Hebrew word

ʻânâh

aw-naw'

עָנָה

What it means

properly, to eye or to heed, i.e. pay attention

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

Where it comes from

a primitive root

How the King James translates it

answered169
answer45
hear24
heard9
testify6
speak5
answereth4
testified3

Every place it appears 297

Genesis18:27 23:5 23:10 23:14 24:50 27:37 27:39 30:33 31:14 31:31 31:36 31:43 34:13 35:3 40:18 41:16 42:22 45:3

Exodus4:1 15:21 19:8 19:19 20:16 23:2 24:3 32:18

Numbers11:28 22:18 23:12 23:26 32:31 35:30

Deuteronomy1:14 1:41 5:20 19:16 19:18 20:11 21:7 25:9 26:5 27:14 27:15 31:21

Joshua1:16 7:20 9:24 22:21 24:16

Judges5:29 7:14 8:8 18:14 19:28 20:4

Ruth1:21 2:6 2:11

1 Samuel1:15 1:17 4:17 4:20 7:9 8:18 9:8 9:12 9:17 9:19 9:21 10:12 12:3 14:12 14:28 14:37 14:39 16:18 18:7 20:10 20:28 20:32 21:4 21:5 21:11 22:9 22:14 23:4 25:10 26:6 26:14 26:22 28:6 28:15 29:5 29:9 30:22

2 Samuel1:16 4:9 13:32 14:18 14:19 15:21 19:21 19:42 19:43 20:20 22:42

1 Kings1:28 1:36 1:43 2:22 2:30 3:27 12:7 12:13 13:6 18:21 18:24 18:26 18:29 18:37 20:4 20:11

2 Kings1:10 1:11 1:12 3:11 4:29 7:2 7:13 7:19 18:36

1 Chronicles12:17 21:26 21:28

2 Chronicles10:13 29:31 34:15

Ezra3:11 10:2 10:12

Nehemiah8:6

Esther5:7 7:3

Job1:7 1:9 2:2 2:4 3:2 4:1 5:1 6:1 8:1 9:1 9:3 9:14 9:15 9:16 9:32 11:1 11:2 12:1 12:4 13:22 14:15 15:1 15:2 16:1 16:8 18:1 19:1 19:7 19:16 20:1 21:1 22:1 23:1 23:5 25:1 26:1 30:20 31:35 32:1 32:6 32:12 32:15 32:17 33:12 33:13 34:1 35:1 35:12 38:1 40:1 40:3 40:5 40:6 42:1

Psalms3:4 13:3 17:6 20:6 20:9 22:2 22:21 34:4 38:15 55:2 55:19 65:5 69:13 69:16 69:17 81:7 91:15 99:8 102:2 118:5 118:21 119:26 119:42 119:145 119:172 138:3 143:7 147:7

Proverbs1:28 15:28 18:23 25:18 26:4 26:5

Song of Solomon2:10

Isaiah3:9 13:22 14:10 14:32 21:9 36:21 41:17 46:7 49:8 50:2 58:9 59:12 65:12 65:24 66:4

Jeremiah11:5 14:7 23:35 23:37 25:30 33:3 42:4 44:15 51:14

Ezekiel14:4

Hosea2:15 2:21 2:22 5:5 7:10 14:8

Joel2:19

Amos7:14

Jonah2:2

Micah3:4 6:5

Habakkuk2:2

Haggai2:12 2:13 2:14

Zechariah1:10 1:11 1:12 1:13 3:4 4:4 4:5 4:6 4:11 4:12 6:4 6:5 13:9

Malachi2:12