Extended Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (Brown-Driver-Briggs based)
gentleness
Usage: 1) humility, meekness 1a) humility, meekness 1b) condescension
Anvah means “gentleness” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Strong's H6037 עַנוָה (`anvah) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. `anvah (an-vaw') n-f. 1. mildness (royal) 2. (concretely) oppressed It has 2 linked Bible usages across 1 book. Visible English usage signals include gentleness and meekness. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.
`anvah (an-vaw') n-f. 1. mildness (royal) 2. (concretely) oppressed [feminine of H6035] KJV: gentleness, meekness. Root(s): H6035
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gentleness
Usage: 1) humility, meekness 1a) humility, meekness 1b) condescension
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render `anvah, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.
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.
2 indexed usages in Old Testament.
Thou hast also given me the shield of thy salvation: and thy right hand hath holden me up, and thy gentleness hath made me great.
And in thy majesty ride prosperously because of truth and meekness and righteousness; and thy right hand shall teach thee terrible things.
First 2 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H6037.
Thou hast also given me the shield of thy salvation: and thy right hand hath holden me up, and thy gentleness hath made me great.
And in thy majesty ride prosperously because of truth and meekness and righteousness; and thy right hand shall teach thee terrible things.
Every indexed verse link for Strong's H6037, grouped by book.
Anvah (Strong's H6037) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "gentleness". `anvah (an-vaw') n-f. 1. mildness (royal) 2. (concretely) oppressed
This page currently indexes 2 linked usages for Strong's H6037 across 1 book.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H6037 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as gentleness and meekness. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.