Strong's Definition
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
Derivation: a primitive root;
KJV Usage: give account, afflict (by mistake for H6031 (עָנָה)), (cause to, give) answer, bring low (by mistake for H6031 (עָנָה)), cry, hear, Leannoth, lift up, say, [idiom] scholar, (give a) shout, sing (together by course), speak, testify, utter, (bear) witness. See also H1042 (בֵּית עֲנוֹת), H1043 (בֵּית עֲנָת).
TWOT Reference: 1650,1653
Outline of Biblical Usage
1) to answer, respond, testify, speak, shout
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to answer, respond to
1a2) to testify, respond as a witness
1b) (Niphal)
1b1) to make answer
1b2) to be answered, receive answer
2) (Qal) to sing, utter tunefully
3) (Qal) to dwell
Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents
This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
עָנָה
‛ânâh
BDB Definition:
1) to answer, respond, testify, speak, shout
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to answer, respond to
1a2) to testify, respond as a witness
1b) (Niphal)
1b1) to make answer
1b2) to be answered, receive answer
2) (Qal) to sing, utter tunefully
3) (Qal) to dwell
Part of Speech: verb
A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: a primitive root
Same Word by TWOT Number: 1650, 1653
Total KJV Occurrences: 331
Bible Occurrences (316)
1:7
1:9
2:2
2:4
3:2
4:1
5:1
6:1
8:1
9:1
9:3
9:14
9:15
9:16
9:32
11:1
11:2
12:1
12:4
13:22
14:15
15:1
15:2
15:6
16:1
16:3
16:8
18:1
19:1
19:7
19:16
20:1
20:3
21:1
22:1
23:1
23:5
25:1
26:1
30:20
31:35
32:1
32:6
32:12
32:15
32:16
32:17
32:20
33:12
33:13
34:1
35:1
35:12
38:1
40:1
40:2
40:3
40:5
40:6
42:1