Ani עָנִי

Ani (Hebrew עָנִי, Strong's H6041) is a Hebrew adjective meaning “afflicted”. It occurs 73 times in 71 verses of the Old Testament.

Definition

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

Translated as

Topics

• Poverty

Verses

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

Exodus

• Exodus 22:25
  If thou lend money to any of my people that is poor by thee, thou shalt not be to him as an usurer, neither shalt thou lay upon him usury.If you lend money to one of My people among you who is poor, you must not act as a creditor to him; you are not to charge him interest.

Leviticus

• Leviticus 19:10
  And thou shalt not glean thy vineyard, neither shalt thou gather every grape of thy vineyard; thou shalt leave them for the poor and stranger: I am the Lord your God.You must not strip your vineyard bare or gather its fallen grapes. Leave them for the poor and the foreigner. I am the LORD your God.
• Leviticus 23:22
  And when ye reap the harvest of your land, thou shalt not make clean riddance of the corners of thy field when thou reapest, neither shalt thou gather any gleaning of thy harvest: thou shalt leave them unto the poor, and to the stranger: I am the Lord your God.When you reap the harvest of your land, do not reap all the way to the edges of your field or gather the gleanings of your harvest. Leave them for the poor and the foreign resident. I am the LORD your God.’”

Deuteronomy

• Deuteronomy 15:11
  For the poor shall never cease out of the land: therefore I command thee, saying, Thou shalt open thine hand wide unto thy brother, to thy poor, and to thy needy, in thy land.For there will never cease to be poor in the land; that is why I am commanding you to open wide your hand to your brother and to the poor and needy in your land.
• Deuteronomy 24:12
  And if the man be poor, thou shalt not sleep with his pledge:If he is a poor man, you must not go to sleep with the security in your possession;
• Deuteronomy 24:14
  Thou shalt not oppress an hired servant that is poor and needy, whether he be of thy brethren, or of thy strangers that are in thy land within thy gates:Do not oppress a hired hand who is poor and needy, whether he is a brother or a foreigner residing in one of your towns.
• Deuteronomy 24:15
  At his day thou shalt give him his hire, neither shall the sun go down upon it; for he is poor, and setteth his heart upon it: lest he cry against thee unto the Lord, and it be sin unto thee.You are to pay his wages each day before sunset, because he is poor and depends on them. Otherwise he may cry out to the LORD against you, and you will be guilty of sin.

2 Samuel

• 2 Samuel 22:28
  And the afflicted people thou wilt save: but thine eyes are upon the haughty, that thou mayest bring them down.You save an afflicted people, but Your eyes are on the haughty to bring them down.

Job

• Job 24:9
  They pluck the fatherless from the breast, and take a pledge of the poor.The fatherless infant is snatched from the breast; the nursing child of the poor is seized for a debt.
• Job 24:14
  The murderer rising with the light killeth the poor and needy, and in the night is as a thief.When daylight is gone, the murderer rises to kill the poor and needy; in the night he is like a thief.
• Job 29:12
  Because I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and him that had none to help him.because I rescued the poor who cried out and the fatherless who had no helper.
• Job 34:28
  So that they cause the cry of the poor to come unto him, and he heareth the cry of the afflicted.They caused the cry of the poor to come before Him, and He heard the outcry of the afflicted.
• Job 36:6
  He preserveth not the life of the wicked: but giveth right to the poor.He does not keep the wicked alive, but He grants justice to the afflicted.
• Job 36:15
  He delivereth the poor in his affliction, and openeth their ears in oppression.God rescues the afflicted by their affliction and opens their ears in oppression.

