Anah עָנָה

Anah (Hebrew עָנָה, Strong's H6031) is a Hebrew verb meaning “to afflict”. It occurs 82 times in 78 verses of the Old Testament.

Definition

H6031B: to afflict

H6031A: be occupied

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

Verses

Every verse with Anah, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Genesis

• Genesis 15:13
  And he said unto Abram, Know of a surety that thy seed shall be a stranger in a land that is not theirs, and shall serve them; and they shall afflict them four hundred years;Then the LORD said to Abram, “Know for certain that your descendants will be strangers in a land that is not their own, and they will be enslaved and mistreated four hundred years.
• Genesis 16:6
  But Abram said unto Sarai, Behold, thy maid is in thy hand; do to her as it pleaseth thee. And when Sarai dealt hardly with her, she fled from her face.“Here,” said Abram, “your servant is in your hands. Do whatever you want with her.” Then Sarai treated Hagar so harshly that she fled from her.
• Genesis 16:9
  And the angel of the Lord said unto her, Return to thy mistress, and submit thyself under her hands.So the angel of the LORD told her, “Return to your mistress and submit to her authority.”
• Genesis 31:50
  If thou shalt afflict my daughters, or if thou shalt take other wives beside my daughters, no man is with us; see, God is witness betwixt me and thee.If you mistreat my daughters or take other wives, although no one is with us, remember that God is a witness between you and me.”
• Genesis 34:2
  And when Shechem the son of Hamor the Hivite, prince of the country, saw her, he took her, and lay with her, and defiled her.When Shechem son of Hamor the Hivite, the prince of the region, saw her, he took her and lay with her by force.

Exodus

• Exodus 1:11
  Therefore they did set over them taskmasters to afflict them with their burdens. And they built for Pharaoh treasure cities, Pithom and Raamses.So the Egyptians appointed taskmasters over the Israelites to oppress them with forced labor. As a result, they built Pithom and Rameses as store cities for Pharaoh.
• Exodus 1:12
  But the more they afflicted them, the more they multiplied and grew. And they were grieved because of the children of Israel.But the more they were oppressed, the more they multiplied and flourished; so the Egyptians came to dread the Israelites.
• Exodus 10:3
  And Moses and Aaron came in unto Pharaoh, and said unto him, Thus saith the Lord God of the Hebrews, How long wilt thou refuse to humble thyself before me? let my people go, that they may serve me.So Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh and told him, “This is what the LORD, the God of the Hebrews, says: ‘How long will you refuse to humble yourself before Me? Let My people go, so that they may worship Me.
• Exodus 22:22
  Ye shall not afflict any widow, or fatherless child.You must not mistreat any widow or orphan.
• Exodus 22:23
  If thou afflict them in any wise, and they cry at all unto me, I will surely hear their cry;If you do mistreat them, and they cry out to Me in distress, I will surely hear their cry.

Leviticus

• Leviticus 16:29
  And this shall be a statute for ever unto you: that in the seventh month, on the tenth day of the month, ye shall afflict your souls, and do no work at all, whether it be one of your own country, or a stranger that sojourneth among you:This is to be a permanent statute for you: On the tenth day of the seventh month, you shall humble yourselves and not do any work—whether the native or the foreigner who resides among you—
• Leviticus 16:31
  It shall be a sabbath of rest unto you, and ye shall afflict your souls, by a statute for ever.It is a Sabbath of complete rest for you, that you may humble yourselves; it is a permanent statute.
• Leviticus 23:27
  Also on the tenth day of this seventh month there shall be a day of atonement: it shall be an holy convocation unto you; and ye shall afflict your souls, and offer an offering made by fire unto the Lord.“The tenth day of this seventh month is the Day of Atonement. You shall hold a sacred assembly and humble yourselves, and present an offering made by fire to the LORD.
• Leviticus 23:29
  For whatsoever soul it be that shall not be afflicted in that same day, he shall be cut off from among his people.If anyone does not humble himself on this day, he must be cut off from his people.
• Leviticus 23:32
  It shall be unto you a sabbath of rest, and ye shall afflict your souls: in the ninth day of the month at even, from even unto even, shall ye celebrate your sabbath.It will be a Sabbath of complete rest for you, and you shall humble yourselves. From the evening of the ninth day of the month until the following evening you are to keep your Sabbath.”

