Strong’s H8385 · Hebrew
תַּאֲנָה
taʼănâh · tah-an-aw'
Origin or תֹּאֲנָה; from אָנָה (H579);
Meaning an opportunity or (subjectively) purpose
In the King James Version occasion.
In 2 verses of the King James Version
- Judges 14:4But his father and his mother knew not that it was of the LORD, that he sought an occasion against the Philistines: for at that time the Philistines had dominion over Israel.
- Jeremiah 2:24A wild ass used to the wilderness, that snuffeth up the wind at her pleasure; in her occasion who can turn her away? all they that seek her will not weary themselves; in her month they shall find her.
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.