang out: “Saul has slain his thousands, and David his tens of thousands.”

    1 Samuel 18:7

    • וַֽתַּעֲנֶ֛ינָהvataaneinahHc/Vqw3fptagged: and they sang
  • Then David asked Jonathan, “Who will tell me if your father answers you harshly?”

    1 Samuel 20:10

    • יַּעַנְךָ֥yaankhaverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: will he answer you
  • Jonathan answered, “David urgently requested my permission to go to Bethlehem,

    1 Samuel 20:28

    • וַיַּ֥עַןvaiyaanHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he answered
  • “Why must he be put to death?” Jonathan replied. “What has he done?”

    1 Samuel 20:32

    • וַיַּ֙עַן֙vaiyaanHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he answered
  • “There is no common bread on hand,” the priest replied, “but there is some consecrated bread—provided that the young men have kept themselves from women.”

    1 Samuel 21:4

    • וַיַּ֨עַןvaiyaanHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he answered
  • David answered, “Women have indeed been kept from us, as is usual when I set out. And the equipment of the young men is holy, as it is even on common missions, and all the more at this time.”

    1 Samuel 21:5

    • וַיַּעַן֩vaiyaanHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he answered
  • But the servants of Achish said to him, “Is this not David, the king of the land? Did they not sing about him in their dances, saying: ‘Saul has slain his thousands, and David his tens of thousands’?”

    1 Samuel 21:11

    • יַעֲנ֤וּyaanuverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: do people sing
  • But Doeg the Edomite, who had stationed himself with Saul’s servants, answered: “I saw the son of Jesse come to Ahimelech son of Ahitub at Nob.

    1 Samuel 22:9

    • וַיַּ֜עַןvaiyaanHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he answered
  • Ahimelech answered the king, “Who among all your servants is as faithful as David, the king’s son-in-law, the captain of your bodyguard who is honored in your house?

    1 Samuel 22:14

    • וַיַּ֧עַןvaiyaanHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he answered
  • Once again, David inquired of the LORD, and the LORD answered him: “Go at once to Keilah, for I will deliver the Philistines into your hand.”

    1 Samuel 23:4

    • וַֽיַּעֲנֵ֖הוּvaiyaanehuHc/Vqw3ms/Sp3mstagged: and he answered him
  • But Nabal asked them, “Who is David? Who is this son of Jesse? Many servants these days are breaking away from their masters.

    1 Samuel 25:10

    • וַיַּ֨עַןvaiyaanHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he answered
  • And David asked Ahimelech the Hittite and Abishai son of Zeruiah, Joab’s brother, “Who will go down with me to Saul in the camp?” “I will go with you,” answered Abishai.

    1 Samuel 26:6

    • וַיַּ֨עַןvaiyaanHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he answered
  • And David shouted to the troops and to Abner son of Ner, “Will you not answer me, Abner?” “Who calls to the king?” Abner replied.

    1 Samuel 26:14

    • תַעֲנֶ֖הtaanehverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: will you answer
    • וַיַּ֤עַןvaiyaanHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he answered
  • “Here is the king’s spear,” David answered. “Let one of the young men come over and get it.

    1 Samuel 26:22

    • וַיַּ֤עַןvaiyaanHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he answered
  • He inquired of the LORD, but the LORD did not answer him by dreams or Urim or prophets.

    1 Samuel 28:6

    • עָנָ֖הוּʾanahuverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he answered him
  • Then Samuel said to Saul, “Why have you disturbed me by bringing me up?” “I am deeply distressed,” replied Saul. “The Philistines are fighting against me, and God has turned away from me. He no longer answers me, either by prophets or by dreams. So I have called on you to tell me what to do.”

    1 Samuel 28:15

    • עָנָ֣נִיʾananiverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: he has answered me
  • Is this not the David about whom they sing in their dances: ‘Saul has slain his thousands, and David his tens of thousands’?”

    1 Samuel 29:5

    • יַעֲנוּ־yaanu-verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: people sing
  • Achish replied, “I know that you are as pleasing in my sight as an angel of God. But the commanders of the Philistines have said, ‘He must not go into battle with us.’

    1 Samuel 29:9

    • וַיַּ֣עַןvaiyaanHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he answered
  • but all the wicked and worthless men among those who had gone with David said, “Because they did not go with us, we will not share with them the plunder we recovered, except for each man’s wife and children. They may take them and go.”

    1 Samuel 30:22

    • וַיַּ֜עַןvaiyaanHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he answered

2 Samuel

eleven uses
  • For David had said to the Amalekite, “Your blood be on your own head because your own mouth has testified against you, saying, ‘I killed the LORD’s anointed.’”

    2 Samuel 1:16

    • עָנָ֤הʾanahverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it has testified
  • But David answered Rechab and his brother Baanah, the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, “As surely as the LORD lives, who has redeemed my life from all distress,

    2 Samuel 4:9

    • וַיַּ֨עַןvaiyaanHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he answered
  • But Jonadab, the son of David’s brother Shimeah, spoke up: “My lord must not think they have killed all the sons of the king, for only Amnon is dead. In fact, Absalom has planned this since the day Amnon violated his sister Tamar.

    2 Samuel 13:32

    • וַיַּ֡עַןvaiyaanHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he answered
  • Then the king said to the woman, “I am going to ask you something; do not conceal it from me!” “Let my lord the king speak,” she replied.

    2 Samuel 14:18

    • וַיַּ֣עַןvaiyaanHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he answered
  • So the king asked, “Is the hand of Joab behind all this?” The woman answered, “As surely as you live, my lord the king, no one can turn to the right or to the left from anything that my lord the king says. Yes, your servant Joab is the one who gave me orders; he told your maidservant exactly what to say.

    2 Samuel 14:19

    • וַתַּ֣עַןvataanHc/Vqw3fstagged: and she answered
  • But Ittai answered the king, “As surely as the LORD lives, and as my lord the king lives, wherever my lord the king may be, whether it means life or death, there will your servant be!”

    2 Samuel 15:21

    • וַיַּ֧עַןvaiyaanHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he answered
  • But Abishai son of Zeruiah said, “Shouldn’t Shimei be put to death for this, because he cursed the LORD’s anointed?”

    2 Samuel 19:21

    • וַיַּ֨עַןvaiyaanHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he answered
  • And all the men of Judah replied to the men of Israel, “We did this because the king is our relative. Why does this anger you? Have we ever eaten at the king’s expense or received anything for ourselves?”

