עָנָו ʻânâv
Meaning
depressed (figuratively), in mind (gentle) or circumstances (needy, especially saintly)
In the King James Version: humble, lowly, meek, poor. Compare H6041 (עָנִי).
Derivation: or (by intermixture with H6041 (עָנִי)) עָנָיו; from H6031 (עָנָה);
Where it is used
- Numbers 12:3 Now Moses was a very humble man, more so than any man on the face of the earth.
- Job 24:4 They push the needy off the road and force all the poor of the land into hiding.
- Psalms 9:12 For the Avenger of bloodshed remembers; He does not ignore the cry of the afflicted.
- Psalms 10:12 Arise, O LORD! Lift up Your hand, O God! Do not forget the helpless.
- Psalms 10:17 You have heard, O LORD, the desire of the humble; You will strengthen their hearts. You will incline Your ear,
- Psalms 22:26 The poor will eat and be satisfied; those who seek the LORD will praise Him. May your hearts live forever!
- Psalms 25:9 He guides the humble in what is right and teaches them His way.
- Psalms 34:2 My soul boasts in the LORD; let the oppressed hear and rejoice.
- Psalms 37:11 But the meek will inherit the land and delight in abundant prosperity.
- Psalms 69:32 The humble will see and rejoice. You who seek God, let your hearts be revived!
- Psalms 76:9 when God rose up to judge, to save all the lowly of the earth. Selah
- Psalms 147:6 The LORD sustains the humble, but casts the wicked to the ground.
- Psalms 149:4 For the LORD takes pleasure in His people; He adorns the afflicted with salvation.
- Proverbs 3:34 He mocks the mockers, but gives grace to the humble.
- Proverbs 14:21 He who despises his neighbor sins, but blessed is he who shows kindness to the poor.
- Proverbs 16:19 It is better to be lowly in spirit among the humble than to divide the spoil with the proud.
- Isaiah 11:4 but with righteousness He will judge the poor, and with equity He will decide for the lowly of the earth. He will strike the earth with the rod of His mouth and slay the wicked with the breath of His lips.
- Isaiah 29:19 The humble will increase their joy in the LORD, and the poor among men will rejoice in the Holy One of Israel.
- Isaiah 61:1 The Spirit of the Lord GOD is on Me, because the LORD has anointed Me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent Me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives and freedom to the prisoners,
- Amos 2:7 They trample on the heads of the poor as on the dust of the earth; they push the needy out of their way. A man and his father have relations with the same girl and so profane My holy name.
- Zephaniah 2:3 Seek the LORD, all you humble of the earth who carry out His justice. Seek righteousness; seek humility. Perhaps you will be sheltered on the day of the LORD’s anger.