Anah (עָנָה, Strong's H6031) is a Hebrew word. Strong's defines it as to depress literally or figuratively, transitive or intransitive (in various applications, as follows). The King James Bible translates it as abase self, afflict(-ion, self), answer (by mistake for H6030), chasten self, deal hardly with, defile, exercise, force, gentleness, humble (self), hurt, ravish, sing (by mistake for H6030), speak (by mistake for H6030), submit self, weaken, × in any wise.

What is the Strong's number for Anah?

The Strong's number for Anah (עָנָה) is H6031. It is a Hebrew word from Strong's public-domain dictionary keyed to the King James Bible.

Bible word study

Anah (Strong’s H6031): Meaning in the Bible

Anah (עָנָה) is the Hebrew word numbered H6031 in Strong’s concordance of the Bible. Strong’s defines it as to depress literally or figuratively, transitive or intransitive (in various applications, as follows). In the King James Bible it is translated abase self, afflict(-ion, self), answer (by mistake for H6030), chasten self.

עָנָה

ʻânâh · Hebrew

Strong’s H6031 · aw-naw'

Original wordעָנָה
Transliterationʻânâh
Pronunciationaw-naw'
Part of speechverb (v)
Strong’s numberH6031
LanguageHebrew

The full Strong’s definition

to depress literally or figuratively, transitive or intransitive (in various applications, as follows)

Derivation. a primitive root (possibly rather identical with H6030 through the idea of looking down or browbeating);

How the King James Bible translates it

abase self, afflict(-ion, self), answer (by mistake for H6030), chasten self, deal hardly with, defile, exercise, force, gentleness, humble (self), hurt, ravish, sing (by mistake for H6030), speak (by mistake for H6030), submit self, weaken, × in any wise. (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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