Strong's Lexicon

H585

H585 — אֲנָחָה

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

Hebrewanachahnoun femOccurrences: 11TWOT: 127a

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:H585
Word:אֲנָחָה
Part of Speech:noun fem
Etymology:from H585
Language:Hebrew
Occurrences:11
Transliteration:anachah
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:an-aw-khaw'
Meaning:1. sighing
KJV Renderings:groaning, mourn, sigh.

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced

BDB588

אֲנָחָה noun feminine sighing, groaning (in poetry & late); — absolute Ps 31:11 +; suffix אַנְחָתִי Job 3:4 +; אַנְחָתָהֿ Isa 21:2 (suffix with Raphe), Plural suffix אַנְחֹתַי Lam 1:22 — sighing, groaning, in distress, physical or mental Job 3:24 (|| שְׁאָגָה), Job 23:2 (|| שִׂיחַ), Ps 6:7; Ps 38:10 (|| תַּאֲוָה, Isa 21:2; Lam 1:22 || יָגוֺן Ps 31:11; Isa 35:10; Isa 51:11; Jer 45:3 ׳ קוֺל א Ps 102:6.


Other Resources

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

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

אנחה (anah-ghan’)

Job 3:24

KJV: For my sighing cometh before I eat, and my roarings are poured out like the waters.I eat: Heb. my meat
EHCC: my sighing cometh before I eat,

Job 23:2

KJV: Even to day is my complaint bitter: my stroke is heavier than my groaning.stroke: Heb. hand
EHCC: my stroke is heavier than my groaning.

Psalms 6:6

KJV: I am weary with my groaning; all the night make I my bed to swim; I water my couch with my tears.all…: or, every night
EHCC: (7).1am weary with my groaning;

Psalms 38:9

KJV: Lord, all my desire is before thee; and my groaning is not hid from thee.
EHCC: (10). and my groaning is not hid from thee.

Psalms 102:5

KJV: By reason of the voice of my groaning my bones cleave to my skin.skin: or, flesh
EHCC: (6). By reason of the voice of my groaning

Isaiah 21:2

KJV: A grievous vision is declared unto me; the treacherous dealer dealeth treacherously, and the spoiler spoileth. Go up, O Elam: besiege, O Media; all the sighing thereof have I made to cease.grievous: Heb. hard
EHCC: thesighing thereof have 1 made to cease.

Isaiah 33:10

KJV: Now will I rise, saith the Lord; now will I be exalted; now will I lift up myself.
EHCC: sorrow and sighing shall flee away.

Isaiah 51:11

KJV: Therefore the redeemed of the Lord shall return, and come with singing unto Zion; and everlasting joy shall be upon their head: they shall obtain gladness and joy; and sorrow and mourning shall flee away.
EHCC: sorrow and mourning shall flee away.

Jeremiah 45:3

KJV: Thou didst say, Woe is me now! for the Lord hath added grief to my sorrow; I fainted in my sighing, and I find no rest.
EHCC: 1 fainted in my sighing, and I find no rest.

Jeremiah 5:11

KJV: For the house of Israel and the house of Judah have dealt very treacherously against me, saith the Lord.
EHCC: Weare the servants of the God

Daniel 3:16

KJV: Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed–nego, answered and said to the king, O Nebuchadnezzar, we are not careful to answer thee in this matter.
EHCC: we (are) not careful to answer
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