Anah (עָנָה, Strong's H6030) is a Hebrew word. Strong's defines it as properly, to eye or (generally) to heed, i.e. pay attention; by implication, to respond; by extension to begin to speak; specifically to sing, shout, testify, announce. The King James Bible translates it as give account, afflict (by mistake for H6031), (cause to, give) answer, bring low (by mistake for H6031), cry, hear, Leannoth, lift up, say, × scholar, (give a) shout, sing (together by course), speak, testify, utter, (bear) witness. See also H1042, H1043.

What is the Strong's number for Anah?

The Strong's number for Anah (עָנָה) is H6030. It is a Hebrew word from Strong's public-domain dictionary keyed to the King James Bible.

Bible word study

Anah (Strong’s H6030): Meaning in the Bible

Anah (עָנָה) is the Hebrew word numbered H6030 in Strong’s concordance of the Bible. Strong’s defines it as properly, to eye or (generally) to heed, i.e. pay attention; by implication, to respond; by extension to begin to speak; specifically to sing, shout, testify, announce. In the King James Bible it is translated give account, afflict (by mistake for H6031), (cause to, give) answer, bring low (by mistake for H6031).

עָנָה

ʻânâh · Hebrew

Strong’s H6030 · aw-naw'

Original wordעָנָה
Transliterationʻânâh
Pronunciationaw-naw'
Part of speechverb (v)
Strong’s numberH6030
LanguageHebrew

The full Strong’s definition

properly, to eye or (generally) to heed, i.e. pay attention; by implication, to respond; by extension to begin to speak; specifically to sing, shout, testify, announce

Derivation. a primitive root;

How the King James Bible translates it

give account, afflict (by mistake for H6031), (cause to, give) answer, bring low (by mistake for H6031), cry, hear, Leannoth, lift up, say, × scholar, (give a) shout, sing (together by course), speak, testify, utter, (bear) witness. See also H1042, H1043. (The × marks places where the word shapes the phrasing rather than being rendered by a single English word.)

Why the word matters

Every word the biblical writers chose carries weight. Studying Anah in the original Hebrew lets you read the passages where it appears more carefully, closer to what the first hearers understood, so the meaning is drawn from the text itself rather than from the English alone.

The lexical data on this page comes from the public-domain Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890), a Hebrew and Greek dictionary keyed to the King James Bible. It is a reference tool, not a settled verdict: no single word decides a doctrine, and meaning is finally shaped by how a word is used in its sentences. Read the passages themselves, prayerfully, and in full.

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