H584Verb13 times in the Hebrew BibleWhere it occurs
Translated as
In the text
- Exodus 2:23וַיֵּאָנְחוּ
After a long time, the king of Egypt died. The Israelites groaned and cried out under their burden of slavery, and their cry for deliverance from bondage ascended to God.
- Proverbs 29:2יֵאָנַח
When the righteous flourish, the people rejoice, but when the wicked rule, the people groan.
- Isaiah 24:7נֶאֶנְחוּ
The new wine dries up, the vine withers. All the merrymakers now groan.
- Jeremiah 22:23נֵּחַנְתְּ
O inhabitant of Lebanon, nestled in the cedars, how you will groan when pangs of anguish come upon you, agony like a woman in labor.”
- Lamentations 1:4נֶאֱנָחִים
The roads to Zion mourn, because no one comes to her appointed feasts. All her gates are deserted; her priests groan, her maidens grieve, and she herself is bitter with anguish.
- Ezekiel 21:6תֵּאָנַח
But you, son of man, groan! Groan before their eyes with a broken heart and bitter grief.
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Sources: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906, public domain) from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon (CC BY 4.0), glosses from STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0); STEPBible TAHOT (Hebrew Bible, Leningrad Codex, CC BY 4.0); the Berean Standard Bible (public domain). Reformatted by Word Study, wording unchanged. All sources and licenses.