עָנָה ʻânâh

Hebrew · Strong's H6030 · pronounced aw-naw' · used 332 times in 319 verses

Meaning

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

In the King James Version: 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).

Derivation: a primitive root;

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Where it is used

Job 23:1 Then Job answered:
Job 23:5 I would learn how He would answer, and consider what He would say.
Job 25:1 Then Bildad the Shuhite replied:
Job 26:1 Then Job answered:
Job 30:20 I cry out to You for help, but You do not answer; when I stand up, You merely look at me.
Job 31:35 (Oh, that I had one to hear me! Here is my signature. Let the Almighty answer me; let my accuser compose an indictment.
Job 32:1 So these three men stopped answering Job, because he was righteous in his own eyes.
Job 32:6 So Elihu son of Barachel the Buzite declared: “I am young in years, while you are old; that is why I was timid and afraid to tell you what I know.
Job 32:12 I paid you full attention. But no one proved Job wrong; not one of you rebutted his arguments.
Job 32:15 Job’s friends are dismayed, with no more to say; words have escaped them.
Job 32:16 Must I wait, now that they are silent, now that they stand and no longer reply?
Job 32:17 I too will answer; yes, I will declare what I know.
Job 32:20 I must speak and find relief; I must open my lips and respond.
Job 33:12 Behold, you are not right in this matter. I will answer you, for God is greater than man.
Job 33:13 Why do you complain to Him that He answers nothing a man asks?
Job 34:1 Then Elihu continued:
Job 35:1 And Elihu went on to say:
Job 35:12 There they cry out, but He does not answer, because of the pride of evil men.
Job 38:1 Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind and said:
Job 40:1 And the LORD said to Job:
Job 40:2 “Will the faultfinder contend with the Almighty? Let him who argues with God give an answer.”
Job 40:3 Then Job answered the LORD:
Job 40:5 I have spoken once, but I have no answer—twice, but I have nothing to add.”
Job 40:6 Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind and said:
Job 42:1 Then Job replied to the LORD:
Psalms 3:4 To the LORD I cry aloud, and He answers me from His holy mountain. Selah
Psalms 4:1 For the choirmaster. With stringed instruments. A Psalm of David. Answer me when I call, O God of my righteousness! You have relieved my distress; show me grace and hear my prayer.
Psalms 13:3 Consider me and respond, O LORD my God. Give light to my eyes, lest I sleep in death,
Psalms 17:6 I call on You, O God, for You will answer me. Incline Your ear to me; hear my words.
Psalms 18:41 They cried for help, but there was no one to save them—to the LORD, but He did not answer.
Psalms 20:1 For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. May the LORD answer you in the day of trouble; may the name of the God of Jacob protect you.
Psalms 20:6 Now I know that the LORD saves His anointed; He answers him from His holy heaven with the saving power of His right hand.
Psalms 20:9 O LORD, save the king. Answer us on the day we call.
Psalms 22:2 I cry out by day, O my God, but You do not answer, and by night, but I have no rest.
Psalms 22:21 Save me from the mouth of the lion; at the horns of the wild oxen You have answered me!
Psalms 27:7 Hear, O LORD, my voice when I call; be merciful and answer me.
Psalms 34:4 I sought the LORD, and He answered me; He delivered me from all my fears.
Psalms 38:15 I wait for You, O LORD; You will answer, O Lord my God.
Psalms 55:2 Attend to me and answer me. I am restless in my complaint, and distraught
Psalms 60:5 Respond and save us with Your right hand, that Your beloved may be delivered.
Psalms 65:5 With awesome deeds of righteousness You answer us, O God of our salvation, the hope of all the ends of the earth and of the farthest seas.
Psalms 69:13 But my prayer to You, O LORD, is for a time of favor. In Your abundant loving devotion, O God, answer me with Your sure salvation.
Psalms 69:16 Answer me, O LORD, for Your loving devotion is good; turn to me in keeping with Your great compassion.
Psalms 69:17 Hide not Your face from Your servant, for I am in distress. Answer me quickly!
Psalms 81:7 You called out in distress, and I rescued you; I answered you from the cloud of thunder; I tested you at the waters of Meribah. Selah
Psalms 86:1 A prayer of David. Incline Your ear, O LORD, and answer me, for I am poor and needy.
Psalms 86:7 In the day of my distress I call on You, because You answer me.
Psalms 91:15 When he calls out to Me, I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble. I will deliver him and honor him.
Psalms 99:6 Moses and Aaron were among His priests; Samuel was among those who called on His name. They called to the LORD and He answered.
Psalms 99:8 O LORD our God, You answered them. You were a forgiving God to them, yet an avenger of their misdeeds.
Psalms 102:2 Do not hide Your face from me in my day of distress. Incline Your ear to me; answer me quickly when I call.
Psalms 108:6 Respond and save us with Your right hand, that Your beloved may be delivered.
Psalms 118:5 In my distress I called to the LORD, and He answered and set me free.
Psalms 118:21 I will give You thanks, for You have answered me, and You have become my salvation.
Psalms 119:26 I recounted my ways, and You answered me; teach me Your statutes.
Psalms 119:42 Then I can answer him who taunts, for I trust in Your word.
Psalms 119:145 I call with all my heart; answer me, O LORD! I will obey Your statutes.
Psalms 119:172 My tongue sings of Your word, for all Your commandments are righteous.
Psalms 120:1 A song of ascents. In my distress I cried to the LORD, and He answered me.
Psalms 138:3 On the day I called, You answered me; You emboldened me and strengthened my soul.