anach · groan

What it means

anach (אָנַח) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “groan”.

Sigh with pain.

How to say it

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. To moan from pain or grief.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• groan ×5
• sigh ×4
• groaned ×1
• groans ×1
• sighing ×1

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Exodus×1
• Proverbs×1
• Isaiah×1
• Lamentations×4
• Ezekiel×4
• Joel×1

• Exodus 2:23

  During those many days the king of Egypt died. The sons of Israel groaned because of the bondage and cried out, and their cry for help went up to Elohim because of the bondage.

• Proverbs 29:2

  When the righteous increase, the people rejoice, but when a wicked man rules, the people groan.

• Isaiah 24:7

  The new wine mourns, the vine languishes; all the glad of heart sigh.

• Lamentations 1:4

  The roads of Zion mourn, because no one comes to the appointed feast; all her gates are desolate; her priests groan; her virgins are grieved, and as for her, it is bitter for her.

• Lamentations 1:8

  Sin Jerusalem has sinned; therefore she has become an unclean thing; all who honored her despise her, for they have seen her nakedness; she too groans and turns back.

• Lamentations 1:11

  All her people groan, seeking bread; they have given their precious things for food to bring back life. “See, YHWH, and look, for I have become worthless.”

• Lamentations 1:21

  They have heard that I groan; there is no one to comfort me; all my enemies have heard of my trouble; they rejoice that you have done it; you have brought the day you proclaimed, and they will be like me.

• Ezekiel 9:4

  And YHWH said to him, “Pass through the midst of the city, through the midst of Jerusalem, and put a mark on the foreheads of the men who sigh and groan over all the abominations that are done in its midst.”

• Ezekiel 21:6

  And you, son of man, sigh, with breaking of loins, and with bitterness sigh before their eyes.

• Ezekiel 21:7

  And it will be, when they say to you, ‘Why are you sighing?’ you will say, ‘Because of the news, for it is coming; and every heart will melt, and all hands will go limp, and every spirit will grow faint, and all knees will run with water. Look, it is coming, and it will happen, declares Adonai YHWH.’”

• Joel 1:18

  How the livestock groan! The herds of cattle wander confused, for there is no pasture for them; even the flocks of sheep suffer punishment.

And 1 more times.