    2 Samuel 19:42

    • וַיַּעַן֩vaiyaanHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he answered
  • “We have ten shares in the king,” answered the men of Israel, “so we have more claim to David than you. Why then do you despise us? Were we not the first to speak of restoring our king?” But the men of Judah pressed even harder than the men of Israel.

    2 Samuel 19:43

    • וַיַּ֣עַןvaiyaanHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he answered
  • “Far be it!” Joab declared. “Far be it from me to swallow up or destroy!

    2 Samuel 20:20

    • וַיַּ֥עַןvaiyaanHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he answered
  • They looked, but there was no one to save them—to the LORD, but He did not answer.

    2 Samuel 22:42

    • עָנָֽם׃ʾanamverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: he answered them

1 Kings

nineteen uses
  • Then King David said, “Call in Bathsheba for me.” So she came into the king’s presence and stood before him.

    1 Kings 1:28

    • וַיַּ֨עַןvaiyaanHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he answered
  • “Amen,” replied Benaiah son of Jehoiada. “May the LORD, the God of my lord the king, so declare it.

    1 Kings 1:36

    • וַיַּ֨עַןvaiyaanHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he answered
  • “Not at all,” Jonathan replied. “Our lord King David has made Solomon king.

    1 Kings 1:43

    • וַיַּ֙עַן֙vaiyaanHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he answered
  • King Solomon answered his mother, “Why do you request Abishag the Shunammite for Adonijah? Since he is my older brother, you might as well request the kingdom for him and for Abiathar the priest and for Joab son of Zeruiah!”

    1 Kings 2:22

    • וַיַּעַן֩vaiyaanHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he answered
  • And Benaiah entered the tent of the LORD and said to Joab, “The king says, ‘Come out!’” But Joab replied, “No, I will die here.” So Benaiah relayed the message to the king, saying, “This is how Joab answered me.”

    1 Kings 2:30

    • עָנָֽנִי׃ʾananiverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: he answered me
  • Then the king gave his ruling: “Give the living baby to the first woman. By no means should you kill him; she is his mother.”

    1 Kings 3:27

    • וַיַּ֨עַןvaiyaanHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he answered
  • They replied, “If you will be a servant to these people and serve them this day, and if you will respond by speaking kind words to them, they will be your servants forever.”

    1 Kings 12:7

    • וַעֲנִיתָ֕םvaanitamHc/Vqq2ms/Sp3mptagged: and you will answer them
  • And the king answered the people harshly. He rejected the advice of the elders

    1 Kings 12:13

    • וַיַּ֧עַןvaiyaanHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he answered
  • Then the king responded to the man of God, “Intercede with the LORD your God and pray that my hand may be restored.” So the man of God interceded with the LORD, and the king’s hand was restored to him as it was before.

    1 Kings 13:6

    • וַיַּ֨עַןvaiyaanHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he answered
  • Then Elijah approached all the people and said, “How long will you waver between two opinions? If the LORD is God, follow Him. But if Baal is God, follow him.” But the people did not answer a word.

    1 Kings 18:21

    • עָנ֥וּʾanuverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they answered
  • Then you may call on the name of your god, and I will call on the name of the LORD. The God who answers by fire, He is God.” And all the people answered, “What you say is good.”

    1 Kings 18:24

    • יַעֲנֶ֥הyaanehverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he will answer
    • וַיַּ֧עַןvaiyaanHc/Vqw3mstagged: and it answered
  • And they took the bull that was given them, prepared it, and called on the name of Baal from morning until noon, shouting, “O Baal, answer us!” But there was no sound, and no one answered as they leaped around the altar they had made.

    1 Kings 18:26

    • עֲנֵ֔נוּʾanenuverb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine pluraltagged: answer us
    • עֹנֶ֑הʾonehverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: answered
  • Midday passed, and they kept on raving until the time of the evening sacrifice. But there was no response; no one answered, no one paid attention.

    1 Kings 18:29

    • עֹנֶ֖הʾonehverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: answered
  • Answer me, O LORD! Answer me, so that this people will know that You, the LORD, are God, and that You have turned their hearts back again.”

    1 Kings 18:37

    • עֲנֵ֤נִיʾaneniverb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: answer me
    • עֲנֵ֔נִיʾaneniverb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: answer me
  • And the king of Israel replied, “Just as you say, my lord the king: I am yours, along with all that I have.”

    1 Kings 20:4

    • וַיַּ֤עַןvaiyaanHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he answered
  • And the king of Israel replied, “Tell him: ‘The one putting on his armor should not boast like one taking it off.’”

    1 Kings 20:11

    • וַיַּ֤עַןvaiyaanHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he answered

2 Kings

ten uses
  • Elijah answered the captain, “If I am a man of God, may fire come down from heaven and consume you and your fifty men.” And fire came down from heaven and consumed the captain and his fifty men.

    2 Kings 1:10

    • וַיַּעֲנֶ֣הvaiyaanehHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he answered
  • So the king sent to Elijah another captain with his fifty men. And the captain said to Elijah, “Man of God, the king declares, ‘Come down at once!’”

    2 Kings 1:11

    • וַיַּ֙עַן֙vaiyaanHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he answered
  • Again Elijah replied, “If I am a man of God, may fire come down from heaven and consume you and your fifty men.” And the fire of God came down from heaven and consumed the captain and his fifty men.

    2 Kings 1:12

    • וַיַּ֣עַןvaiyaanHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he answered
  • But Jehoshaphat asked, “Is there no prophet of the LORD here? Let us inquire of the LORD through him.” And one of the servants of the king of Israel answered, “Elisha son of Shaphat is here. He used to pour water on the hands of Elijah.”

    2 Kings 3:11

    • וַ֠יַּעַןvaiyaanHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he answered
  • So Elisha said to Gehazi, “Tie up your garment, take my staff in your hand, and go! If you meet anyone, do not greet him, and if anyone greets you, do not answer him. Then lay my staff on the boy’s face.”

    2 Kings 4:29

    • תַעֲנֶנּ֑וּtaanenuverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: you must answer him
  • But the officer on whose arm the king leaned answered the man of God, “Look, even if the LORD were to make windows in heaven, could this really happen?” “You will see it with your own eyes,” replied Elisha, “but you will not eat any of it.”

