Strong's #6030: `anah (pronounced aw-naw')
a primitive root; properly, to eye or (generally) to heed, i.e. pay attention; by implication, to respond; by extens. to begin to speak; specifically to sing, shout, testify, announce:--give account, afflict (by mistake for 6031), (cause to, give) answer, bring low (by mistake for 6031), cry, hear, Leannoth, lift up, say, X scholar, (give a) shout, sing (together by course), speak, testify, utter, (bear) witness. See also 1042, 1043.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon:
‛ânâh
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
Relation: a primitive root
Same Word by TWOT Number: 1650, 1653
Usage:
This word is used 329 times:
Proverbs 1:28: "Then shall they call upon me, but I will not answer; they shall seek me early, but they shall not find"
Proverbs 15:28: "The heart of the righteous studieth to answer: but the mouth of the wicked poureth out evil things."
Proverbs 18:23: "useth entreaties; but the rich answereth roughly."
Proverbs 21:13: "he also shall cry himself, but shall not be heard."
Proverbs 25:18: "A man that beareth false witness against his neighbor is a maul, and a sword, and a sharp"
Proverbs 26:4: " Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou also be like"
Proverbs 26:5: " Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own conceit."
Ecclesiastes 5:20: "of his life; because God answereth him in the joy of his heart."
Ecclesiastes 10:19: "and wine maketh merry: but money answereth all"
Song of Solomon 2:10: "My beloved spoke, and said unto me, Rise up, my love, my fair one, and come away."
Song of Solomon 5:6: "him, but I could not find him; I called him, but he gave me no answer."
Isaiah 3:9: "The show of their countenance doth witness against them; and they declare their sin as Sodom, they hide it not."
Isaiah 13:22: "And the wild beasts of the islands shall cry in their desolate houses, and dragons in their pleasant palaces: and her time is near"
Isaiah 14:10: "All they shall speak and say unto thee, Art thou also become weak as we? art thou become like unto"
Isaiah 14:32: "What shall one then answer the messengers of the nation? That the LORD hath founded Zion,"
Isaiah 21:9: "of men, with a couple of horsemen. And he answered and said, Babylon is fallen, is fallen;"
Isaiah 25:5: "of a cloud: the branch of the terrible ones shall be brought low."
Isaiah 30:19: "thou shalt weep no more: he will be very gracious unto thee at the voice of thy cry; when he shall hear it, he will answer"
Isaiah 36:21: "But they held their peace, and answered him not a word: for the king's commandment was, saying,"
Isaiah 36:21: "the king's commandment was, saying, Answer him not."
Isaiah 41:17: "for thirst, I the LORD will hear them, I the God of Israel will not forsake"
Isaiah 46:7: "yea, one shall cry unto him, yet can he not answer, nor save him out of his trouble."
Isaiah 49:8: "the LORD, In an acceptable time have I heard thee, and in a day of salvation have I helped thee: and I will preserve"
Isaiah 50:2: "man? when I called, was there none to answer? Is my hand shortened at all, that it cannot redeem?"
Isaiah 58:9: "Then shalt thou call, and the LORD shall answer; thou shalt cry, and he shall say, Here I am. If"
Isaiah 59:12: "are multiplied before thee, and our sins testify against us: for our transgressions are with us; and as for our iniquities,"
Isaiah 65:12: "because when I called, ye did not answer; when I spoke, ye did not hear; but did"
Isaiah 65:24: "that before they call, I will answer; and while they are yet speaking, I"
Isaiah 66:4: "upon them; because when I called, none did answer; when I spoke, they did not hear: but they did"
Jeremiah 7:13: "but ye heard not; and I called you, but ye answered not;"
Jeremiah 7:27: "thee: thou shalt also call unto them; but they will not answer"
Jeremiah 11:5: "and honey, as it is this day. Then answered I, and said, So be it, O LORD."
Jeremiah 14:7: "O LORD, though our iniquities testify against us, do thou it for thy name's sake: for"
Jeremiah 23:35: "his brother, What hath the LORD answered? and, What hath the LORD spoken?"
Jeremiah 23:37: "the prophet, What hath the LORD answered thee? and, What hath the LORD spoken?"
Jeremiah 25:30: "habitation; he shall mightily roar upon his habitation; he shall give a shout,"
Jeremiah 33:3: "Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and show thee great and mighty things, which thou knowest not."
Jeremiah 35:17: "heard; and I have called unto them, but they have not answered."
Jeremiah 42:4: "that whatsoever thing the LORD shall answer you, I will declare it unto you; I will keep nothing back"
Jeremiah 44:15: "in the land of Egypt, in Pathros, answered Jeremiah, saying,"
Jeremiah 44:20: "and to all the people which had given him that answer, saying,"
Jeremiah 51:14: "saying, Surely I will fill thee with men, as with caterpillars; and they shall lift up a shout against"
Ezekiel 14:4: "and cometh to the prophet; I the LORD will answer him that cometh according to the multitude"
Ezekiel 14:7: "his face, and cometh to a prophet to inquire of him concerning me; I the LORD will answer"
Hosea 2:15: "and the valley of Achor for a door of hope: and she shall sing there, as in the days of her youth,"
Hosea 2:21: "And it shall come to pass in that day, I will hear, saith the LORD, I will hear"
Hosea 2:21: "I will hear, saith the LORD, I will hear the heavens, and they shall hear"
Hosea 2:21: "the heavens, and they shall hear the earth;"
Hosea 2:22: "And the earth shall hear the corn, and the wine, and the oil; and they shall hear"
Hosea 2:22: "and the wine, and the oil; and they shall hear Jezreel."