Psalms

• Psalm 9:18
  For the needy shall not alway be forgotten: the expectation of the poor shall not perish for ever.For the needy will not always be forgotten; nor the hope of the oppressed forever dashed.
• Psalm 10:2
  The wicked in his pride doth persecute the poor: let them be taken in the devices that they have imagined.In pride the wicked pursue the needy; let them be caught in the schemes they devise.
• Psalm 10:9
  He lieth in wait secretly as a lion in his den: he lieth in wait to catch the poor: he doth catch the poor, when he draweth him into his net.He lies in wait like a lion in a thicket; he lurks to seize the oppressed; he catches the lowly in his net.
• Psalm 12:5
  For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy, now will I arise, saith the LORD; I will set him in safety from him that puffeth at him.“For the cause of the oppressed and for the groaning of the needy, I will now arise,” says the LORD. “I will bring safety to him who yearns.”
• Psalm 14:6
  Ye have shamed the counsel of the poor, because the LORD is his refuge.You sinners frustrate the plans of the oppressed, yet the LORD is their shelter.
• Psalm 18:27
  For thou wilt save the afflicted people; but wilt bring down high looks.For You save an afflicted people, but You humble those with haughty eyes.
• Psalm 22:24
  For he hath not despised nor abhorred the affliction of the afflicted; neither hath he hid his face from him; but when he cried unto him, he heard.For He has not despised or detested the torment of the afflicted. He has not hidden His face from him, but has attended to his cry for help.
• Psalm 25:16
  Turn thee unto me, and have mercy upon me; for I am desolate and afflicted.Turn to me and be gracious, for I am lonely and afflicted.
• Psalm 34:6
  This poor man cried, and the LORD heard him, and saved him out of all his troubles.This poor man called out, and the LORD heard him; He saved him from all his troubles.
• Psalm 35:10
  All my bones shall say, LORD, who is like unto thee, which deliverest the poor from him that is too strong for him, yea, the poor and the needy from him that spoileth him?All my bones will exclaim, “Who is like You, O LORD, who delivers the afflicted from the aggressor, the poor and needy from the robber?”
• Psalm 37:14
  The wicked have drawn out the sword, and have bent their bow, to cast down the poor and needy, and to slay such as be of upright conversation.The wicked have drawn the sword and bent the bow to bring down the poor and needy, to slay those whose ways are upright.
• Psalm 40:17
  But I am poor and needy; yet the Lord thinketh upon me: thou art my help and my deliverer; make no tarrying, O my God.But I am poor and needy; may the Lord think of me. You are my helper and deliverer; O my God, do not delay.
• Psalm 68:10
  Thy congregation hath dwelt therein: thou, O God, hast prepared of thy goodness for the poor.Your flock settled therein; O God, from Your bounty You provided for the poor.
• Psalm 69:29
  But I am poor and sorrowful: let thy salvation, O God, set me up on high.But I am in pain and distress; let Your salvation protect me, O God.
• Psalm 70:5
  But I am poor and needy: make haste unto me, O God: thou art my help and my deliverer; O LORD, make no tarrying.But I am poor and needy; hurry to me, O God. You are my help and my deliverer; O LORD, do not delay.
• Psalm 72:2
  He shall judge thy people with righteousness, and thy poor with judgment.May he judge Your people with righteousness and Your afflicted with justice.
• Psalm 72:4
  He shall judge the poor of the people, he shall save the children of the needy, and shall break in pieces the oppressor.May he vindicate the afflicted among the people; may he save the children of the needy and crush the oppressor.
• Psalm 72:12
  For he shall deliver the needy when he crieth; the poor also, and him that hath no helper.For he will deliver the needy who cry out and the afflicted who have no helper.
• Psalm 74:19
  O deliver not the soul of thy turtledove unto the multitude of the wicked: forget not the congregation of thy poor for ever.Do not deliver the soul of Your dove to beasts; do not forget the lives of Your afflicted forever.
• Psalm 74:21
  O let not the oppressed return ashamed: let the poor and needy praise thy name.Do not let the oppressed retreat in shame; may the poor and needy praise Your name.
• Psalm 82:3
  Defend the poor and fatherless: do justice to the afflicted and needy.Defend the cause of the weak and fatherless; uphold the rights of the afflicted and oppressed.
• Psalm 86:1
  Bow down thine ear, O LORD, hear me: for I am poor and needy.Incline Your ear, O LORD, and answer me, for I am poor and needy.
• Psalm 88:15
  I am afflicted and ready to die from my youth up: while I suffer thy terrors I am distracted.From my youth I was afflicted and near death. I have borne Your terrors; I am in despair.
• Psalm 109:16
  Because that he remembered not to shew mercy, but persecuted the poor and needy man, that he might even slay the broken in heart.For he never thought to show kindness, but pursued the poor and needy and brokenhearted, even to their death.
• Psalm 109:22
  For I am poor and needy, and my heart is wounded within me.For I am poor and needy; my heart is wounded within me.
• Psalm 140:12
  I know that the LORD will maintain the cause of the afflicted, and the right of the poor.I know that the LORD upholds justice for the poor and defends the cause of the needy.

