Strong's Lexicon

H575

H575 — אָן אָנָה

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

HebrewanadverbOccurrences: 42TWOT: 75g

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:	H575
Word:	אָן אָנָה
Part of Speech:	adverb
Etymology:	contracted from H370
Language:	Hebrew
Occurrences:	42
Transliteration:	an
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:	awn (or manah {aw-naw'}) adv.
Meaning:	1. where? 2. (hence) whither?, when? 3. (also) hither and thither
KJV Renderings:	+ any (no) whither, now, where, whither(-soever).

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BDB367

אָן adverb (contracted from I. אַיִן) where? or whither? 1Sam 10:14 (compare 1Sam 27:10 ᵑ6 ᵑ7 , see below אַל near the end); only besides in מֵאָן whence? 2Kgs 5:25 Kt ( Qr מֵאַיִן); עַדאָֿן of time to what point ? how long? Job 8:2. With ה locale: אָ֫נָה

(a) whither ? Gen 16:8; Gen 32:18; 2Sam 2:1; 2Sam 13:13; 2Kgs 6:6; Isa 10:3; Ps 139:7 (twice in verse) + 9 t.; in indirect sentence Josh 2:5; Neh 2:16

(b) = where ? Ruth 2:19

( c) in the phrase אָ֫נֶה וָאָ֫נָה any whither 1Kgs 2:36; 1Kgs 2:42; 2Kgs 5:25

( d) of time, עַדאָֿ֫נָה how long? Exod 16:28; Num 14:11 (twice in verse) (with לֹא) Josh 18:3; Jer 47:6 (followed by לֹא) Hab 1:2; Ps 13:2 (twice in verse); Ps 13:3 (twice in verse); Ps 62:4; Job 18:2; Job 19:2 (less common than the synonym עַדּ מָתַי).

BDB570

אָן adverb see below אַי.

Other Resources

Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

אן (ahn)

1 Samuel 10:14

KJV: And Saul’s uncle said unto him and to his servant, Whither went ye? And he said, To seek the asses: and when we saw that they were no where, we came to Samuel.

EHCC: and to his servant, Whither went ye ?

Job 8:2

KJV: How long wilt thou speak these things? and how long shall the words of thy mouth be like a strong wind?

EHCC: How long wilt thou speak these (things)?

Genesis 37:80

EHCC: (is) not ; and I, whither sbail 1 go?

2 Kings 6:6

KJV: And the man of God said, Where fell it? And he shewed him the place. And he cut down a stick, and cast it in thither; and the iron did swim.

EHCC: the man of God said, Where fell 7

Ezekiel 21:16

KJV: Go thee one way or other, either on the right hand, or on the left, whithersoever thy face is set.or on…: Heb. set thyself, take the left hand

EHCC: (21). the left. epi thy face (is) set. .

1 Kings 2:36

KJV: And the king sent and called for Shimei, and said unto him, Build thee an house in Jerusalem, and dwell there, and go not forth thence any whither.

EHCC: and go not forth thence any whither. (lit.

2 Kings 6:25

KJV: And there was a great famine in Samaria: and, behold, they besieged it, until an ass’s head was sold for fourscore pieces of silver, and the fourth part of a cab of dove’s dung for five pieces of silver.

EHCC: Thy servant went סם whither. (lit.id.) +