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Strong's H6041 עָנִי (ani)

Ani means “depressed” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Strong's Number H6041
Language Hebrew
Linked Usages 68
Books 14

Strong's H6041 Quick Answer

Strong's H6041 עָנִי (`aniy) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. `aniy (aw-nee') adj. 1. depressed, in mind or circumstances (practically the same as H6035, although the margin constantly disputes this, making H6035 subjective and H6041 objective) [from H6031] It has 68 linked Bible usages across 14 books. Visible English usage signals include poor, needy, lord, afflicted, and people. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.

Meaning
`aniy (aw-nee') adj. 1. depressed, in mind or circumstances (practically the same as H6035, although the margin constantly disputes this, making H6035 subjective and H6041 objective) [from H6031]
Usage
68 linked usages
Books
14 indexed books
Corpus
Old Testament
Usage Words
poor, needy, lord, afflicted, and people

Meaning and Definition

`aniy (aw-nee') adj. 1. depressed, in mind or circumstances (practically the same as H6035, although the margin constantly disputes this, making H6035 subjective and H6041 objective) [from H6031] KJV: afflicted, humble, lowly, needy, poor. Root(s): H6031 See also: H6035, H6035, H6041

Original Word
עָנִי
Transliteration
`aniy
Derivation
First root strongs: 6031
Morphology
adjective

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's H6041. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

Extended Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (Brown-Driver-Briggs based)

afflicted

Usage: 1) poor, afflicted, humble, wretched 1a) poor, needy 1b) poor and weak 1c) poor, weak, afflicted, wretched 1d) humble, lowly

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English Usage Signals

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.

poor needy lord afflicted people shalt upon thee god neither out down

How Strong's H6041 Usage Compares

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.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Old Testament with 68 linked usages.
  • The linked rows are Old Testament Hebrew usage, grouped by book for fast canonical scanning.

Strong's H6041 by Corpus

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.

Strong's H6041 in the Old Testament

68 indexed usages in Old Testament.

Exodus 22:25 KJV

If thou lend money to any of my people that is poor by thee, thou shalt not be to him as an usurer, neither shalt thou lay upon him usury.

Leviticus 19:10 KJV

And thou shalt not glean thy vineyard, neither shalt thou gather every grape of thy vineyard; thou shalt leave them for the poor and stranger: I am the LORD your God.

Leviticus 23:22 KJV

And when ye reap the harvest of your land, thou shalt not make clean riddance of the corners of thy field when thou reapest, neither shalt thou gather any gleaning of thy harvest: thou shalt leave them unto the poor, and to the stranger: I am the LORD your God.

Usage Excerpts

First 68 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H6041.

