Hebrew noun (feminine) · H8385
תַּאֲנָה
taanahtah-an-aw'
estrous; opportunity
2 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: taʼănâh
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H8385is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 2 of 39Old Testament books
- 2spellings
- 2meanings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H8385
an opportunity or (subjectively) purpose
The King James renders it: occasion.
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
taanah is rendered "estrous; opportunity". It stands 2 times in the Hebrew text, across two books.
- One of the uses stand in Judges, more than in any other book.
- The lexicon lists two meanings for it, beginning with "estrous".
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Judges 14:4(Now his father and mother did not know this was from the LORD, who was seeking an occasion to move against the Philistines; for at that time the Philistines were ruling over Israel.)
- The Greek text spells it two different ways.
The first use
(Now his father and mother did not know this was from the LORD, who was seeking an occasion to move against the Philistines; for at that time the Philistines were ruling over Israel.)
Judges 14:4תֹאֲנָ֥ה
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
What the word means
The lexicons give this word two senses, and a verse uses one of them at a time: estrous, and opportunity.
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
| Meaning | Tagged as | Where |
|---|---|---|
| estrousStrong's entry A | Tagged aslisted under the table | WhereJudges 14:4(Now his father and mother did not know this was from the LORD… |
| opportunityStrong's entry B | Tagged aslisted under the table | Wherein the ledger below |
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- an occasion1
- heat its1
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| תַּאֲוָה | taavah | desire | Uses20 |
| תַּאֲנִיָּה | taaniah | mourning | Uses2 |
| תַּאֲבָה | taabah | longing | Uses1 |
| תַּאֲוָה | taavah | boundary | Uses1 |
| תַּאֲלָה | taalah | curse | Uses1 |
All 2, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
2 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
- תֹאֲנָ֥ה1
- תַּאֲנָתָ֖הּ1
The grammar of each form
- noun · feminine singular1HNcfsa
- noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singular1HNcfsc/Sp3fs
Judges
one use
(Now his father and mother did not know this was from the LORD, who was seeking an occasion to move against the Philistines; for at that time the Philistines were ruling over Israel.)
- תֹאֲנָ֥הtoanahnoun · feminine singulartagged: an occasion
Jeremiah
one use
a wild donkey at home in the wilderness, sniffing the wind in the heat of her desire. Who can restrain her passion? All who seek her need not weary themselves; in mating season they will find her.
- תַּאֲנָתָ֖הּtaanatahnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: heat its
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.