Extended Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (Brown-Driver-Briggs based)
to constrain
Usage: (P'al) to oppress, compel, constrain Aramaic of a.nas (אָנַס "to compel" H0597)
Anac means “trouble” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Same number, other testament: Strong's G598 — apothlibo (“press”) in the Greek Bible.
Strong's H598 אֲנַס (anac) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. anac (an-as') v. 1. figuratively, to distress [(Aramaic) corresponding to H597] It has 1 linked Bible usage across 1 book. Visible English usage signals include thee, belteshazzar, master, magicians, and know. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.
anac (an-as') v. 1. figuratively, to distress [(Aramaic) corresponding to H597] KJV: trouble. Root(s): H597
How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's H598. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.
to constrain
Usage: (P'al) to oppress, compel, constrain Aramaic of a.nas (אָנַס "to compel" H0597)
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.
Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.
1 indexed usage in Old Testament.
O Belteshazzar, master of the magicians, because I know that the spirit of the holy gods is in thee, and no secret troubleth thee, tell me the visions of my dream that I have seen, and the interpretation thereof.
First 1 linked usage excerpt for Strong's H598.
O Belteshazzar, master of the magicians, because I know that the spirit of the holy gods is in thee, and no secret troubleth thee, tell me the visions of my dream that I have seen, and the interpretation thereof.
Every indexed verse link for Strong's H598, grouped by book.
Anac (Strong's H598) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "trouble". anac (an-as') v. 1. figuratively, to distress [(Aramaic) corresponding to H597]
This page currently indexes 1 linked usage for Strong's H598 across 1 book.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H598 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as thee, belteshazzar, master, magicians, know, and spirit. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.