Exodus 22:25 Old Testament, KJV
If thou lend money to any of my people that is poor by thee, thou shalt not be to him as an usurer, neither shalt thou lay upon him usury.
Leviticus 19:10 Old Testament, KJV
And thou shalt not glean thy vineyard, neither shalt thou gather every grape of thy vineyard; thou shalt leave them for the poor and stranger: I am the LORD your God.
Leviticus 23:22 Old Testament, KJV
And when ye reap the harvest of your land, thou shalt not make clean riddance of the corners of thy field when thou reapest, neither shalt thou gather any gleaning of thy harvest: thou shalt leave them unto the poor, and to the stranger: I am the LORD your God.
Deuteronomy 15:11 Old Testament, KJV
For the poor shall never cease out of the land: therefore I command thee, saying, Thou shalt open thine hand wide unto thy brother, to thy poor, and to thy needy, in thy land.
Deuteronomy 24:12 Old Testament, KJV
And if the man be poor, thou shalt not sleep with his pledge:
Deuteronomy 24:14 Old Testament, KJV
Thou shalt not oppress an hired servant that is poor and needy, whether he be of thy brethren, or of thy strangers that are in thy land within thy gates:
Deuteronomy 24:15 Old Testament, KJV
At his day thou shalt give him his hire, neither shall the sun go down upon it; for he is poor, and setteth his heart upon it: lest he cry against thee unto the LORD, and it be sin unto thee.
2 Samuel 22:28 Old Testament, KJV
And the afflicted people thou wilt save: but thine eyes are upon the haughty, that thou mayest bring them down.
Job 24:9 Old Testament, KJV
They pluck the fatherless from the breast, and take a pledge of the poor.
Job 24:14 Old Testament, KJV
The murderer rising with the light killeth the poor and needy, and in the night is as a thief.
Job 29:12 Old Testament, KJV
Because I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and him that had none to help him.
Job 34:28 Old Testament, KJV
So that they cause the cry of the poor to come unto him, and he heareth the cry of the afflicted.
Job 36:6 Old Testament, KJV
He preserveth not the life of the wicked: but giveth right to the poor.
Job 36:15 Old Testament, KJV
He delivereth the poor in his affliction, and openeth their ears in oppression.
Psalms 10:2 Old Testament, KJV
The wicked in his pride doth persecute the poor: let them be taken in the devices that they have imagined.
Psalms 10:9 Old Testament, KJV
He lieth in wait secretly as a lion in his den: he lieth in wait to catch the poor: he doth catch the poor, when he draweth him into his net.
Psalms 12:5 Old Testament, KJV
For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy, now will I arise, saith the LORD; I will set him in safety from him that puffeth at him.
Psalms 14:6 Old Testament, KJV
Ye have shamed the counsel of the poor, because the LORD is his refuge.
Psalms 18:27 Old Testament, KJV
For thou wilt save the afflicted people; but wilt bring down high looks.
Psalms 22:24 Old Testament, KJV
For he hath not despised nor abhorred the affliction of the afflicted; neither hath he hid his face from him; but when he cried unto him, he heard.
Psalms 25:16 Old Testament, KJV
Turn thee unto me, and have mercy upon me; for I am desolate and afflicted.
Psalms 34:6 Old Testament, KJV
This poor man cried, and the LORD heard him, and saved him out of all his troubles.
Psalms 35:10 Old Testament, KJV
All my bones shall say, LORD, who is like unto thee, which deliverest the poor from him that is too strong for him, yea, the poor and the needy from him that spoileth him?
Psalms 37:14 Old Testament, KJV
The wicked have drawn out the sword, and have bent their bow, to cast down the poor and needy, and to slay such as be of upright conversation.
Psalms 40:17 Old Testament, KJV
But I am poor and needy; yet the Lord thinketh upon me: thou art my help and my deliverer; make no tarrying, O my God.
Psalms 68:10 Old Testament, KJV
Thy congregation hath dwelt therein: thou, O God, hast prepared of thy goodness for the poor.
Psalms 69:29 Old Testament, KJV
But I am poor and sorrowful: let thy salvation, O God, set me up on high.
Psalms 70:5 Old Testament, KJV
But I am poor and needy: make haste unto me, O God: thou art my help and my deliverer; O LORD, make no tarrying.
Psalms 72:2 Old Testament, KJV
He shall judge thy people with righteousness, and thy poor with judgment.
Psalms 72:4 Old Testament, KJV
He shall judge the poor of the people, he shall save the children of the needy, and shall break in pieces the oppressor.
Psalms 72:12 Old Testament, KJV
For he shall deliver the needy when he crieth; the poor also, and him that hath no helper.
Psalms 74:19 Old Testament, KJV
O deliver not the soul of thy turtledove unto the multitude of the wicked: forget not the congregation of thy poor for ever.
Psalms 74:21 Old Testament, KJV
O let not the oppressed return ashamed: let the poor and needy praise thy name.
Psalms 82:3 Old Testament, KJV
Defend the poor and fatherless: do justice to the afflicted and needy.
Psalms 86:1 Old Testament, KJV
Bow down thine ear, O LORD, hear me: for I am poor and needy.
Psalms 88:15 Old Testament, KJV
I am afflicted and ready to die from my youth up: while I suffer thy terrors I am distracted.
Psalms 109:16 Old Testament, KJV
Because that he remembered not to shew mercy, but persecuted the poor and needy man, that he might even slay the broken in heart.
Psalms 109:22 Old Testament, KJV
For I am poor and needy, and my heart is wounded within me.
Psalms 140:12 Old Testament, KJV
I know that the LORD will maintain the cause of the afflicted, and the right of the poor.
Proverbs 15:15 Old Testament, KJV
All the days of the afflicted are evil: but he that is of a merry heart hath a continual feast.
Proverbs 22:22 Old Testament, KJV
Rob not the poor, because he is poor: neither oppress the afflicted in the gate:
Proverbs 30:14 Old Testament, KJV
There is a generation, whose teeth are as swords, and their jaw teeth as knives, to devour the poor from off the earth, and the needy from among men.
