עַנְוָה
ʿanwâ
humility
Strong's H6037NounHebrewTWOT 1652b

עַנְוָה (ʿanwâ) is a Hebrew noun meaning humility. It appears 2 times in 1 book of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H6037).

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Same Hebrew root (TWOT 1652b)

Range of meaning (TWOT 1652b)humility; condescension, mildness, oppressed; gentleness, meekness
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

עֲנָוָה noun, feminine: humility

Strong's H6038 עֲנָוָה: condescension, human and subjective (modesty), or divine and objective (clemency)
KJV:gentleness, humility, meekness.

Strong's H6037 עַנְוָה: mildness (royal); also (concretely) oppressed
KJV:gentleness, meekness.

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.

Root family 1652: עָנָה ʿānâ — 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…

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