עָנַשׁ ʻânash
Meaning
properly, to urge; by implication, to inflict apenalty, specifically, to fine
In the King James Version: amerce, condemn, punish, [idiom] surely.
Derivation: a primitive root;
Where it is used
- Exodus 21:22 If men who are fighting strike a pregnant woman and her child is born prematurely, but there is no further injury, he shall surely be fined as the woman’s husband demands and as the court allows.
- Deuteronomy 22:19 They are also to fine him a hundred shekels of silver and give them to the young woman’s father, because this man has given a virgin of Israel a bad name. And she shall remain his wife; he must not divorce her as long as he lives.
- 2 Chronicles 36:3 And the king of Egypt dethroned him in Jerusalem and imposed on Judah a levy of a hundred talents of silver and a talent of gold.
- Proverbs 17:26 It is surely not good to punish the innocent or to flog a noble for his honesty.
- Proverbs 21:11 When a mocker is punished, the simple gain wisdom; and when a wise man is instructed, he acquires knowledge.
- Proverbs 22:3 The prudent see danger and take cover, but the simple keep going and suffer the consequences.
- Proverbs 27:12 The prudent see danger and take cover, but the simple keep going and pay the penalty.
- Amos 2:8 They lie down beside every altar on garments taken in pledge. And in the house of their God, they drink wine obtained through fines.