Numbers

• Numbers 24:24
  And ships shall come from the coast of Chittim, and shall afflict Asshur, and shall afflict Eber, and he also shall perish for ever.Ships will come from the coasts of Cyprus; they will subdue Asshur and Eber, but they too will perish forever.”
• Numbers 29:7
  And ye shall have on the tenth day of this seventh month an holy convocation; and ye shall afflict your souls: ye shall not do any work therein:On the tenth day of this seventh month, you are to hold a sacred assembly, and you shall humble yourselves; you must not do any work.
• Numbers 30:13
  Every vow, and every binding oath to afflict the soul, her husband may establish it, or her husband may make it void.Her husband may confirm or nullify any vow or any sworn pledge to deny herself.

Deuteronomy

• Deuteronomy 8:2
  And thou shalt remember all the way which the Lord thy God led thee these forty years in the wilderness, to humble thee, and to prove thee, to know what was in thine heart, whether thou wouldest keep his commandments, or no.Remember that these forty years the LORD your God led you all the way in the wilderness, so that He might humble you and test you in order to know what was in your heart, whether or not you would keep His commandments.
• Deuteronomy 8:3
  And he humbled thee, and suffered thee to hunger, and fed thee with manna, which thou knewest not, neither did thy fathers know; that he might make thee know that man doth not live by bread only, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of the Lord doth man live.He humbled you, and in your hunger He gave you manna to eat, which neither you nor your fathers had known, so that you might understand that man does not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of the LORD.
• Deuteronomy 8:16
  Who fed thee in the wilderness with manna, which thy fathers knew not, that he might humble thee, and that he might prove thee, to do thee good at thy latter end;He fed you in the wilderness with manna that your fathers had not known, in order to humble you and test you, so that in the end He might cause you to prosper.
• Deuteronomy 21:14
  And it shall be, if thou have no delight in her, then thou shalt let her go whither she will; but thou shalt not sell her at all for money, thou shalt not make merchandise of her, because thou hast humbled her.And if you are not pleased with her, you are to let her go wherever she wishes. But you must not sell her for money or treat her as a slave, since you have dishonored her.
• Deuteronomy 22:24
  Then ye shall bring them both out unto the gate of that city, and ye shall stone them with stones that they die; the damsel, because she cried not, being in the city; and the man, because he hath humbled his neighbour’s wife: so thou shalt put away evil from among you.you must take both of them out to the gate of that city and stone them to death—the young woman because she did not cry out in the city, and the man because he has violated his neighbor’s wife. So you must purge the evil from among you.
• Deuteronomy 22:29
  Then the man that lay with her shall give unto the damsel’s father fifty shekels of silver, and she shall be his wife; because he hath humbled her, he may not put her away all his days.then the man who lay with her must pay the young woman’s father fifty shekels of silver, and she must become his wife because he has violated her. He must not divorce her as long as he lives.
• Deuteronomy 26:6
  And the Egyptians evil entreated us, and afflicted us, and laid upon us hard bondage:But the Egyptians mistreated us and afflicted us, putting us to hard labor.

Judges

• Judges 16:5
  And the lords of the Philistines came up unto her, and said unto her, Entice him, and see wherein his great strength lieth, and by what means we may prevail against him, that we may bind him to afflict him: and we will give thee every one of us eleven hundred pieces of silver.The lords of the Philistines went to her and said, “Entice him and find out the source of his great strength and how we can overpower him to tie him up and subdue him. Then each one of us will give you eleven hundred shekels of silver.”
• Judges 16:6
  And Delilah said to Samson, Tell me, I pray thee, wherein thy great strength lieth, and wherewith thou mightest be bound to afflict thee.So Delilah said to Samson, “Please tell me the source of your great strength and how you can be tied up and subdued.”
• Judges 16:19
  And she made him sleep upon her knees; and she called for a man, and she caused him to shave off the seven locks of his head; and she began to afflict him, and his strength went from him.And having lulled him to sleep on her lap, she called a man to shave off the seven braids of his head. In this way she began to subdue him, and his strength left him.
• Judges 19:24
  Behold, here is my daughter a maiden, and his concubine; them I will bring out now, and humble ye them, and do with them what seemeth good unto you: but unto this man do not so vile a thing.Look, let me bring out my virgin daughter and the man’s concubine, and you can use them and do with them as you wish. But do not do such a vile thing to this man.”
• Judges 20:5
  And the men of Gibeah rose against me, and beset the house round about upon me by night, and thought to have slain me: and my concubine have they forced, that she is dead.And during the night, the men of Gibeah rose up against me and surrounded the house. They intended to kill me, but they abused my concubine, and she died.

