עֲנָתוֹת
anatot · Anathoth
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H6068 · appears 15 times in the Bible
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anatot (עֲנָתוֹת) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “Anathoth”.
A city of priests in Benjamin; the prophet Jeremiah came from there (Jeremiah 1:1). Also the name of two Israelites.
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a·na·tot
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.
The place
Anathoth
Today: Anata and Ras al-Kharrubeh, West Bank
A town in Benjamin, about 3 miles (5 km) northeast of Jerusalem.
It was a city of priests (Josh 21:18). Jeremiah came from there (Jer 1:1).
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Where it appears
- Joshua 21:18
Anathoth with its pasturelands, and Almon with its pasturelands —four cities.
- 1 Kings 2:26
And to Abiathar the priest the king said, “Go to Anathoth, to your fields, for you deserve death; but on this day I will not put you to death, because you carried the ark of Adonai YHWH before David my father, and because you were afflicted in all that my father was afflicted.”
- 1 Chronicles 6:60
And from the tribe of Benjamin: Geba with its pasturelands, Alemeth with its pasturelands, and Anathoth with its pasturelands. All their cities: thirteen cities, by their families.
- 1 Chronicles 7:8
And the sons of Becher: Zemirah, Joash, Eliezer, Elioenai, Omri, Jeremoth, Abijah, Anathoth, and Alemeth. All these were the sons of Becher.
- Ezra 2:23
the men of Anathoth, one hundred twenty-eight;
- Nehemiah 7:27
the men of Anathoth, one hundred twenty-eight;
- Nehemiah 10:19
Hariph, Anathoth, Nebai,
- Nehemiah 11:32
Anathoth, Nob, Ananiah,
- Isaiah 10:30
Cry aloud with your voice, daughter of Gallim! Listen, Laishah! Afflicted Anathoth!
- Jeremiah 1:1
The words of Jeremiah son of Hilkiah, one of the priests who were in Anathoth in the land of Benjamin,
- Jeremiah 11:21
Therefore thus says YHWH concerning the men of Anathoth, who seek your life, saying: “Do not prophesy in the name of YHWH, and you will not die by our hand.”
- Jeremiah 11:23
and there will be no remnant left for them, for I will bring evil on the men of Anathoth, the year of their punishment.”
- Jeremiah 32:7
‘Look, Hanamel son of Shallum your uncle is coming to you, saying, “Buy for yourself my field that is in Anathoth, for the right of redemption to buy it is yours.”’
- Jeremiah 32:8
And Hanamel my uncle's son came to me according to the word of YHWH to the court of the guard, and said to me, ‘Buy, please, my field that is in Anathoth, which is in the land of Benjamin, for the right of possession is yours, and the redemption is yours; buy it for yourself.’ Then I knew that it was the word of YHWH.
- Jeremiah 32:9
And I bought the field from Hanamel my uncle's son that was in Anathoth, and I weighed out to him the silver, seventeen shekels of silver.