Quick Definition
gentleness
Strong's Definition
mildness (royal); also (concretely) oppressed
Derivation: feminine of H6035 (עָנָו);
KJV Usage: gentleness, meekness.
TWOT Reference: 1652b
Outline of Biblical Usage
1) humility, meekness
1a) humility, meekness
1b) condescension
Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents
This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
עַנְוָה (an.vah) — gentleness. 1) humility, meekness 1a) humility, meekness 1b) condescension
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
עֲנָוָה n.f. humility; עַנְוָה־ (contr. because of Maqqeph) base