2 Samuel

• 2 Samuel 7:10
  Moreover I will appoint a place for my people Israel, and will plant them, that they may dwell in a place of their own, and move no more; neither shall the children of wickedness afflict them any more, as beforetime,And I will provide a place for My people Israel and will plant them so that they may dwell in a place of their own and be disturbed no more. No longer will the sons of wickedness oppress them as they did at the beginning
• 2 Samuel 13:12
  And she answered him, Nay, my brother, do not force me; for no such thing ought to be done in Israel: do not thou this folly.“No, my brother!” she cried. “Do not humiliate me, for such a thing should never be done in Israel. Do not do this disgraceful thing!
• 2 Samuel 13:14
  Howbeit he would not hearken unto her voice: but, being stronger than she, forced her, and lay with her.But Amnon refused to listen to her, and being stronger, he violated her and lay with her.
• 2 Samuel 13:22
  And Absalom spake unto his brother Amnon neither good nor bad: for Absalom hated Amnon, because he had forced his sister Tamar.And Absalom never said a word to Amnon, either good or bad, because he hated Amnon for disgracing his sister Tamar.
• 2 Samuel 13:32
  And Jonadab, the son of Shimeah David’s brother, answered and said, Let not my lord suppose that they have slain all the young men the king’s sons; for Amnon only is dead: for by the appointment of Absalom this hath been determined from the day that he forced his sister Tamar.But Jonadab, the son of David’s brother Shimeah, spoke up: “My lord must not think they have killed all the sons of the king, for only Amnon is dead. In fact, Absalom has planned this since the day Amnon violated his sister Tamar.

1 Kings

• 1 Kings 2:26
  And unto Abiathar the priest said the king, Get thee to Anathoth, unto thine own fields; for thou art worthy of death: but I will not at this time put thee to death, because thou barest the ark of the Lord God before David my father, and because thou hast been afflicted in all wherein my father was afflicted.Then the king said to Abiathar the priest, “Go back to your fields in Anathoth. Even though you deserve to die, I will not put you to death at this time, since you carried the ark of the Lord GOD before my father David, and you suffered through all that my father suffered.”
• 1 Kings 8:35
  When heaven is shut up, and there is no rain, because they have sinned against thee; if they pray toward this place, and confess thy name, and turn from their sin, when thou afflictest them:When the skies are shut and there is no rain because Your people have sinned against You, and they pray toward this place and confess Your name, and they turn from their sins because You have afflicted them,
• 1 Kings 11:39
  And I will for this afflict the seed of David, but not for ever.Because of this, I will humble David’s descendants—but not forever.’”

2 Kings

• 2 Kings 17:20
  And the Lord rejected all the seed of Israel, and afflicted them, and delivered them into the hand of spoilers, until he had cast them out of his sight.So the LORD rejected all the descendants of Israel. He afflicted them and delivered them into the hands of plunderers, until He had banished them from His presence.

2 Chronicles

• 2 Chronicles 6:26
  When the heaven is shut up, and there is no rain, because they have sinned against thee; yet if they pray toward this place, and confess thy name, and turn from their sin, when thou dost afflict them;When the skies are shut and there is no rain because Your people have sinned against You, and they pray toward this place and confess Your name, and they turn from their sins because You have afflicted them,

Ezra

• Ezra 8:21
  Then I proclaimed a fast there, at the river of Ahava, that we might afflict ourselves before our God, to seek of him a right way for us, and for our little ones, and for all our substance.And there by the Ahava Canal I proclaimed a fast, so that we might humble ourselves before our God and ask Him for a safe journey for us and our children, with all our possessions.

Job

• Job 30:11
  Because he hath loosed my cord, and afflicted me, they have also let loose the bridle before me.Because God has unstrung my bow and afflicted me, they have cast off restraint in my presence.
• Job 37:23
  Touching the Almighty, we cannot find him out: he is excellent in power, and in judgment, and in plenty of justice: he will not afflict.The Almighty is beyond our reach; He is exalted in power! In His justice and great righteousness He does not oppress.

