Lexicon :: Strong's H579 - 'ānâ

אָנָה
Transliteration
'ānâ
Pronunciation
aw-naw'
Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root [perhaps rather identical with אָנָה (H578) through the idea of contraction in anguish]
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 126

Strong’s Definitions

אָנָה ʼânâh, aw-naw'; a primitive root (perhaps rather identical with H578 through the idea of contraction in anguish); to approach; hence, to meet in various senses:—befall, deliver, happen, seek a quarrel.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 4x

The KJV translates Strong's H579 in the following manner: deliver (1x), befall, happen, seeketh a quarrel.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 4x
The KJV translates Strong's H579 in the following manner: deliver (1x), befall, happen, seeketh a quarrel.

  1. to meet, encounter, approach, be opportune

    1. (Piel) to allow to meet, cause to meet

    2. (Pual) to be sent, be allowed to meet

    3. (Hithpael) to seek occasion (quarrel), cause oneself to meet

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
אָנָה ʼânâh, aw-naw'; a primitive root (perhaps rather identical with H578 through the idea of contraction in anguish); to approach; hence, to meet in various senses:—befall, deliver, happen, seek a quarrel.
STRONGS H579: Abbreviations
† III. [אָנָה] verb be opportune, meet, encounter opportunely (Arabic أَنَى the right time is come, or it is come to the right time, or to maturity, or is opportune).
Pi. Perfect אִנָּה Exodus 21:13 cause (or allow) to meet in בְיָדוֺ הָאֱלֹהִים א׳ (object omitted), i.e. without any purpose of the man to whom suffix Ref.
Pu. be allowed to meet, be sent, Imperfect יְאֻנֶּה Proverbs 12:21 (with ל); 3rd person feminine singular תְּאֻנֶּה Psalm 91:10 (with אֶל), subject evil.
Hithp. cause oneself to meet, seek occasion (= seek a quarrel with) followed by ל 2 Kings 5:7.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Exodus

21:13

2 Kings

5:7

Psalms

91:10

Proverbs

12:21