Hebrew Word Study · Strong’s H585
אֲנָחָה
a.na.chah · “sighing”
Used 11 times across 5 books
Definition
sighing, groaning (expression of grief or physical distress)
Where it appears
Job2
Psalms4
Isaiah3
Jeremiah1
Lamentations1
In the text
Job 3:24For my sighing cometh before I eat, and my roarings are poured out like the waters.Job 23:2Even to day is my complaint bitter: my stroke is heavier than my groaning.Psalms 6:7Mine eye is consumed because of grief; it waxeth old because of all mine enemies.Psalms 31:11I was a reproach among all mine enemies, but especially among my neighbours, and a fear to mine acquaintance: they that did see me without fled from me.Psalms 38:10My heart panteth, my strength faileth me: as for the light of mine eyes, it also is gone from me.Psalms 102:6I am like a pelican of the wilderness: I am like an owl of the desert.Isaiah 21:2A grievous vision is declared unto me; the treacherous dealer dealeth treacherously, and the spoiler spoileth. Go up, O Elam: besiege, O Media; all the sighing thereof have I made to cease.Isaiah 35:10And the ransomed of the Lord shall return, and come to Zion with songs and everlasting joy upon their heads: they shall obtain joy and gladness, and sorrow and sighing shall flee away.Isaiah 51:11Therefore the redeemed of the Lord shall return, and come with singing unto Zion; and everlasting joy shall be upon their head: they shall obtain gladness and joy; and sorrow and mourning shall flee away.Jeremiah 45:3Thou didst say, Woe is me now! for the Lord hath added grief to my sorrow; I fainted in my sighing, and I find no rest.
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