Psalms

• Psalm 35:13
  But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth: I humbled my soul with fasting; and my prayer returned into mine own bosom.Yet when they were ill, I put on sackcloth; I humbled myself with fasting, but my prayers returned unanswered.
• Psalm 55:19
  God shall hear, and afflict them, even he that abideth of old. Selah. Because they have no changes, therefore they fear not God.God will hear and humiliate them— the One enthroned for the ages— Selah because they do not change and they have no fear of God.
• Psalm 88:7
  Thy wrath lieth hard upon me, and thou hast afflicted me with all thy waves. Selah.Your wrath weighs heavily upon me; all Your waves have submerged me. Selah
• Psalm 89:22
  The enemy shall not exact upon him; nor the son of wickedness afflict him.No enemy will exact tribute; no wicked man will oppress him.
• Psalm 90:15
  Make us glad according to the days wherein thou hast afflicted us, and the years wherein we have seen evil.Make us glad for as many days as You have afflicted us, for as many years as we have seen evil.
• Psalm 94:5
  They break in pieces thy people, O LORD, and afflict thine heritage.They crush Your people, O LORD; they oppress Your heritage.
• Psalm 102:23
  He weakened my strength in the way; he shortened my days.He has broken my strength on the way; He has cut short my days.
• Psalm 105:18
  Whose feet they hurt with fetters: he was laid in iron:They bruised his feet with shackles and placed his neck in irons,
• Psalm 107:17
  Fools because of their transgression, and because of their iniquities, are afflicted.Fools, in their rebellious ways, and through their iniquities, suffered affliction.
• Psalm 116:10
  I believed, therefore have I spoken: I was greatly afflicted:I believed, therefore I said, “I am greatly afflicted.”
• Psalm 119:67
  Before I was afflicted I went astray: but now have I kept thy word.Before I was afflicted, I went astray; but now I keep Your word.
• Psalm 119:71
  It is good for me that I have been afflicted; that I might learn thy statutes.It was good for me to be afflicted, that I might learn Your statutes.
• Psalm 119:75
  I know, O LORD, that thy judgments are right, and that thou in faithfulness hast afflicted me.I know, O LORD, that Your judgments are righteous, and that in faithfulness You have afflicted me.
• Psalm 119:107
  I am afflicted very much: quicken me, O LORD, according unto thy word.I am severely afflicted, O LORD; revive me through Your word.
• Psalm 132:1
  LORD, remember David, and all his afflictions:O LORD, remember on behalf of David all the hardships he endured,

Ecclesiastes

• Ecclesiastes 1:13
  And I gave my heart to seek and search out by wisdom concerning all things that are done under heaven: this sore travail hath God given to the sons of man to be exercised therewith.And I set my mind to seek and explore by wisdom all that is done under heaven. What a heavy burden God has laid upon the sons of men to occupy them!
• Ecclesiastes 3:10
  I have seen the travail, which God hath given to the sons of men to be exercised in it.I have seen the burden that God has laid upon the sons of men to occupy them.
• Ecclesiastes 5:20
  For he shall not much remember the days of his life; because God answereth him in the joy of his heart.For a man seldom considers the days of his life, because God keeps him occupied with the joy of his heart.

