H592 אֲנִיָּה (ʼănîyâh) an-ee-yaw'

Hebrew

Noun (Feminine, Hebrew)

Quick Definition

lamentation

Strong's Definition

groaning

Derivation: from H578 (אָנָה);

KJV Usage: lamentation, sorrow.

TWOT Reference: 124a

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) mourning, lamentation

Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents

This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:

G3491

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

אֲנִיָּה (a.niy.yah) — lamentation. mourning, lamentation

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

אֲנִיָּה (H0592)

noun f · אנה

Grieve | ≈ תַּאֲנִיָּה

mourning = state of deep sorrow and grief; ◄ caused by the death of a relative or friend or by other tragic circumstances

ISA 29:2 · ISA 43:14 · LAM 2:5

Reinier de Blois

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

אֲנִיָּה n.f. mourning base

Bible Occurrences (2)

29:2

2:5

Isaiah 29:2

And I will constrain Ariel, and there will be mourning and lamentation; she will be like an altar hearth before Me.

Lamentations 2:5

The Lord is like an enemy; He has swallowed up Israel. He has swallowed up all her palaces and destroyed her strongholds. He has multiplied mourning and lamentation for the Daughter of Judah.