Strongs Number: H579
- Hebrew Word
- אָנָה
- Transliteration
- ʼânâh
- Phonetic
- aw-naw'
- Part of Speech
- Verb
- Strongs Definition
-
to approach; hence to meet in various senses
- BDB Definition
-
1. to meet, encounter, approach, be opportune
a. (Piel) to allow to meet, cause to meet
b. (Pual) to be sent, be allowed to meet
c. (Hithpael) to seek occasion (quarrel), cause oneself to meet
- Origin
- A primitive root (perhaps rather identical with H578 through the idea of contraction in anguish)
- Bible Usage
- {befall} {deliver} {happen} seek a quarrel.