Isaiah

• Isaiah 25:5
  Thou shalt bring down the noise of strangers, as the heat in a dry place; even the heat with the shadow of a cloud: the branch of the terrible ones shall be brought low.like heat in a dry land. You subdue the uproar of foreigners. As the shade of a cloud cools the heat, so the song of the ruthless is silenced.
• Isaiah 31:4
  For thus hath the Lord spoken unto me, Like as the lion and the young lion roaring on his prey, when a multitude of shepherds is called forth against him, he will not be afraid of their voice, nor abase himself for the noise of them: so shall the Lord of hosts come down to fight for mount Zion, and for the hill thereof.For this is what the LORD has said to me: “Like a lion roaring or a young lion over its prey— and though a band of shepherds is called out against it, it is not terrified by their shouting or subdued by their clamor— so the LORD of Hosts will come down to do battle on Mount Zion and its heights.
• Isaiah 53:4
  Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted.Surely He took on our infirmities and carried our sorrows; yet we considered Him stricken by God, struck down and afflicted.
• Isaiah 53:7
  He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth: he is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so he openeth not his mouth.He was oppressed and afflicted, yet He did not open His mouth. He was led like a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is silent, so He did not open His mouth.
• Isaiah 58:3
  Wherefore have we fasted, say they, and thou seest not? wherefore have we afflicted our soul, and thou takest no knowledge? Behold, in the day of your fast ye find pleasure, and exact all your labours.“Why have we fasted, and You have not seen? Why have we humbled ourselves, and You have not noticed?” “Behold, on the day of your fast, you do as you please, and you oppress all your workers.
• Isaiah 58:5
  Is it such a fast that I have chosen? a day for a man to afflict his soul? is it to bow down his head as a bulrush, and to spread sackcloth and ashes under him? wilt thou call this a fast, and an acceptable day to the Lord?Is this the fast I have chosen: a day for a man to deny himself, to bow his head like a reed, and to spread out sackcloth and ashes? Will you call this a fast and a day acceptable to the LORD?
• Isaiah 58:10
  And if thou draw out thy soul to the hungry, and satisfy the afflicted soul; then shall thy light rise in obscurity, and thy darkness be as the noonday:and if you give yourself to the hungry and satisfy the afflicted soul, then your light will go forth in the darkness, and your night will be like noonday.
• Isaiah 60:14
  The sons also of them that afflicted thee shall come bending unto thee; and all they that despised thee shall bow themselves down at the soles of thy feet; and they shall call thee, The city of the Lord, The Zion of the Holy One of Israel.The sons of your oppressors will come and bow down to you; all who reviled you will fall facedown at your feet and call you the City of the LORD, Zion of the Holy One of Israel.
• Isaiah 64:12
  Wilt thou refrain thyself for these things, O Lord? wilt thou hold thy peace, and afflict us very sore?After all this, O LORD, will You restrain Yourself? Will You keep silent and afflict us beyond measure?

Lamentations

• Lamentations 3:33
  For he doth not afflict willingly nor grieve the children of men.For He does not willingly afflict or grieve the sons of men.
• Lamentations 5:11
  They ravished the women in Zion, and the maids in the cities of Judah.Women have been ravished in Zion, virgins in the cities of Judah.

Ezekiel

• Ezekiel 22:10
  In thee have they discovered their fathers’ nakedness: in thee have they humbled her that was set apart for pollution.In you they have uncovered the nakedness of their fathers; in you they violate women during their menstrual impurity.
• Ezekiel 22:11
  And one hath committed abomination with his neighbour’s wife; and another hath lewdly defiled his daughter in law; and another in thee hath humbled his sister, his father’s daughter.One man commits an abomination with his neighbor’s wife; another wickedly defiles his daughter-in-law; and yet another violates his sister, his own father’s daughter.

Daniel

• Daniel 10:12
  Then said he unto me, Fear not, Daniel: for from the first day that thou didst set thine heart to understand, and to chasten thyself before thy God, thy words were heard, and I am come for thy words.“Do not be afraid, Daniel,” he said, “for from the first day that you purposed to understand and to humble yourself before your God, your words were heard, and I have come in response to them.

Nahum

• Nahum 1:12
  Thus saith the Lord; Though they be quiet, and likewise many, yet thus shall they be cut down, when he shall pass through. Though I have afflicted thee, I will afflict thee no more.This is what the LORD says: “Though they are allied and numerous, yet they will be cut down and pass away. Though I have afflicted you, O Judah, I will afflict you no longer.

Zephaniah

• Zephaniah 3:19
  Behold, at that time I will undo all that afflict thee: and I will save her that halteth, and gather her that was driven out; and I will get them praise and fame in every land where they have been put to shame.Behold, at that time, I will deal with all who afflict you. I will save the lame and gather the scattered; and I will appoint praise and fame for the disgraced throughout the earth.

Zechariah

• Zechariah 10:2
  For the idols have spoken vanity, and the diviners have seen a lie, and have told false dreams; they comfort in vain: therefore they went their way as a flock, they were troubled, because there was no shepherd.For idols speak deceit and diviners see illusions; they tell false dreams and offer empty comfort. Therefore the people wander like sheep, oppressed for lack of a shepherd.

Notes

1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).