עָנָה (ʿānâ) is
a Hebrew verb
meaning be occupied. It appears
83 times
in 21 books of the Hebrew Bible
(Strong's H6031).
Also rendered
be bowed down
Same Hebrew root (TWOT 1652)
Range of meaning (TWOT 1652)be bowed down, afflicted; be put down, become low, be depressed, downcast; humble oneself; humble, mishandle, weaken; be humbled; depress; abase self, affliction, answer, chasten self, deal hardly with, defile, exercise, force…
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's
עָנָהverb: be bowed down, afflicted
Qal
1.be put down or become low, of song of triumph
2.be depressed, downcast
3.be afflicted
Niphal
1.humble oneself
2.be afflicted
Piel
1.humble, mishandle, afflict
2.humble, a woman by cohabit.
3.afflict as a discipline
4.humble, weaken
Pual
1.be afflicted, in discipline by God
2.be humbled by fasting
Hiphilafflict, in discipline
Hithpael
1.humble oneself
2.be afflicted
3.humble oneself in fasting
Strong's H6031עָנָה: to depress literally or figuratively, transitive or intransitive (in various applications, as follows) KJV:abase self, afflict(-ion, self), answer (by mistake for H6030), chasten self, deal hardly with, defile, exercise, force, gentleness, humble (self), hurt, ravish, sing (by mistake for H6030), speak (by mistake for H6030), submit self, weaken, × in any wise.
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.