עָנִי (ʿānî) is
a Hebrew adjective
meaning poor. It appears
79 times
in 15 books of the Hebrew Bible
(Strong's H6041).
Also rendered
afflicted
Same Hebrew root (TWOT 1652d)
Range of meaning (TWOT 1652d)poor, afflicted, humble; depressed; lowly, needy
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's
עָנִיadjective: poor, afflicted, humble
Strong's H6041עָנִי: depressed, in mind or circumstances KJV:afflicted, humble, lowly, needy, poor.
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: עָנָהʿānâ — 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…