Strong's Lexicon: H6035 עָנָו עָנָיו

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:	H6035
Word:	עָנָו עָנָיו
Part of Speech:	noun masc
Etymology:	from H6031
Language:	Hebrew
Occurrences:	26
Transliteration:	anav
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:	`anav (aw-nawv') (or (by intermixture with H6041) Aanayv {aw-nawv'}) n-m.
Meaning:	1. depressed (figuratively), in mind (gentle) or circumstances (needy, especially saintly)
KJV Renderings:	humble, lowly, meek, poor.

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עָנָי (?; Lag^{BN 48}) noun masculine poor, afflicted, humble, meek; — עָנָו Num 12:3 ( Kt ; Qr עָנָיו is to ensure the ָ֯ according to Di Kö^{ii. 1. 76}); elsewhere plural עֲנָוִים Isa 29:19 + 11 t. + Kt עֲנָוִים Isa 32:7; Ps 9:19 ( Qr עֲנִיִּים); Qr עֲנָוִים Ps 9:13; Ps 10:12; Prov 3:34; Prov 14:21; Prov 16:19 ( Kt עניים); construct עַנְוֵי Zeph 2:3 + 2 t., + Kt ענוי ( Qr עֲנִיֵּי) Amos 8:4 (so Job 24:4 van d. H.; but עֲנִיֵּי Kt and Qr Baer Ginsb) — these forms shew confusion with עָנִי, which is perhaps only another form of עָנָו (otherwise Rahlfs^{op. cit. 62 f.} Dr^{'Poor' in} Hastings^DB; עָנָו = humble, meek, עָנִי = passive humbled, afflicted); —

1. poor, needy, Prov 14:21 ( Qr ).

2. poor and weak. oppressed by rich and powerful Amos 2:7; Isa 29:19; Isa 32:7 ( Kt ); ענוי (ה)ארץ Ps 76:10; Isa 11:4; Zeph 2:3; Amos 8:4 ( Kt ), Job 24:4 .

3. poor, weak and afflicted Israel (usually rendered meek) Ps 10:17; Ps 22:27; Ps 25:9 (twice in verse); Ps 34:3 ; Ps 37:11 ; Ps 69:33 (עָנִי 3, also in all these Psalms), Ps 147:6; Ps 149:4; Isa 61:1 (|| נשׁברי לב, compare Isa 66:2 עָנִי 3), Ps 9:19 ( Kt ) Ps 9:13 ; Ps 10:12 ( Qr ).

4. humble, lowly, meek Num 12:3 (Moses); Prov 3:34 ; Prov 16:19 (both Qr ).

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II. ענה (√ of following; see Biblical Hebrew III. ענה, עָנָו, עָנִי).

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