אֲנַחְנָא

anachna · we

Aramaic word · Strong’s number H586 · appears 4 times in the Bible

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What it means

anachna (אֲנַחְנָא) is an Aramaic word of the Bible that means “we”.

(Aramaic).

How to say it

a·nach·na

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

  1. The Aramaic word with which several people speak of themselves.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

Where it appears

  • Ezra 4:16

    We inform the king that if that city is built and the walls are finished, as a result you will have no portion in the other side of the river.”

  • Ezra 5:11

    And thus they returned an answer to us, saying: ‘We are the servants of the Elah of the heavens and the earth, and we are building the house that was built many years before this; and a great king of Israel built it and finished it.

  • Daniel 3:16

    Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego answered and said to King Nebuchadnezzar, “We have no need to answer you about this matter.

  • Daniel 3:17

    If it is so, our Elah whom we serve is able to deliver us from the furnace of fire blazing, and from your hand, O king, he will deliver us.