    2 Kings 7:2

    • וַיַּ֣עַןvaiyaanHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he answered
  • But one of his servants replied, “Please, have scouts take five of the horses that remain in the city. Their plight will be no worse than all the Israelites who are left here. You can see that all the Israelites here are doomed. So let us send them and find out.”

    2 Kings 7:13

    • וַיַּעַן֩vaiyaanHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he answered
  • And the officer had answered the man of God, “Look, even if the LORD were to make windows in heaven, could this really happen?” So Elisha had replied, “You will see it with your own eyes, but you will not eat any of it!”

    2 Kings 7:19

    • וַיַּ֨עַןvaiyaanHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he had answered
  • But the people remained silent and did not answer a word, for Hezekiah had commanded, “Do not answer him.”

    2 Kings 18:36

    • עָנ֥וּʾanuverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they answered
    • תַעֲנֻֽהוּ׃taanuhuverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine plural + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: you must answer him

1 Chronicles

three uses
  • And David went out to meet them, saying, “If you have come to me in peace to help me, my heart will be united with you; but if you have come to betray me to my enemies when my hands are free of violence, may the God of our fathers see it and judge you.”

    1 Chronicles 12:17

    • וַיַּ֙עַן֙vaiyaanHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he answered
  • And there he built an altar to the LORD and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings. He called upon the LORD, who answered him with fire from heaven on the altar of burnt offering.

    1 Chronicles 21:26

    • וַיַּֽעֲנֵ֤הוּvaiyaanehuHc/Vqw3ms/Sp3mstagged: and he answered him
  • At that time, when David saw that the LORD had answered him at the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite, he offered sacrifices there.

    1 Chronicles 21:28

    • עָנָ֣הוּʾanahuverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he had answered him

2 Chronicles

three uses
  • And the king answered them harshly. King Rehoboam rejected the advice of the elders

    2 Chronicles 10:13

    • וַיַּעֲנֵ֥םvaiyaanemHc/Vqw3ms/Sp3mptagged: and he answered them
  • Then Hezekiah said, “Now that you have consecrated yourselves to the LORD, come near and bring sacrifices and thank offerings to the house of the LORD.” So the assembly brought sacrifices and thank offerings, and all whose hearts were willing brought burnt offerings.

    2 Chronicles 29:31

    • וַיַּ֨עַןvaiyaanHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he answered
  • And Hilkiah said to Shaphan the scribe, “I have found the Book of the Law in the house of the LORD!” And he gave it to Shaphan.

    2 Chronicles 34:15

    • וַיַּ֣עַןvaiyaanHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he answered

Ezra

three uses
  • And they sang responsively with praise and thanksgiving to the LORD: “For He is good; for His loving devotion to Israel endures forever.” Then all the people gave a great shout of praise to the LORD, because the foundation of the house of the LORD had been laid.

    Ezra 3:11

    • וַֽ֠יַּעֲנוּvaiyaanuHc/Vqw3mptagged: and they sang
  • Then Shecaniah son of Jehiel, an Elamite, said to Ezra: “We have been unfaithful to our God by marrying foreign women from the people of the land, yet in spite of this, there is hope for Israel.

    Ezra 10:2

    • וַיַּעַן֩vaiyaanHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he answered
  • And the whole assembly responded in a loud voice: “Truly we must do as you say!

    Ezra 10:12

    • וַיַּֽעְנ֧וּvaiya'nuHc/Vqw3mptagged: and they answered

Nehemiah

one use
  • Then Ezra blessed the LORD, the great God, and with their hands uplifted, all the people said, “Amen, Amen!” Then they bowed down and worshiped the LORD with their faces to the ground.

    Nehemiah 8:6

    • וַיַּֽעֲנ֨וּvaiyaanuHc/Vqw3mptagged: and they answered

Esther

two uses
  • Esther replied, “This is my petition and my request:

    Esther 5:7

    • וַתַּ֥עַןvataanHc/Vqw3fstagged: and she answered
  • Queen Esther replied, “If I have found favor in your sight, O king, and if it pleases the king, grant me my life as my petition, and the lives of my people as my request.

    Esther 7:3

    • וַתַּ֨עַןvataanHc/Vqw3fstagged: and she answered

Job

sixty uses
  • “Where have you come from?” said the LORD to Satan. “From roaming through the earth,” he replied, “and walking back and forth in it.”

    Job 1:7

    • וַיַּ֨עַןvaiyaanHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he answered
  • Satan answered the LORD, “Does Job fear God for nothing?

    Job 1:9

    • וַיַּ֧עַןvaiyaanHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he answered
  • “Where have you come from?” said the LORD to Satan. “From roaming through the earth,” he replied, “and walking back and forth in it.”

    Job 2:2

    • וַיַּ֨עַןvaiyaanHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he answered
  • “Skin for skin!” Satan replied. “A man will give up all he owns in exchange for his life.

    Job 2:4

    • וַיַּ֧עַןvaiyaanHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he answered
  • And this is what he said:

    Job 3:2

    • וַיַּ֥עַןvaiyaanHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he answered
  • Then Eliphaz the Temanite replied:

    Job 4:1

    • וַ֭יַּעַןvaiyaanHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he answered
  • “Call out if you please, but who will answer? To which of the holy ones will you turn?

    Job 5:1

    • עוֹנֶ֑ךָּonekaverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: answers you
  • Then Job replied:

    Job 6:1

    • וַיַּ֥עַןvaiyaanHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he answered
  • Then Bildad the Shuhite replied:

    Job 8:1

    • וַ֭יַּעַןvaiyaanHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he answered
  • Then Job answered:

    Job 9:1

    • וַיַּ֥עַןvaiyaanHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he answered
  • If one wished to contend with God, he could not answer Him one time out of a thousand.

    Job 9:3

    • יַ֝עֲנֶ֗נּוּyaanenuverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he will answer him
  • How then can I answer Him or choose my arguments against Him?

    Job 9:14

    • אֶֽעֱנֶ֑נּוּʾeenenuverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common singular + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: I will answer him
  • For even if I were right, I could not answer. I could only beg my Judge for mercy.

    Job 9:15

    • אֶעֱנֶ֑הʾeenehverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I will answer
  • If I summoned Him and He answered me, I do not believe He would listen to my voice.

    Job 9:16

    • וַֽיַּעֲנֵ֑נִיvaiyaaneniHc/Vqw3ms/Sp1bstagged: and he answered me
  • For He is not a man like me, that I can answer Him, that we can take each other to court.

