Strong’s H579 · Hebrew
אָנָה
ʼânâh · aw-naw'
Origin a primitive root (perhaps rather identical with אָנָה (H578) through the idea of contraction in anguish);
Meaning to approach; hence, to meet in various senses
In the King James Version befall, deliver, happen, seek a quarrel.
In 4 verses of the King James Version
- Exodus 21:13And 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.
- 2 Kings 5:7And 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.
- Psalms 91:10There shall no evil befall thee, neither shall any plague come nigh thy dwelling.
- Proverbs 12:21There shall no evil happen to the just: but the wicked shall be filled with mischief.
From James Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890): its Greek dictionary in the edition of Ulrik Petersen, its Hebrew and Chaldee dictionary in that of David Troidl and David Instone-Brewer; the King James words numbered as in the edition the site sets the King James Version from. Public domain.