Word

עֲנָה

ʻănâh · H6032 · Aramaic · 30 occurrences

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Meanings

to answer, to respond, to speak up

Action in which humans or deities respond to a question or situation, either by words or by actions

Examples
Daniel 2:5 The king replied to the Chaldeans, “The command from me is firm: if you do not make known to me the dream and its interpretation, you will be torn limb from limb and your houses will be turned into a rubbish heap.
Daniel 2:7 They answered a second time and said, “Let the king tell the dream to his servants, and we will declare the interpretation.”
Daniel 2:8 The king replied, “I know for certain that you are trying to buy time, because you have perceived that the command from me is firm,

How it’s used In 3 roles

Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.

the word studied the word it goes with

Who or what does itSubject

30 occurrences in 9 groups

מֶלֶךְking 11
Not stated (participle) 6
דָּנִיֵּאלDaniel 4
Not stated: they 3
Other words · 5 groups that occur once or twice (6) 6

With prepositionsPrepositional phrases

3 occurrences in 2 groups

קֳדָםbefore+ מֶלֶךְking 2
לto/for+ דָּנִיֵּאלDaniel 1

With adverbsAdverbs

1 occurrences in 1 groups

תִּנְיָנוּתagain 1

When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.

MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.

In the other Testament 1 word

ἀποκρίνομαι apokrínomai · G611 · to answer, to reply, to speak: Greek ἀποκρίνομαι is the standard Septuagintal rendering of Aramaic עֲנָה 'answer, speak,' carrying the same core sense of verbal response or formal speech-act initiation.

Semantic domains 8 entries

Speak002004001009008: Daniel 2:27 recounts that “Daniel answered before the king and said, 'As for the secret about which the king has inquired, neither wise men, sorcerers, soothsayer priests, nor diviners are able to declare it to the king.'”
Sing002004001009006: This Sing code is inherited from the shared lemma-cluster grouping's “to sing” sense; this word's own occurrences describe people answering or replying in speech, never singing.
Insignificant002001002015: This Insignificant code is inherited from the shared lemma-cluster grouping's “to humble oneself; to submit” sense; this word's own occurrences describe people answering or replying in speech, never humbling oneself or submitting.
Non-Ingest002001001026: This Non-Ingest code is inherited from the shared lemma-cluster grouping's “to humble oneself by fasting” sense; this word's own occurrences describe people answering or replying in speech, never humbling oneself by fasting.
Sex002001001051: This Sex code is inherited from the shared lemma-cluster grouping's “to violate; to force (someone) to have sex; to rape” sense; this word's own occurrences describe people answering or replying in speech, never a sexual violation.
Non-Engage002003003012: This Non-Engage code is inherited from the shared lemma-cluster grouping's “to be stilled” sense; this word's own occurrences describe people answering or replying in speech, never being stilled or silenced.
Unsafe002003003022: This Unsafe code is inherited from the shared lemma-cluster grouping's “to be afflicted; to be bothered; to be daunted” and “to afflict; to oppress; to make helpless” senses; this word's own occurrences describe people answering or replying in speech, never being afflicted or made helpless.
Engage002003003011: This Engage code is inherited from the shared lemma-cluster grouping's “to be busy (with); to be concerned (about)” and “to keep (one) occupied, busy” senses; this word's own occurrences describe people answering or replying in speech, never being kept busy or occupied.

Word family 15 words

Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.

עָנָה ʻânâh · H6030 · to answer, to respond, to speak up · 315×מַעַן maʻan · H4616 · for the sake of, so that · 272×עָנָה ʻânâh · H6031 · to answer, to respond, to speak up · 82×עָנִי ʻânîy · H6041 · afflicted, poor, humble · 75×עֳנִי ʻŏnîy · H6040 · affliction, misery, suffering · 36×עֲנָהʻănâh · H6032עָנָו ʻânâv · H6035 · afflicted, poor, humble · 21×עִנְיָן ʻinyân · H6045 · business, matter · 8×מַעֲנֶה maʻăneh · H4617 · answer, response, reply · 7×עֲנָוָה ʻănâvâh · H6038 · humility, meekness · 7×מַעֲנָה maʻănâh · H4618 · furrow · 2×עֲנָה ʻănâh · H6033 · poor · 1×עֱנוּת ʻĕnûwth · H6039 · affliction · 1×תַּעֲנִית taʻănîyth · H8589 · self-affliction · 1×עַנְוָה ʻanvâh · H6037 · humility, meekness · 0×

Sources

eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0