Anah means “approach” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Same number, other testament: Strong's G579 — apobletos (“be refused”) in the Greek Bible.
Strong's H579 אָנָה (anah) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. anah (aw-naw') v. 1. to approach 2. (hence) to meet in various senses It has 5 linked Bible usages across 5 books. Visible English usage signals include man, how, god, thee, and said. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.
anah (aw-naw') v. 1. to approach 2. (hence) to meet in various senses [a primitive root (perhaps rather identical with H578 through the idea of contraction in anguish)] KJV: befall, deliver, happen, seek a quarrel. Root(s): H578
How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's H579. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.
to meet
Usage: 1) to meet, encounter, approach, be opportune 1a) (Piel) to allow to meet, cause to meet 1b) (Pual) to be sent, be allowed to meet 1c) (Hithpael) to seek occasion (quarrel), cause oneself to meet
Frequent English words from the visible usage excerpts. These are not a replacement for the original-language definition, but they make the usage pattern easier to scan.
Indexed coverage includes Old Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.
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5 indexed usages in Old Testament.
And if a man lie not in wait, but God deliver him into his hand; then I will appoint thee a place whither he shall flee.
And the LORD said unto Moses, How long will this people provoke me? and how long will it be ere they believe me, for all the signs which I have shewed among them?
And it came to pass, when the king of Israel had read the letter, that he rent his clothes, and said, Am I God, to kill and to make alive, that this man doth send unto me to recover a man of his leprosy? wherefore consider, I pray you, and see how he seeketh a quarrel against me.
First 5 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H579.
And if a man lie not in wait, but God deliver him into his hand; then I will appoint thee a place whither he shall flee.
And the LORD said unto Moses, How long will this people provoke me? and how long will it be ere they believe me, for all the signs which I have shewed among them?
And it came to pass, when the king of Israel had read the letter, that he rent his clothes, and said, Am I God, to kill and to make alive, that this man doth send unto me to recover a man of his leprosy? wherefore consider, I pray you, and see how he seeketh a quarrel against me.
There shall no evil befall thee, neither shall any plague come nigh thy dwelling.
There shall no evil happen to the just: but the wicked shall be filled with mischief.
Every indexed verse link for Strong's H579, grouped by book.
Anah (Strong's H579) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "approach". anah (aw-naw') v. 1. to approach 2. (hence) to meet in various senses
This page currently indexes 5 linked usages for Strong's H579 across 5 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H579 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as man, how, god, thee, said, and long. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.