Hebrew noun (feminine) · H6038
עֲנָוָה
anavahan-aw-vaw'
humility
5 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: ʻănâvâh
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H6038is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 3 of 39Old Testament books
- 5spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H6038
condescension, human and subjective (modesty), or divine and objective (clemency)
The King James renders it: gentleness, humility, meekness.
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
anavah is rendered "humility". It stands 5 times in the Hebrew text, across three books.
- Three of the uses stand in Proverbs, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.2 Samuel 22:36You have given me Your shield of salvation, and Your gentleness exalts me.
- The Greek text spells it five different ways.
The first use
You have given me Your shield of salvation, and Your gentleness exalts me.
2 Samuel 22:36וַעֲנֹתְךָ֖
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Three of the word's five uses are in Proverbs.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- humility4
- and answering your1
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.
All 5, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
5 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
- וַעֲנֹתְךָ֖1
- עֲ֭נָוָה1
- עֲנָוָ֔ה1
- עֲנָוָֽה׃1
- עֲנָוָֽה׃1
The grammar of each form
- noun · feminine singular4HNcfsa
- conjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singular1HC/Vqcc/Sp2ms
2 Samuel
one use
You have given me Your shield of salvation, and Your gentleness exalts me.
- וַעֲנֹתְךָ֖vaanotekhaconjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: and answering your
Proverbs
three uses
The fear of the LORD is the instruction of wisdom, and humility comes before honor.
- עֲנָוָֽה׃ʾanavahnoun · feminine singulartagged: humility
Before his downfall a man’s heart is proud, but humility comes before honor.
- עֲנָוָֽה׃ʾanavahnoun · feminine singulartagged: humility
The rewards of humility and the fear of the LORD are wealth and honor and life.
- עֲ֭נָוָהʾanavahnoun · feminine singulartagged: humility
Zephaniah
one use
Seek the LORD, all you humble of the earth who carry out His justice. Seek righteousness; seek humility. Perhaps you will be sheltered on the day of the LORD’s anger.
- עֲנָוָ֔הʾanavahnoun · feminine singulartagged: humility
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.