    Job 9:32

    • אֶֽעֱנֶ֑נּוּʾeenenuverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common singular + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: I will answer him
  • Then Zophar the Naamathite replied:

    Job 11:1

    • וַ֭יַּעַןvaiyaanHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he answered
  • “Should this stream of words go unanswered and such a speaker be vindicated?

    Job 11:2

    • יֵעָנֶ֑הyeanehverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: will it be answered
  • Then Job answered:

    Job 12:1

    • וַיַּ֥עַןvaiyaanHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he answered
  • I am a laughingstock to my friends, though I called on God, and He answered. The righteous and upright man is a laughingstock.

    Job 12:4

    • וַֽיַּעֲנֵ֑הוּvaiyaanehuHc/Vqw3ms/Sp3mstagged: and he answered him
  • Then call me, and I will answer, or let me speak, and You can reply.

    Job 13:22

    • אֶֽעֱנֶ֑הʾeenehverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I will answer
  • You will call, and I will answer; You will desire the work of Your hands.

    Job 14:15

    • אֶֽעֱנֶ֑ךָּʾeenekaverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common singular + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: I will answer you
  • Then Eliphaz the Temanite replied:

    Job 15:1

    • וַ֭יַּעַןvaiyaanHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he answered
  • “Does a wise man answer with empty counsel or fill his belly with the hot east wind?

    Job 15:2

    • יַעֲנֶ֥הyaanehverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: does he answer
  • Your own mouth, not mine, condemns you; your own lips testify against you.

    Job 15:6

    • יַעֲנוּ־yaanu-verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they testify
  • Then Job answered:

    Job 16:1

    • וַיַּ֥עַןvaiyaanHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he answered
  • Is there no end to your long-winded speeches? What provokes you to continue testifying?

    Job 16:3

    • תַעֲנֶֽה׃taanehverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you will answer
  • You have bound me, and it has become a witness; my frailty rises up and testifies against me.

    Job 16:8

    • יַעֲנֶֽה׃yaanehverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it testifies
  • Then Bildad the Shuhite replied:

    Job 18:1

    • וַ֭יַּעַןvaiyaanHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he answered
  • Then Job answered:

    Job 19:1

    • וַיַּ֥עַןvaiyaanHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he answered
  • Though I cry out, ‘Violence!’ I get no response; though I call for help, there is no justice.

    Job 19:7

    • אֵעָנֶ֑הʾeanehverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I am answered
  • I call for my servant, but he does not answer, though I implore him with my own mouth.

    Job 19:16

    • יַעֲנֶ֑הyaanehverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he answers
  • Then Zophar the Naamathite replied:

    Job 20:1

    • וַ֭יַּעַןvaiyaanHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he answered
  • I have heard a rebuke that insults me, and my understanding prompts a reply.

    Job 20:3

    • יַעֲנֵֽנִי׃yaaneniverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: it answers me
  • Then Job answered:

    Job 21:1

    • וַיַּ֥עַןvaiyaanHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he answered
  • Then Eliphaz the Temanite replied:

    Job 22:1

    • וַ֭יַּעַןvaiyaanHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he answered
  • Then Job answered:

    Job 23:1

    • וַיַּ֥עַןvaiyaanHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he answered
  • I would learn how He would answer, and consider what He would say.

    Job 23:5

    • יַעֲנֵ֑נִיyaaneniverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: he will answer me
  • Then Bildad the Shuhite replied:

    Job 25:1

    • וַ֭יַּעַןvaiyaanHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he answered
  • Then Job answered:

    Job 26:1

    • וַיַּ֥עַןvaiyaanHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he answered
  • I cry out to You for help, but You do not answer; when I stand up, You merely look at me.

    Job 30:20

    • תַעֲנֵ֑נִיtaaneniverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: you answer me
  • (Oh, that I had one to hear me! Here is my signature. Let the Almighty answer me; let my accuser compose an indictment.

    Job 31:35

    • יַעֲנֵ֑נִיyaaneniverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: let him answer me
  • So these three men stopped answering Job, because he was righteous in his own eyes.

    Job 32:1

    • מֵעֲנ֣וֹתmeanotpreposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: from answering
  • So Elihu son of Barachel the Buzite declared: “I am young in years, while you are old; that is why I was timid and afraid to tell you what I know.

    Job 32:6

    • וַיַּ֤עַן׀vaiyaanHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he answered
  • I paid you full attention. But no one proved Job wrong; not one of you rebutted his arguments.

    Job 32:12

    • עוֹנֶ֖הonehverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: answered
  • Job’s friends are dismayed, with no more to say; words have escaped them.

    Job 32:15

    • עָ֣נוּʾanuverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they have answered
  • Must I wait, now that they are silent, now that they stand and no longer reply?

    Job 32:16

    • עָ֥נוּʾanuverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they have answered
  • I too will answer; yes, I will declare what I know.

    Job 32:17

    • אַעֲנֶ֣הʾaanehverb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I will answer
  • I must speak and find relief; I must open my lips and respond.

    Job 32:20

    • וְאֶֽעֱנֶֽה׃veeenehHC/Vqu1cstagged: so I may answer
  • Behold, you are not right in this matter. I will answer you, for God is greater than man.

    Job 33:12

    • אֶעֱנֶ֑ךָּʾeenekaverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common singular + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: I will answer you
  • Why do you complain to Him that He answers nothing a man asks?

    Job 33:13

    • יַעֲנֶֽה׃yaanehverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he answers
  • Then Elihu continued:

    Job 34:1

    • וַיַּ֥עַןvaiyaanHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he answered
  • And Elihu went on to say:

    Job 35:1

    • וַיַּ֥עַןvaiyaanHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he answered
  • There they cry out, but He does not answer, because of the pride of evil men.

    Job 35:12

    • יַעֲנֶ֑הyaanehverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he answers
  • Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind and said:

    Job 38:1

    • וַיַּֽעַן־vaiyaan-Hc/Vqw3mstagged: and he answered
  • And the LORD said to Job:

    Job 40:1

    • וַיַּ֖עַןvaiyaanHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he answered
  • “Will the faultfinder contend with the Almighty? Let him who argues with God give an answer.”

    Job 40:2

    • יַעֲנֶֽנָּה׃ פyaanenahverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: let him answer him
  • Then Job answered the LORD:

    Job 40:3

    • וַיַּ֖עַןvaiyaanHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he answered
  • I have spoken once, but I have no answer—twice, but I have nothing to add.”

