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אֲנַחְנוּ H587
H587 is the Hebrew word אֲנַחְנוּ, transliterated ʼănachnûw and said an-akh'-noo. The King James Version most often renders it we.
What it means
we.
Where it comes from
apparently from H595 (אָנֹכִי).
How the King James Version translates it
Across 6 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.
Strong's own list of renderings: ourselves, us, we.
Verses using אֲנַחְנוּ
All 6 verses, quoted in full.
Genesis 19:13 · KJV
For we will destroy this place, because the cry of them is waxen great before the face of the LORD; and the LORD hath sent us to destroy it.
Numbers 32:17 · KJV
But we ourselves will go ready armed before the children of Israel, until we have brought them unto their place: and our little ones shall dwell in the fenced cities because of the inhabitants of the land.
Deuteronomy 5:3 · KJV
The LORD made not this covenant with our fathers, but with us, even us, who are all of us here alive this day.
2 Chronicles 20:12 · KJV
O our God, wilt thou not judge them? for we have no might against this great company that cometh against us; neither know we what to do: but our eyes are upon thee.
Nehemiah 4:23 · KJV
So neither I, nor my brethren, nor my servants, nor the men of the guard which followed me, none of us put off our clothes, saving that every one put them off for washing.
Jeremiah 26:19 · KJV
Did Hezekiah king of Judah and all Judah put him at all to death? did he not fear the LORD, and besought the LORD, and the LORD repented him of the evil which he had pronounced against them? Thus might we procure great evil against our souls.
Common questions
What does Strong's H587 mean?
H587 is the Hebrew word אֲנַחְנוּ (ʼănachnûw), meaning we.
How is H587 translated in the King James Version?
The King James translators rendered it we (2 times), ourselves (1 time), us (1 time), none of us (1 time), against them thus (1 time).
How many times does H587 appear in the Bible?
אֲנַחְנוּ (ʼănachnûw) is tagged in 6 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.
Where does H587 come from?
Strong's gives its derivation as: apparently from H595 (אָנֹכִי).
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