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עֳנִי H6040
H6040 is the Hebrew word עֳנִי, transliterated ʻŏnîy and said on-ee'. The King James Version most often renders it affliction.
What it means
depression, i.e. misery.
Where it comes from
from H6031 (עָנָה).
How the King James Version translates it
Across 29 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.
Strong's own list of renderings: afflicted(-ion), trouble.
Verses using עֳנִי
All 29 verses, quoted in full.
Genesis 29:32 · KJV
And Leah conceived, and bare a son, and she called his name Reuben: for she said, Surely the LORD hath looked upon my affliction; now therefore my husband will love me.
Genesis 31:42 · KJV
Except the God of my father, the God of Abraham, and the fear of Isaac, had been with me, surely thou hadst sent me away now empty. God hath seen mine affliction and the labour of my hands, and rebuked thee yesternight.
Exodus 3:7 · KJV
And the LORD said, I have surely seen the affliction of my people which are in Egypt, and have heard their cry by reason of their taskmasters; for I know their sorrows;
Exodus 3:17 · KJV
And I have said, I will bring you up out of the affliction of Egypt unto the land of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, unto a land flowing with milk and honey.
Exodus 4:31 · KJV
And the people believed: and when they heard that the LORD had visited the children of Israel, and that he had looked upon their affliction, then they bowed their heads and worshipped.
Deuteronomy 16:3 · KJV
Thou shalt eat no leavened bread with it; seven days shalt thou eat unleavened bread therewith, even the bread of affliction; for thou camest forth out of the land of Egypt in haste: that thou mayest remember the day when thou camest forth out of the land of Egypt all the days of thy life.
Deuteronomy 26:7 · KJV
And when we cried unto the LORD God of our fathers, the LORD heard our voice, and looked on our affliction, and our labour, and our oppression:
1 Samuel 1:11 · KJV
And she vowed a vow, and said, O LORD of hosts, if thou wilt indeed look on the affliction of thine handmaid, and remember me, and not forget thine handmaid, but wilt give unto thine handmaid a man child, then I will give him unto the LORD all the days of his life, and there shall no razor come upon his head.
2 Samuel 16:12 · KJV
It may be that the LORD will look on mine affliction, and that the LORD will requite me good for his cursing this day.
2 Kings 14:26 · KJV
For the LORD saw the affliction of Israel, that it was very bitter: for there was not any shut up, nor any left, nor any helper for Israel.
1 Chronicles 22:14 · KJV
Now, behold, in my trouble I have prepared for the house of the LORD an hundred thousand talents of gold, and a thousand thousand talents of silver; and of brass and iron without weight; for it is in abundance: timber also and stone have I prepared; and thou mayest add thereto.
Nehemiah 9:9 · KJV
And didst see the affliction of our fathers in Egypt, and heardest their cry by the Red sea;
Job 30:16 · KJV
And now my soul is poured out upon me; the days of affliction have taken hold upon me.
Job 30:27 · KJV
My bowels boiled, and rested not: the days of affliction prevented me.
Job 36:15 · KJV
He delivereth the poor in his affliction, and openeth their ears in oppression.
Psalm 9:13 · KJV
Have mercy upon me, O LORD; consider my trouble which I suffer of them that hate me, thou that liftest me up from the gates of death:
Psalm 25:18 · KJV
Look upon mine affliction and my pain; and forgive all my sins.
Psalm 31:7 · KJV
I will be glad and rejoice in thy mercy: for thou hast considered my trouble; thou hast known my soul in adversities;
Psalm 44:24 · KJV
Wherefore hidest thou thy face, and forgettest our affliction and our oppression?
Psalm 88:9 · KJV
Mine eye mourneth by reason of affliction: LORD, I have called daily upon thee, I have stretched out my hands unto thee.
Psalm 107:10 · KJV
Such as sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, being bound in affliction and iron;
Psalm 107:41 · KJV
Yet setteth he the poor on high from affliction, and maketh him families like a flock.
Psalm 119:50 · KJV
This is my comfort in my affliction: for thy word hath quickened me.
Psalm 119:153 · KJV
Consider mine affliction, and deliver me: for I do not forget thy law.
Lamentations 1:3 · KJV
Judah is gone into captivity because of affliction, and because of great servitude: she dwelleth among the heathen, she findeth no rest: all her persecutors overtook her between the straits.
Lamentations 1:7 · KJV
Jerusalem remembered in the days of her affliction and of her miseries all her pleasant things that she had in the days of old, when her people fell into the hand of the enemy, and none did help her: the adversaries saw her, and did mock at her sabbaths.
Lamentations 1:9 · KJV
Her filthiness is in her skirts; she remembereth not her last end; therefore she came down wonderfully: she had no comforter. O LORD, behold my affliction: for the enemy hath magnified himself.
Lamentations 3:1 · KJV
I AM the man that hath seen affliction by the rod of his wrath.
Lamentations 3:19 · KJV
Remembering mine affliction and my misery, the wormwood and the gall.
Common questions
What does Strong's H6040 mean?
H6040 is the Hebrew word עֳנִי (ʻŏnîy), meaning depression, i.e. misery.
How is H6040 translated in the King James Version?
The King James translators rendered it affliction (18 times), mine affliction (5 times), trouble (2 times), up out of the affliction (1 time), now behold in my trouble (1 time), among others.
How many times does H6040 appear in the Bible?
עֳנִי (ʻŏnîy) is tagged in 29 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.
Where does H6040 come from?
Strong's gives its derivation as: from H6031 (עָנָה).
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