    Job 40:5

    • אֶֽעֱנֶ֑הʾeenehverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I will answer
  • Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind and said:

    Job 40:6

    • וַיַּֽעַן־vaiyaan-Hc/Vqw3mstagged: and he answered
  • Then Job replied to the LORD:

    Job 42:1

    • וַיַּ֖עַןvaiyaanHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he answered

Psalms

thirty-eight uses
  • To the LORD I cry aloud, and He answers me from His holy mountain. Selah

    Psalms 3:4

    • וַיַּֽעֲנֵ֨נִיvaiyaaneniHc/Vqw3ms/Sp1bstagged: and he answered me
  • Answer me when I call, O God of my righteousness! You have relieved my distress; show me grace and hear my prayer.

    Psalms 4:1

    • עֲנֵ֤נִי׀ʾaneniverb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: answer me
  • Consider me and respond, O LORD my God. Give light to my eyes, lest I sleep in death,

    Psalms 13:3

    • עֲ֭נֵנִיʾaneniverb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: answer me
  • I call on You, O God, for You will answer me. Incline Your ear to me; hear my words.

    Psalms 17:6

    • תַעֲנֵ֣נִיtaaneniverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: you will answer me
  • They cried for help, but there was no one to save them— to the LORD, but He did not answer.

    Psalms 18:41

    • עָנָֽם׃ʾanamverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: he answered them
  • May the LORD answer you in the day of trouble; may the name of the God of Jacob protect you.

    Psalms 20:1

    • יַֽעַנְךָ֣yaankhaverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: may he answer you
  • Now I know that the LORD saves His anointed; He answers him from His holy heaven with the saving power of His right hand.

    Psalms 20:6

    • יַ֭עֲנֵהוּyaanehuverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he answers him
  • O LORD, save the king. Answer us on the day we call.

    Psalms 20:9

    • יַעֲנֵ֥נוּyaanenuverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine pluraltagged: may he answer us
  • I cry out by day, O my God, but You do not answer, and by night, but I have no rest.

    Psalms 22:2

    • תַעֲנֶ֑הtaanehverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you answer
  • Save me from the mouth of the lion; at the horns of the wild oxen You have answered me!

    Psalms 22:21

    • עֲנִיתָֽנִי׃ʾanitaniverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 2nd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: you have answered me
  • Hear, O LORD, my voice when I call; be merciful and answer me.

    Psalms 27:7

    • וַעֲנֵֽנִי׃vaaneniconjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: and answer me
  • I sought the LORD, and He answered me; He delivered me from all my fears.

    Psalms 34:4

    • וְעָנָ֑נִיveananiHc/Vqq3ms/Sp1bstagged: and he answered me
  • I wait for You, O LORD; You will answer, O Lord my God.

    Psalms 38:15

    • תַ֝עֲנֶ֗הtaanehverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you will answer
  • Attend to me and answer me. I am restless in my complaint, and distraught

    Psalms 55:2

    • וַעֲנֵ֑נִיvaaneniconjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: and answer me
  • Respond and save us with Your right hand, that Your beloved may be delivered.

    Psalms 60:5

    • וַעֲנֵֽנִי׃vaanenuconjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: and answer me
  • With awesome deeds of righteousness You answer us, O God of our salvation, the hope of all the ends of the earth and of the farthest seas.

    Psalms 65:5

    • תַּ֭עֲנֵנוּtaanenuverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine pluraltagged: you answer us
  • But my prayer to You, O LORD, is for a time of favor. In Your abundant loving devotion, O God, answer me with Your sure salvation.

    Psalms 69:13

    • עֲ֝נֵ֗נִיʾaneniverb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: answer me
  • Answer me, O LORD, for Your loving devotion is good; turn to me in keeping with Your great compassion.

    Psalms 69:16

    • עֲנֵ֣נִיʾaneniverb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: answer me
  • Hide not Your face from Your servant, for I am in distress. Answer me quickly!

    Psalms 69:17

    • עֲנֵֽנִי׃ʾaneniverb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: answer me
  • You called out in distress, and I rescued you; I answered you from the cloud of thunder; I tested you at the waters of Meribah. Selah

    Psalms 81:7

    • אֶ֭עֶנְךָʾeenkhaverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common singular + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: I answered you
  • Incline Your ear, O LORD, and answer me, for I am poor and needy.

    Psalms 86:1

    • עֲנֵ֑נִיʾaneniverb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: answer me
  • In the day of my distress I call on You, because You answer me.

    Psalms 86:7

    • תַעֲנֵֽנִי׃taaneniverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: you will answer me
  • When he calls out to Me, I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble. I will deliver him and honor him.

    Psalms 91:15

    • וְֽאֶעֱנֵ֗הוּveeenehuHC/Vqu1cs/Sp3mstagged: and I will answer him
  • Moses and Aaron were among His priests; Samuel was among those who called on His name. They called to the LORD and He answered.

    Psalms 99:6

    • יַעֲנֵֽם׃yaanemverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: he answered them
  • O LORD our God, You answered them. You were a forgiving God to them, yet an avenger of their misdeeds.

    Psalms 99:8

    • עֲנִ֫יתָ֥םʾanitamverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 2nd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: you answered them
  • Do not hide Your face from me in my day of distress. Incline Your ear to me; answer me quickly when I call.

    Psalms 102:2

    • עֲנֵֽנִי׃ʾaneniverb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: answer me
  • Respond and save us with Your right hand, that Your beloved may be delivered.

    Psalms 108:6

    • וַעֲנֵֽנִי׃vaaneniconjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: and answer me
  • In my distress I called to the LORD, and He answered and set me free.

    Psalms 118:5

    • עָנָ֖נִיʾananiverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: he answered me
  • I will give You thanks, for You have answered me, and You have become my salvation.

    Psalms 118:21

    • עֲנִיתָ֑נִיʾanitaniverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 2nd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: you answered me
  • I recounted my ways, and You answered me; teach me Your statutes.

    Psalms 119:26

    • וַֽתַּעֲנֵ֗נִיvataaneniHc/Vqw2ms/Sp1bstagged: and you answered me
  • Then I can answer him who taunts, for I trust in Your word.

    Psalms 119:42

    • וְאֶֽעֱנֶ֣הveeenehHC/Vqu1cstagged: so I may answer
  • I call with all my heart; answer me, O LORD! I will obey Your statutes.

