Hebrew verb (Aramaic) · H6032
עֲנָה
anahan-aw'
to answer
30 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: ʻănâh
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H6032is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 1 of 39Old Testament books
- 12spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H6032
{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: answer, speak.
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 answer". It stands 30 times in the Hebrew text, across one book.
- Thirty of the uses stand in Daniel, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Daniel 2:5The king replied to the astrologers, “My word is final: If you do not tell me the dream and its interpretation, you will be cut into pieces and your houses will be reduced to rubble.
- The Greek text spells it twelve different ways.
The first use
The king replied to the astrologers, “My word is final: If you do not tell me the dream and its interpretation, you will be cut into pieces and your houses will be reduced to rubble.
Daniel 2:5עָנֵ֤ה
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Thirty of the word's thirty uses are in Daniel.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- replying24
- they replied5
- she replied1
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| עֲנָקִי | Anaqi | Anakite | Uses9 |
| עֲנָוָה | anavah | humility | Uses5 |
| עֲנָמִים | Anamim | Anamim | Uses2 |
| עֲנָה | anah | to afflict | Uses1 |
| עֲנָנָה | ananah | cloud | Uses1 |
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 30, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
12 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
- עָנֵ֤ה10
- עָנֵ֨ה7
- עָנֵ֣ה4
- עָנֵ֧ה1
- עָנֵה֩1
- עֲנ֥וֹ1
- עֲנ֨וֹ1
- עֲנוֹ֙1
- עֲנ֗וֹ1
- עֲנ֣וֹ1
- עָנַ֤יִן1
- עֲנָ֨ת1
The grammar of each form
- verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singular23AVqrmsa
- verb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine plural5AVqp3mp
- verb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person feminine singular1AVqp3fs
- verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine plural1AVqrmpa
Daniel
thirty uses
The king replied to the astrologers, “My word is final: If you do not tell me the dream and its interpretation, you will be cut into pieces and your houses will be reduced to rubble.
- עָנֵ֤הʾanehverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: replying
They answered a second time, “Let the king tell the dream to his servants, and we will give the interpretation.”
- עֲנ֥וֹanoverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they replied
The king replied, “I know for sure that you are stalling for time, because you see that my word is final.
- עָנֵ֤הʾanehverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: replying
The astrologers answered the king, “No one on earth can do what the king requests! No king, however great and powerful, has ever asked anything like this of any magician, enchanter, or astrologer.
- עֲנ֨וֹanoverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they replied
“Why is the decree from the king so harsh?” he asked. At this time Arioch explained the situation to Daniel.
- עָנֵ֣הʾanehverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: replying
and declared: “Blessed be the name of God forever and ever, for wisdom and power belong to Him.
- עָנֵ֤הʾanehverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: replying
The king responded to Daniel, whose name was Belteshazzar, “Are you able to tell me what I saw in the dream, as well as its interpretation?”
- עָנֵ֤הʾanehverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: replying
Daniel answered the king, “No wise man, enchanter, medium, or magician can explain to the king the mystery of which he inquires.
- עָנֵ֧הʾanehverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: replying
The king said to Daniel, “Your God is truly the God of gods and Lord of kings, the Revealer of Mysteries, since you were able to reveal this mystery.”
- עָנֵה֩ʾanehverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: replying
saying to King Nebuchadnezzar, “O king, may you live forever!
- עֲנוֹ֙anoverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they replied
and Nebuchadnezzar said to them, “Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, is it true that you do not serve my gods or worship the golden statue I have set up?
- עָנֵ֤הʾanehverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: replying
Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego replied to the king, “O Nebuchadnezzar, we have no need to answer you in this matter.
- עֲנ֗וֹanoverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they replied
At this, Nebuchadnezzar was filled with rage, and the expression on his face changed toward Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. He gave orders to heat the furnace seven times hotter than usual,
- עָנֵ֤הʾanehverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: replying
Suddenly King Nebuchadnezzar jumped up in amazement and asked his advisers, “Did we not throw three men, firmly bound, into the fire?” “Certainly, O king,” they replied.
- עָנֵ֨הʾanehverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: replying
- עָנַ֤יִןʾanayinverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine pluraltagged: replying
“Look!” he exclaimed. “I see four men, unbound and unharmed, walking around in the fire—and the fourth looks like a son of the gods!”
- עָנֵ֣הʾanehverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: replying
Then Nebuchadnezzar approached the door of the blazing fiery furnace and called out, “Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, servants of the Most High God, come out!” So Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego came out of the fire,
- עָנֵ֣הʾanehverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: replying
Nebuchadnezzar declared, “Blessed be the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, who has sent His angel and delivered His servants who trusted in Him. They violated the king’s command and risked their lives rather than serve or worship any god except their own God.
- עָנֵ֨הʾanehverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: replying
For a time, Daniel, who was also known as Belteshazzar, was perplexed, and his thoughts alarmed him. So the king said, “Belteshazzar, do not let the dream or its interpretation alarm you.” “My lord,” replied Belteshazzar, “may the dream apply to those who hate you, and its interpretation to your enemies!
- עָנֵ֨הʾanehverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: replying
- עָנֵ֤הʾanehverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: replying
the king exclaimed, “Is this not Babylon the Great, which I myself have built by the might of my power as a royal residence and for the glory of my majesty?”
- עָנֵ֤הʾanehverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: replying
The king called out for the enchanters, astrologers, and diviners to be brought in, and he said to these wise men of Babylon, “Whoever reads this inscription and tells me its interpretation will be clothed in purple and have a gold chain placed around his neck, and he will be made the third highest ruler in the kingdom.”
- עָנֵ֨הʾanehverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: replying
Hearing the outcry of the king and his nobles, the queen entered the banquet hall. “O king, may you live forever!” she said. “Do not let your thoughts terrify you, or your face grow pale.
- עֲנָ֨תʾanatverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: she replied
So Daniel was brought before the king, who asked him, “Are you Daniel, one of the exiles my father the king brought from Judah?
- עָנֵ֨הʾanehverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: replying
In response, Daniel said to the king, “You may keep your gifts for yourself and give your rewards to someone else. Nevertheless, I will read the inscription for the king and interpret it for him.
- עָנֵ֣הʾanehverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: replying
So they approached the king and asked about his royal decree: “Did you not sign a decree that for thirty days any man who petitions any god or man except you, O king, will be thrown into the den of lions?” The king replied, “According to the law of the Medes and Persians the order stands, and it cannot be repealed.”
- עָנֵ֨הʾanehverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: replying
Then they told the king, “Daniel, one of the exiles from Judah, shows no regard for you, O king, or for the decree that you have signed. He still makes his petition three times a day.”
- עֲנ֣וֹanoverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they replied
So the king gave the order, and they brought Daniel and threw him into the den of lions. The king said to Daniel, “May your God, whom you serve continually, deliver you!”
- עָנֵ֤הʾanehverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: replying
When he reached the den, he cried out in a voice of anguish, “O Daniel, servant of the living God, has your God, whom you serve continually, been able to deliver you from the lions?”
- עָנֵ֨הʾanehverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: replying
Daniel declared: “In my vision in the night I looked, and suddenly the four winds of heaven were churning up the great sea.
- עָנֵ֤הʾanehverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: replying
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 words it stands beside are the nouns, verbs and adjectives immediately before or after it, counted in every verse where the word stands. The article, the conjunctions and the prepositions are left out, because they stand beside every word.
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.