Hebrew Study
Strong’s Concordance H579
A readable Hebrew dictionary entry from Strong’s Concordance. Definitions help with word study; the meaning in a verse still depends on context.
Word study
- Source
- Strong’s Concordance
- Transliteration
- 'anah
- Pronunciation
- aw-naw'
- Occurrences
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- Strong’s number
- H579
- Brief meaning
- To approach, hence, to meet in various senses
- Source renderings
- befall, deliver, happen, seek a quarrel
- Root word
- a primitive root (perhaps rather identical with 578 through the idea of contraction in anguish)
- Full definition from the source
- To approach; hence, to meet in various senses. Root word: a primitive root (perhaps rather identical with 578 through the idea of contraction in anguish).
- Digital-source-added cross-reference note
- H578
Source info
Source and edition
James Strong, Strong's Hebrew Bible Dictionary (1890); Bible Foundation text source; Michael Grier's 1996 ASCII e-text; CrossWire module 1.2.
View the 1890 print witnessView preserved source wording
00579\ 579 'anah aw-naw' a primitive root (perhaps rather identical with 578 through the idea of contraction in anguish); to approach; hence, to meet in various senses:--befall, deliver, happen, seek a quarrel. see HEBREW for 0578