    Psalms 119:145

    • עֲנֵ֥נִיʾaneniverb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: answer me
  • My tongue sings of Your word, for all Your commandments are righteous.

    Psalms 119:172

    • תַּ֣עַןtaanverb · simple (qal), jussive (“let him”) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: may it sing
  • In my distress I cried to the LORD, and He answered me.

    Psalms 120:1

    • וַֽיַּעֲנֵֽנִי׃vaiyaaneniHc/Vqw3ms/Sp1bstagged: and he answered me
  • On the day I called, You answered me; You emboldened me and strengthened my soul.

    Psalms 138:3

    • וַֽתַּעֲנֵ֑נִיvataaneniHc/Vqw2ms/Sp1bstagged: and you answered me
  • O LORD, hear my prayer. In Your faithfulness, give ear to my plea; in Your righteousness, answer me.

    Psalms 143:1

    • עֲ֝נֵ֗נִיʾaneniverb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: answer me
  • Answer me quickly, O LORD; my spirit fails. Do not hide Your face from me, or I will be like those who descend to the Pit.

    Psalms 143:7

    • עֲנֵ֨נִי׀ʾaneniverb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: answer me
  • Sing to the LORD with thanksgiving; make music on the harp to our God,

    Psalms 147:7

    • עֱנ֣וּʾenuverb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: sing

Proverbs

eight uses
  • Then they will call on me, but I will not answer; they will earnestly seek me, but will not find me.

    Proverbs 1:28

    • אֶֽעֱנֶ֑הʾeenehverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I will answer
  • The heart of the righteous ponders how to answer, but the mouth of the wicked blurts out evil.

    Proverbs 15:28

    • לַעֲנ֑וֹתlaanotpreposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to answer
  • The poor man pleads for mercy, but the rich man answers harshly.

    Proverbs 18:23

    • יַעֲנֶ֥הyaanehverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he answers
  • Whoever shuts his ears to the cry of the poor, he too shall cry out and receive no answer.

    Proverbs 21:13

    • יֵעָנֶֽה׃yeanehverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he will be answered
  • Like a club or sword or sharp arrow is a man who bears false witness against his neighbor.

    Proverbs 25:18

    • עֹנֶ֥הʾonehverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: testifies
  • Do not answer a fool according to his folly, or you yourself will be like him.

    Proverbs 26:4

    • תַּ֣עַןtaanverb · simple (qal), jussive (“let him”) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you answer
  • Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he become wise in his own eyes.

    Proverbs 26:5

    • עֲנֵ֣הʾanehverb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: answer
  • A servant cannot be corrected by words alone; though he understands, he will not respond.

    Proverbs 29:19

    • מַעֲנֶֽה׃maanehverb · causative (hiphil), participle · masculine singulartagged: answers

Ecclesiastes

one use
  • A feast is prepared for laughter, and wine makes life merry, but money is the answer for everything.

    Ecclesiastes 10:19

    • יַעֲנֶ֥הyaanehverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it answers

Song of Solomon

two uses
  • My beloved calls to me, “Arise, my darling. Come away with me, my beautiful one.

    Song of Solomon 2:10

    • עָנָ֥הʾanahverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he answered
  • I opened for my beloved, but he had turned and gone. My heart sank at his departure. I sought him, but did not find him. I called, but he did not answer.

    Song of Solomon 5:6

    • עָנָֽנִי׃ʾananiverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: he answered me

Isaiah

eighteen uses
  • The expression on their faces testifies against them, and like Sodom they flaunt their sin; they do not conceal it. Woe to them, for they have brought disaster upon themselves.

    Isaiah 3:9

    • עָ֣נְתָהʾanetahverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: it has testified
  • Hyenas will howl in her fortresses and jackals in her luxurious palaces. Babylon’s time is at hand, and her days will not be prolonged.

    Isaiah 13:22

    • וְעָנָ֤הveanahHc/Vqq3mstagged: and it will sing
  • They will all respond to you, saying, “You too have become weak, as we are; you have become like us!”

    Isaiah 14:10

    • יַֽעֲנ֔וּyaanuverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they will answer
  • What answer will be given to the envoys of that nation? “The LORD has founded Zion, where His afflicted people will find refuge.”

    Isaiah 14:32

    • יַּעֲנֶ֖הyaanehverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: will anyone answer
  • Look, here come the riders, horsemen in pairs.” And one answered, saying: “Fallen, fallen is Babylon! All the images of her gods lie shattered on the ground!”

    Isaiah 21:9

    • וַיַּ֣עַןvaiyaanHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he answered
  • In that day: “Sing about a fruitful vineyard.

    Isaiah 27:2

    • עַנּוּ־ʾanu-verb · intensive (piel), command · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: sing
  • O people in Zion who dwell in Jerusalem, you will weep no more. He will surely be gracious when you cry for help; when He hears, He will answer you.

    Isaiah 30:19

    • עָנָֽךְ׃ʾanakhverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: he will answer you
  • But the people remained silent and did not answer a word, for Hezekiah had commanded, “Do not answer him.”

    Isaiah 36:21

    • עָנ֥וּʾanuverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they answered
    • תַעֲנֻֽהוּ׃taanuhuverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine plural + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: you must answer him
  • The poor and needy seek water, but there is none; their tongues are parched with thirst. I, the LORD, will answer them; I, the God of Israel, will not forsake them.

    Isaiah 41:17

    • אֶעֱנֵ֔םʾeenemverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common singular + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: I will answer them
  • They lift it to their shoulder and carry it along; they set it in its place, and there it stands, not budging from that spot. They cry out to it, but it does not answer; it saves no one from his troubles.

    Isaiah 46:7

    • יַעֲנֶ֔הyaanehverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it answers
  • This is what the LORD says: “In the time of favor I will answer You, and in the day of salvation I will help You; I will keep You and appoint You to be a covenant for the people, to restore the land, to apportion its desolate inheritances,

    Isaiah 49:8

    • עֲנִיתִ֔יךָʾanitikhaverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common singular + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: I will answer you
  • Why was no one there when I arrived? Why did no one answer when I called? Is My hand too short to redeem you? Or do I lack the strength to deliver you? Behold, My rebuke dries up the sea; I turn the rivers into a desert; the fish rot for lack of water and die of thirst.

