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# עֲנָוָה

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H6038

**humility** — used 7 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

## Meaning

### OpenScriptures lexical index

humility [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6038/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

עֲנָוָה: n.f. humility [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6038/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. humility;—ע׳ Pr 15:33 + 3 times; עַנְוָה־ (contr. because of Maqqeph, see BrMP) ψ 45:5; עַנְוָֽתְךָ ψ 18:36 (= עֲנֹתְךָ 2 S 22:36 v. I. ענה; read עֶזְרָֽתְךְ Ol We);— humility, meekness ψ 45:5 (dub.), Pr 15:33; 18:12; 22:4 Zp 2:3 (prob. gloss, v. We Now). condescension ψ 18:36 (dub., v. supr.).

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 7 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (9 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (11 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: humility (5); answering (1); of humility (1).

## In the verses

[Proverbs 15:33](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.15.33/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.15.33/#tree)

יִרְאַ֣ת יְ֭הוָה מוּסַ֣ר חָכְמָ֑ה וְלִפְנֵ֖י כָב֣וֹד עֲנָוָֽה׃

*Word for word:* the.fear of.Yahweh \[is.the\].correction of.wisdom and \[is\] before honor humility

*JPS 1917:* The fear of the LORD is the instruction of wisdom; and before honour goeth humility.

[Proverbs 22:4](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.22.4/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.22.4/#tree)

עֵ֣קֶב עֲ֭נָוָה יִרְאַ֣ת יְהוָ֑ה עֹ֖שֶׁר וְכָב֣וֹד וְחַיִּֽים׃

*Word for word:* \[the\].consequence of.humility the.fear of.Yahweh \[is\].wealth and honor and life

*JPS 1917:* The reward of humility is the fear of the LORD, even riches, and honour, and life.

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/6038.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6038/): every English meaning parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.

Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).