Strong’s H6035 · Hebrew
עָנָו
ʻânâv · aw-nawv'
Origin or (by intermixture with עָנִי (H6041)) עָנָיו; from עָנָה (H6031);
Meaning depressed (figuratively), in mind (gentle) or circumstances (needy, especially saintly)
In the King James Version humble, lowly, meek, poor. Compare עָנִי (H6041).
In 20 verses of the King James Version
- Numbers 12:3(Now the man Moses was very meek, above all the men which were upon the face of the earth.)
- Psalms 9:12When he maketh inquisition for blood, he remembereth them: he forgetteth not the cry of the humble.
- Psalms 10:12Arise, O LORD; O God, lift up thine hand: forget not the humble.
- Psalms 10:17LORD, thou hast heard the desire of the humble: thou wilt prepare their heart, thou wilt cause thine ear to hear:
- Psalms 22:26The meek shall eat and be satisfied: they shall praise the LORD that seek him: your heart shall live for ever.
- Psalms 25:9The meek will he guide in judgment: and the meek will he teach his way.
- Psalms 34:2My soul shall make her boast in the LORD: the humble shall hear thereof, and be glad.
- Psalms 37:11But the meek shall inherit the earth; and shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace.
- Psalms 69:32The humble shall see this, and be glad: and your heart shall live that seek God.
- Psalms 76:9When God arose to judgment, to save all the meek of the earth. Selah.
- Psalms 147:6The LORD lifteth up the meek: he casteth the wicked down to the ground.
- Psalms 149:4For the LORD taketh pleasure in his people: he will beautify the meek with salvation.
- Proverbs 3:34Surely he scorneth the scorners: but he giveth grace unto the lowly.
- Proverbs 14:21He that despiseth his neighbour sinneth: but he that hath mercy on the poor, happy is he.
- Proverbs 16:19Better it is to be of an humble spirit with the lowly, than to divide the spoil with the proud.
- Isaiah 11:4But with righteousness shall he judge the poor, and reprove with equity for the meek of the earth: and he shall smite the earth with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips shall he slay the wicked.
- Isaiah 29:19The meek also shall increase their joy in the LORD, and the poor among men shall rejoice in the Holy One of Israel.
- Isaiah 61:1The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me; because the LORD hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound;
- Amos 2:7That pant after the dust of the earth on the head of the poor, and turn aside the way of the meek: and a man and his father will go in unto the same maid, to profane my holy name:
- Zephaniah 2:3Seek ye the LORD, all ye meek of the earth, which have wrought his judgment; seek righteousness, seek meekness: it may be ye shall be hid in the day of the LORD’S anger.
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.