    Isaiah 50:2

    • עוֹנֶה֒onehverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: answered
  • Then you will call, and the LORD will answer; you will cry out, and He will say, ‘Here I am.’ If you remove the yoke from your midst, the pointing of the finger and malicious talk,

    Isaiah 58:9

    • יַעֲנֶ֔הyaanehverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he will answer
  • For our transgressions are multiplied before You, and our sins testify against us. Our transgressions are indeed with us, and we know our iniquities:

    Isaiah 59:12

    • עָ֣נְתָהʾanetahverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: it has testified
  • I will destine you for the sword, and you will all kneel down to be slaughtered, because I called and you did not answer, I spoke and you did not listen; you did evil in My sight and chose that in which I did not delight.”

    Isaiah 65:12

    • עֲנִיתֶ֔םʾanitemverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: you answered
  • Even before they call, I will answer, and while they are still speaking, I will hear.

    Isaiah 65:24

    • אֶעֱנֶ֑הʾeenehverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I will answer
  • So I will choose their punishment and I will bring terror upon them, because I called and no one answered, I spoke and no one listened. But they did evil in My sight and chose that in which I did not delight.”

    Isaiah 66:4

    • עוֹנֶ֔הonehverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: answered

Jeremiah

thirteen uses
  • And now, because you have done all these things, declares the LORD, and because I have spoken to you again and again but you would not listen, and I have called to you but you would not answer,

    Jeremiah 7:13

    • עֲנִיתֶֽם׃ʾanitemverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: you answered
  • When you tell them all these things, they will not listen to you. When you call to them, they will not answer.

    Jeremiah 7:27

    • יַעֲנֽוּכָה׃yaanukhahverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine plural + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: they will answer you
  • This was in order to establish the oath I swore to your forefathers, to give them a land flowing with milk and honey, as it is to this day.” “Amen, LORD,” I answered.

    Jeremiah 11:5

    • וָאַ֥עַןvaaanHc/Vqw1cstagged: and I answered
  • Although our iniquities testify against us, O LORD, act for the sake of Your name. Indeed, our rebellions are many; we have sinned against You.

    Jeremiah 14:7

    • עָ֣נוּʾanuverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they have testified
  • This is what each man is to say to his friend and to his brother: ‘What has the LORD answered?’ or ‘What has the LORD spoken?’

    Jeremiah 23:35

    • עָנָ֣הʾanahverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: did he answer
  • Thus you are to say to the prophet: ‘What has the LORD answered you?’ and ‘What has the LORD spoken?’

    Jeremiah 23:37

    • עָנָ֣ךְʾanakhverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: did he answer you
  • So you are to prophesy all these words against them and say to them: ‘The LORD will roar from on high; He will raise His voice from His holy habitation. He will roar loudly over His pasture; like those who tread the grapes, He will call out with a shout against all the inhabitants of the earth.

    Jeremiah 25:30

    • יַֽעֲנֶ֔הyaanehverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he will sing
  • Call to Me, and I will answer and show you great and unsearchable things you do not know.

    Jeremiah 33:3

    • וְאֶעֱנֶ֑ךָּveeenekaHC/Vqu1cs/Sp2mstagged: and I will answer you
  • Therefore this is what the LORD God of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: ‘Behold, I will bring to Judah and to all the residents of Jerusalem all the disaster I have pronounced against them, because I have spoken to them but they have not obeyed, and I have called to them but they have not answered.’”

    Jeremiah 35:17

    • עָנֽוּ׃ʾanuverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they answered
  • “I have heard you,” replied Jeremiah the prophet. “I will surely pray to the LORD your God as you request, and I will tell you everything that the LORD answers; I will not withhold a word from you.”

    Jeremiah 42:4

    • יַעֲנֶ֨הyaanehverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he will answer
  • Then all the men who knew that their wives were burning incense to other gods, and all the women standing by—a great assembly—along with all the people living in the land of Egypt and in Pathros, said to Jeremiah,

    Jeremiah 44:15

    • וַיַּעֲנ֣וּvaiyaanuHc/Vqw3mptagged: and they answered
  • Then Jeremiah said to all the people, both men and women, who were answering him,

    Jeremiah 44:20

    • הָעֹנִ֥יםhaonimthe definite article (“the”) + verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine pluraltagged: who had answered
  • The LORD of Hosts has sworn by Himself: “Surely I will fill you up with men as with locusts, and they will shout in triumph over you.”

    Jeremiah 51:14

    • וְעָנ֥וּveanuHc/Vqq3cptagged: and they will sing

Ezekiel

two uses
  • Therefore speak to them and tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘When any Israelite sets up idols in his heart and puts a wicked stumbling block before his face, and then comes to the prophet, I the LORD will answer him according to his great idolatry,

    Ezekiel 14:4

    • נַעֲנֵ֧יתִיnaaneitiverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I will let myself give an answer
  • For when any Israelite or any foreigner dwelling in Israel separates himself from Me, sets up idols in his heart, and puts a wicked stumbling block before his face, and then comes to the prophet to inquire of Me, I the LORD will answer him Myself.

    Ezekiel 14:7

    • נַֽעֲנֶה־naaneh-verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), participle · masculine singulartagged: let myself give an answer

Hosea

nine uses
  • There I will give back her vineyards and make the Valley of Achor into a gateway of hope. There she will respond as she did in the days of her youth, as in the day she came up out of Egypt.

    Hosea 2:15

    • וְעָ֤נְתָהveanetahHc/Vqq3fstagged: and she will answer
  • “On that day I will respond—” declares the LORD—“I will respond to the heavens, and they will respond to the earth.

    Hosea 2:21

    • אֶֽעֱנֶה֙ʾeenehverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I will answer
    • אֶעֱנֶ֖הʾeenehverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I will answer
    • יַעֲנ֥וּyaanuverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they will answer
  • And the earth will respond to the grain, to the new wine and oil, and they will respond to Jezreel.

    Hosea 2:22

    • תַּעֲנֶ֔הtaanehverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: it will answer
    • יַעֲנ֥וּyaanuverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they will answer
  • Israel’s arrogance testifies against them; Israel and Ephraim stumble in their iniquity; even Judah stumbles with them.

    Hosea 5:5

    • וְעָנָ֥הveanahconjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: and it testifies
  • Israel’s arrogance testifies against them, yet they do not return to the LORD their God; despite all this, they do not seek Him.