Proverbs

• Proverbs 15:15
  All the days of the afflicted are evil: but he that is of a merry heart hath a continual feast.All the days of the oppressed are bad, but a cheerful heart has a continual feast.
• Proverbs 22:22
  Rob not the poor, because he is poor: neither oppress the afflicted in the gate:Do not rob a poor man because he is poor, and do not crush the afflicted at the gate,
• Proverbs 30:14
  There is a generation, whose teeth are as swords, and their jaw teeth as knives, to devour the poor from off the earth, and the needy from among men.there is a generation whose teeth are swords and whose jaws are knives, devouring the oppressed from the earth and the needy from among men.
• Proverbs 31:9
  Open thy mouth, judge righteously, and plead the cause of the poor and needy.Open your mouth, judge righteously, and defend the cause of the poor and needy.
• Proverbs 31:20
  She stretcheth out her hand to the poor; yea, she reacheth forth her hands to the needy.She opens her arms to the poor and reaches out her hands to the needy.

Ecclesiastes

• Ecclesiastes 6:8
  For what hath the wise more than the fool? what hath the poor, that knoweth to walk before the living?What advantage, then, has the wise man over the fool? What gain comes to the poor man who knows how to conduct himself before others?

Isaiah

• Isaiah 3:14
  The Lord will enter into judgment with the ancients of his people, and the princes thereof: for ye have eaten up the vineyard; the spoil of the poor is in your houses.The LORD brings this charge against the elders and leaders of His people: “You have devoured the vineyard; the plunder of the poor is in your houses.
• Isaiah 3:15
  What mean ye that ye beat my people to pieces, and grind the faces of the poor? saith the Lord God of hosts.Why do you crush My people and grind the faces of the poor?” declares the Lord GOD of Hosts.
• Isaiah 10:2
  To turn aside the needy from judgment, and to take away the right from the poor of my people, that widows may be their prey, and that they may rob the fatherless!to deprive the poor of fair treatment and withhold justice from the oppressed of My people, to make widows their prey and orphans their plunder.
• Isaiah 10:30
  Lift up thy voice, O daughter of Gallim: cause it to be heard unto Laish, O poor Anathoth.Cry aloud, O Daughter of Gallim! Listen, O Laishah! O wretched Anathoth!
• Isaiah 14:32
  What shall one then answer the messengers of the nation? That the Lord hath founded Zion, and the poor of his people shall trust in it.What answer will be given to the envoys of that nation? “The LORD has founded Zion, where His afflicted people will find refuge.”
• Isaiah 26:6
  The foot shall tread it down, even the feet of the poor, and the steps of the needy.Feet trample it down— the feet of the oppressed, the steps of the poor.
• Isaiah 32:7
  The instruments also of the churl are evil: he deviseth wicked devices to destroy the poor with lying words, even when the needy speaketh right.The weapons of the scoundrel are destructive; he hatches plots to destroy the poor with lies, even when the plea of the needy is just.
• Isaiah 41:17
  When the poor and needy seek water, and there is none, and their tongue faileth for thirst, I the Lord will hear them, I the God of Israel will not forsake them.The poor and needy seek water, but there is none; their tongues are parched with thirst. I, the LORD, will answer them; I, the God of Israel, will not forsake them.
• Isaiah 49:13
  Sing, O heavens; and be joyful, O earth; and break forth into singing, O mountains: for the Lord hath comforted his people, and will have mercy upon his afflicted.Shout for joy, O heavens; rejoice, O earth; break forth in song, O mountains! For the LORD has comforted His people, and He will have compassion on His afflicted ones.
• Isaiah 51:21
  Therefore hear now this, thou afflicted, and drunken, but not with wine:Therefore now hear this, you afflicted one, drunken, but not with wine.
• Isaiah 54:11
  O thou afflicted, tossed with tempest, and not comforted, behold, I will lay thy stones with fair colours, and lay thy foundations with sapphires.“O afflicted city, lashed by storms, without solace, surely I will set your stones in antimony and lay your foundations with sapphires.
• Isaiah 58:7
  Is it not to deal thy bread to the hungry, and that thou bring the poor that are cast out to thy house? when thou seest the naked, that thou cover him; and that thou hide not thyself from thine own flesh?Isn’t it to share your bread with the hungry, to bring the poor and homeless into your home, to clothe the naked when you see him, and not to turn away from your own flesh and blood?
• Isaiah 66:2
  For all those things hath mine hand made, and all those things have been, saith the Lord: but to this man will I look, even to him that is poor and of a contrite spirit, and trembleth at my word.Has not My hand made all these things? And so they came into being,” declares the LORD. “This is the one I will esteem: he who is humble and contrite in spirit, who trembles at My word.

