עֲנָוָה
ʻănâvâh · H6038 · Hebrew · 7 occurrences
Meanings
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humility, meekness
State in which humans consider themselves relatively insignificant in relation to others
ExamplesProverbs 15:33 The fear of the LORD is the instruction for wisdom, And before honor comes humility.
Proverbs 18:12 Before destruction the heart of a person is haughty, But humility goes before honor.
Proverbs 22:4 The reward of humility and the fear of the LORD Are riches, honor, and life.
How it’s used In 6 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
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- ךָyour 1
Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- ךָyour 1
What it doesIt is the subject
2 occurrences in 1 groups
- רָבָהto increase 2
What is done to itIt is the object
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- בָּקַשׁto seek, to search, to look for 1
What it is said to bePredicate
2 occurrences in 1 groups
- פָּנִיםface, presence, before 2
In phrases “… of it”It is the genitive
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- עֵקֶבbecause, reward 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.
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Semantic domains 1 entry
- Insignificant002001002015
- עֲנָוָה denotes humility or meekness, an insignificance/lowering-of-self sense, illustrated at Proverbs 15:33 ("before honor comes humility") and Proverbs 18:12 (the same pairing), and, in its more frequent theological use, of God's own humility toward His people (2 Samuel 22:36, Psalm 18:36).
Word family 15 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
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
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