    Hosea 7:10

    • וְעָנָ֥הveanahconjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: and it testifies
  • O Ephraim, what have I to do anymore with idols? It is I who answer and watch over him. I am like a flourishing cypress; your fruit comes from Me.

    Hosea 14:8

    • עָנִ֣יתִיʾanitiverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I will answer

Joel

one use
  • And the LORD answered His people: “Behold, I will send you grain, new wine, and oil, and by them you will be satisfied. I will never again make you a reproach among the nations.

    Joel 2:19

    • וַיַּ֨עַןvaiyaanHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he answered

Amos

one use
  • “I was not a prophet,” Amos replied, “nor was I the son of a prophet; rather, I was a herdsman and a tender of sycamore-fig trees.

    Amos 7:14

    • וַיַּ֤עַןvaiyaanHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he answered

Jonah

one use
  • saying: “In my distress I called to the LORD, and He answered me. From the belly of Sheol I called for help, and You heard my voice.

    Jonah 2:2

    • וַֽיַּעֲנֵ֑נִיvaiyaaneniHc/Vqw3ms/Sp1bstagged: and he answered me

Micah

three uses
  • Then they will cry out to the LORD, but He will not answer them. At that time He will hide His face from them because of the evil they have done.

    Micah 3:4

    • יַעֲנֶ֖הyaanehverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he will answer
  • ‘My people, what have I done to you? Testify against Me how I have wearied you!

    Micah 6:3

    • עֲנֵ֥הʾanehverb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: testify
  • My people, remember what Balak king of Moab counseled and what Balaam son of Beor answered. Remember your journey from Shittim to Gilgal, so that you may acknowledge the righteousness of the LORD.’”

    Micah 6:5

    • עָנָ֥הʾanahverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: did he answer

Habakkuk

two uses
  • Then the LORD answered me: “Write down this vision and clearly inscribe it on tablets, so that a herald may run with it.

    Habakkuk 2:2

    • וַיַּעֲנֵ֤נִיvaiyaaneniHc/Vqw3ms/Sp1bstagged: and he answered me
  • For the stones will cry out from the wall, and the rafters will echo it from the woodwork.

    Habakkuk 2:11

    • יַעֲנֶֽנָּה׃ פyaanenahverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: it will answer it

Haggai

three uses
  • If a man carries consecrated meat in the fold of his garment, and it touches bread, stew, wine, oil, or any other food, does that item become holy?’” “No,” replied the priests.

    Haggai 2:12

    • וַיַּעֲנ֧וּvaiyaanuHc/Vqw3mptagged: and they answered
  • So Haggai asked, “If one who is defiled by contact with a corpse touches any of these, does it become defiled?” “Yes, it becomes defiled,” the priests answered.

    Haggai 2:13

    • וַיַּעֲנ֧וּvaiyaanuHc/Vqw3mptagged: and they answered
  • Then Haggai replied, “So it is with this people and this nation before Me, declares the LORD, and so it is with every work of their hands; whatever they offer there is defiled.

    Haggai 2:14

    • וַיַּ֨עַןvaiyaanHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he answered

Zechariah

fourteen uses
  • Then the man standing among the myrtle trees explained, “They are the ones the LORD has sent to patrol the earth.”

    Zechariah 1:10

    • וַיַּ֗עַןvaiyaanHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he answered
  • And the riders answered the angel of the LORD who was standing among the myrtle trees, “We have patrolled the earth, and behold, all the earth is at rest and tranquil.”

    Zechariah 1:11

    • וַֽיַּעֲנ֞וּvaiyaanuHc/Vqw3mptagged: and they answered
  • Then the angel of the LORD said, “How long, O LORD of Hosts, will You withhold mercy from Jerusalem and the cities of Judah, with which You have been angry these seventy years?”

    Zechariah 1:12

    • וַיַּ֣עַןvaiyaanHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he answered
  • So the LORD spoke kind and comforting words to the angel who was speaking with me.

    Zechariah 1:13

    • וַיַּ֣עַןvaiyaanHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he answered
  • So the angel said to those standing before him, “Take off his filthy clothes!” Then he said to Joshua, “See, I have removed your iniquity, and I will clothe you with splendid robes.”

    Zechariah 3:4

    • וַיַּ֣עַןvaiyaanHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he answered
  • “What are these, my lord?” I asked the angel who was speaking with me.

    Zechariah 4:4

    • וָאַ֙עַן֙vaaanHc/Vqw1cstagged: and I answered
  • “Do you not know what they are?” replied the angel. “No, my lord,” I answered.

    Zechariah 4:5

    • וַ֠יַּעַןvaiyaanHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he answered
  • So he said to me, “This is the word of the LORD to Zerubbabel: Not by might nor by power, but by My Spirit, says the LORD of Hosts.

    Zechariah 4:6

    • וַיַּ֜עַןvaiyaanHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he answered
  • Then I asked the angel, “What are the two olive trees on the right and left of the lampstand?”

    Zechariah 4:11

    • וָאַ֖עַןvaaanHc/Vqw1cstagged: and I answered
  • And I questioned him further, “What are the two olive branches beside the two gold pipes from which the golden oil pours?”

    Zechariah 4:12

    • וָאַ֣עַןvaaanHc/Vqw1cstagged: and I answered
  • So I inquired of the angel who was speaking with me, “What are these, my lord?”

    Zechariah 6:4

    • וָאַ֙עַן֙vaaanHc/Vqw1cstagged: and I answered
  • And the angel told me, “These are the four spirits of heaven, going forth from their station before the Lord of all the earth.

    Zechariah 6:5

    • וַיַּ֥עַןvaiyaanHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he answered
  • I will strengthen the house of Judah and save the house of Joseph. I will restore them because I have compassion on them, and they will be as though I had not rejected them. For I am the LORD their God, and I will answer them.

    Zechariah 10:6

    • וְאֶעֱנֵֽם׃veeenemHC/Vqu1cs/Sp3mptagged: and I will answer them
  • This third I will bring through the fire; I will refine them like silver and test them like gold. They will call on My name, and I will answer them. I will say, ‘They are My people,’ and they will say, ‘The LORD is our God.’”

    Zechariah 13:9

    • אֶעֱנֶ֣הʾeenehverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I will answer

Malachi

one use
  • As for the man who does this, may the LORD cut off from the tents of Jacob everyone who is awake and aware—even if he brings an offering to the LORD of Hosts.

    Malachi 2:12

    • וְעֹנֶ֔הveonehconjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: and answers

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