Jeremiah

• Jeremiah 22:16
  He judged the cause of the poor and needy; then it was well with him: was not this to know me? saith the Lord.He took up the cause of the poor and needy, and so it went well with him. Is this not what it means to know Me?” declares the LORD.

Ezekiel

• Ezekiel 16:49
  Behold, this was the iniquity of thy sister Sodom, pride, fulness of bread, and abundance of idleness was in her and in her daughters, neither did she strengthen the hand of the poor and needy.Now this was the iniquity of your sister Sodom: She and her daughters were arrogant, overfed, and complacent; they did not help the poor and needy.
• Ezekiel 18:12
  Hath oppressed the poor and needy, hath spoiled by violence, hath not restored the pledge, and hath lifted up his eyes to the idols, hath committed abomination,He oppresses the poor and needy; he commits robbery and does not restore a pledge. He lifts his eyes to idols; he commits abominations.
• Ezekiel 18:17
  That hath taken off his hand from the poor, that hath not received usury nor increase, hath executed my judgments, hath walked in my statutes; he shall not die for the iniquity of his father, he shall surely live.He withholds his hand from harming the poor and takes no interest or usury. He keeps My ordinances and follows My statutes. Such a man will not die for his father’s iniquity. He will surely live.
• Ezekiel 22:29
  The people of the land have used oppression, and exercised robbery, and have vexed the poor and needy: yea, they have oppressed the stranger wrongfully.The people of the land have practiced extortion and committed robbery. They have oppressed the poor and needy and have exploited the foreign resident without justice.

Amos

• Amos 8:4
  Hear this, O ye that swallow up the needy, even to make the poor of the land to fail,Hear this, you who trample the needy, who do away with the poor of the land,

Habakkuk

• Habakkuk 3:14
  Thou didst strike through with his staves the head of his villages: they came out as a whirlwind to scatter me: their rejoicing was as to devour the poor secretly.With his own spear You pierced his head, when his warriors stormed out to scatter us, gloating as though ready to secretly devour the weak.

Zephaniah

• Zephaniah 3:12
  I will also leave in the midst of thee an afflicted and poor people, and they shall trust in the name of the Lord.But I will leave within you a meek and humble people, and they will trust in the name of the LORD.

Zechariah

• Zechariah 7:10
  And oppress not the widow, nor the fatherless, the stranger, nor the poor; and let none of you imagine evil against his brother in your heart.Do not oppress the widow or the fatherless, the foreigner or the poor. And do not plot evil in your hearts against one another.’
• Zechariah 9:9
  Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion; shout, O daughter of Jerusalem: behold, thy King cometh unto thee: he is just, and having salvation; lowly, and riding upon an ass, and upon a colt the foal of an ass.Rejoice greatly, O Daughter of Zion! Shout in triumph, O Daughter of Jerusalem! See, your King comes to you, righteous and victorious, humble and riding on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a donkey.
• Zechariah 11:7
  And I will feed the flock of slaughter, even you, O poor of the flock. And I took unto me two staves; the one I called Beauty, and the other I called Bands; and I fed the flock.So I pastured the flock marked for slaughter, especially the afflicted of the flock. Then I took for myself two staffs, calling one Favor and the other Union, and I pastured the flock.
• Zechariah 11:11
  And it was broken in that day: and so the poor of the flock that waited upon me knew that it was the word of the Lord.It was revoked on that day, and so the afflicted of the flock who were watching me knew that it was the word of the LORD.

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).