Strong’s H6038 · Hebrew
עֲנָוָה
ʻănâvâh · an-aw-vaw'
Origin from עָנָו (H6035);
Meaning condescension, human and subjective (modesty), or divine and objective (clemency)
In the King James Version gentleness, humility, meekness.
In 4 verses of the King James Version
- Proverbs 15:33The fear of the LORD is the instruction of wisdom; and before honour is humility.
- Proverbs 18:12Before destruction the heart of man is haughty, and before honour is humility.
- Proverbs 22:4By humility and the fear of the LORD are riches, and honour, and life.
- 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.