Proverbs 31:9 Old Testament, KJV
Open thy mouth, judge righteously, and plead the cause of the poor and needy.
Proverbs 31:20 Old Testament, KJV
She stretcheth out her hand to the poor; yea, she reacheth forth her hands to the needy.
Ecclesiastes 6:8 Old Testament, KJV
For what hath the wise more than the fool? what hath the poor, that knoweth to walk before the living?
Isaiah 3:14 Old Testament, KJV
The LORD will enter into judgment with the ancients of his people, and the princes thereof: for ye have eaten up the vineyard; the spoil of the poor is in your houses.
Isaiah 3:15 Old Testament, KJV
What mean ye that ye beat my people to pieces, and grind the faces of the poor? saith the Lord GOD of hosts.
Isaiah 10:2 Old Testament, KJV
To turn aside the needy from judgment, and to take away the right from the poor of my people, that widows may be their prey, and that they may rob the fatherless!
Isaiah 10:30 Old Testament, KJV
Lift up thy voice, O daughter of Gallim: cause it to be heard unto Laish, O poor Anathoth.
Isaiah 14:32 Old Testament, KJV
What shall one then answer the messengers of the nation? That the LORD hath founded Zion, and the poor of his people shall trust in it.
Isaiah 26:6 Old Testament, KJV
The foot shall tread it down, even the feet of the poor, and the steps of the needy.
Isaiah 41:17 Old Testament, KJV
When the poor and needy seek water, and there is none, and their tongue faileth for thirst, I the LORD will hear them, I the God of Israel will not forsake them.
Isaiah 49:13 Old Testament, KJV
Sing, O heavens; and be joyful, O earth; and break forth into singing, O mountains: for the LORD hath comforted his people, and will have mercy upon his afflicted.
Isaiah 51:21 Old Testament, KJV
Therefore hear now this, thou afflicted, and drunken, but not with wine:
Isaiah 54:11 Old Testament, KJV
O thou afflicted, tossed with tempest, and not comforted, behold, I will lay thy stones with fair colours, and lay thy foundations with sapphires.
Isaiah 58:7 Old Testament, KJV
Is it not to deal thy bread to the hungry, and that thou bring the poor that are cast out to thy house? when thou seest the naked, that thou cover him; and that thou hide not thyself from thine own flesh?
Isaiah 66:2 Old Testament, KJV
For all those things hath mine hand made, and all those things have been, saith the LORD: but to this man will I look, even to him that is poor and of a contrite spirit, and trembleth at my word.
Jeremiah 22:16 Old Testament, KJV
He judged the cause of the poor and needy; then it was well with him: was not this to know me? saith the LORD.
Ezekiel 16:49 Old Testament, KJV
Behold, this was the iniquity of thy sister Sodom, pride, fulness of bread, and abundance of idleness was in her and in her daughters, neither did she strengthen the hand of the poor and needy.
Ezekiel 18:12 Old Testament, KJV
Hath oppressed the poor and needy, hath spoiled by violence, hath not restored the pledge, and hath lifted up his eyes to the idols, hath committed abomination,
Ezekiel 18:17 Old Testament, KJV
That hath taken off his hand from the poor, that hath not received usury nor increase, hath executed my judgments, hath walked in my statutes; he shall not die for the iniquity of his father, he shall surely live.
Ezekiel 22:29 Old Testament, KJV
The people of the land have used oppression, and exercised robbery, and have vexed the poor and needy: yea, they have oppressed the stranger wrongfully.
Habakkuk 3:14 Old Testament, KJV
Thou didst strike through with his staves the head of his villages: they came out as a whirlwind to scatter me: their rejoicing was as to devour the poor secretly.
Zephaniah 3:12 Old Testament, KJV
I will also leave in the midst of thee an afflicted and poor people, and they shall trust in the name of the LORD.
Zechariah 7:10 Old Testament, KJV
And oppress not the widow, nor the fatherless, the stranger, nor the poor; and let none of you imagine evil against his brother in your heart.
Zechariah 9:9 Old Testament, KJV
Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion; shout, O daughter of Jerusalem: behold, thy King cometh unto thee: he is just, and having salvation; lowly, and riding upon an ass, and upon a colt the foal of an ass.
Zechariah 11:7 Old Testament, KJV
And I will feed the flock of slaughter, even you, O poor of the flock. And I took unto me two staves; the one I called Beauty, and the other I called Bands; and I fed the flock.
Zechariah 11:11 Old Testament, KJV
And it was broken in that day: and so the poor of the flock that waited upon me knew that it was the word of the LORD.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's H6041, grouped by book.

Exodus 1 usage, Old Testament
Leviticus 2 usages, Old Testament
Deuteronomy 4 usages, Old Testament
2 Samuel 1 usage, Old Testament
Job 6 usages, Old Testament
Psalms 25 usages, Old Testament
Proverbs 5 usages, Old Testament
Ecclesiastes 1 usage, Old Testament
Isaiah 12 usages, Old Testament
Jeremiah 1 usage, Old Testament
Ezekiel 4 usages, Old Testament
Habakkuk 1 usage, Old Testament
Zephaniah 1 usage, Old Testament
Zechariah 4 usages, Old Testament

Strong's H6041 FAQ

What does ani (עָנִי) mean?

Ani (Strong's H6041) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "depressed". `aniy (aw-nee') adj. 1. depressed, in mind or circumstances (practically the same as H6035, although the margin constantly disputes this, making H6035 subjective and H6041 objective) [from H6031]

How many times is ani (עָנִי) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 68 linked usages for Strong's H6041 across 14 books.

Where can I study ani (עָנִי) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H6041 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.

What English words translate ani (עָנִי)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as poor, needy, lord, afflicted, people, and shalt. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.