עוּן (ʿānâ) is
a Hebrew verb
meaning dwell. It appears
329 times
in 33 books of the Hebrew Bible
(Strong's H6030).
Also rendered
sing
answer
Same Hebrew root (TWOT 1650)
Range of meaning (TWOT 1650)answer, respond; respond to, meets all demands, testify, make response; make answer; causes; eye, heed, pay attention, begin to speak, sing, shout, announce; give account, afflict, bring low, cry, hear, Leannoth, lift up, say…
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's
עָנָהverb: answer, respond
Qal
1.answer, respond to
2.
a.respond to an occasion, speak in view of circumstances
b.money meets all demands
3.
a.specifically respond as a witness, testify
b.less often make response as one accused (respondent)
Niphal
1.make answer
2.be answered
Hiphilwholly doubtful
Strong's H6030עָנָה: properly, to eye or (generally) to heed, i.e. pay attention; by implication, to respond; by extension to begin to speak; specifically to sing, shout, testify, announce KJV:give account, afflict (by mistake for H6031), (cause to, give) answer, bring low (by mistake for H6031), cry, hear, Leannoth, lift up, say, × scholar, (give a) shout, sing (together by course), speak, testify, utter, (bear) witness. See also H1042, H1043.
Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.