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עָנִי H6041
H6041 is the Hebrew word עָנִי, transliterated ʻânîy and said aw-nee'. The King James Version most often renders it poor.
What it means
depressed, in mind or circumstances.
Where it comes from
from H6031 (עָנָה); (practically the same as H6035 (עָנָו), although the margin constantly disputes this, making H6035 (עָנָו) subjective and objective).
How the King James Version translates it
Across 71 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.
Strong's own list of renderings: afflicted, humble, lowly, needy, poor.
Verses using עָנִי
The first 40 of 69 verses, quoted in full.
Exodus 22:25 · KJV
If thou lend money to any of my people that is poor by thee, thou shalt not be to him as an usurer, neither shalt thou lay upon him usury.
Leviticus 19:10 · KJV
And thou shalt not glean thy vineyard, neither shalt thou gather every grape of thy vineyard; thou shalt leave them for the poor and stranger: I am the LORD your God.
Leviticus 23:22 · KJV
And when ye reap the harvest of your land, thou shalt not make clean riddance of the corners of thy field when thou reapest, neither shalt thou gather any gleaning of thy harvest: thou shalt leave them unto the poor, and to the stranger: I am the LORD your God.
Deuteronomy 15:11 · KJV
For the poor shall never cease out of the land: therefore I command thee, saying, Thou shalt open thine hand wide unto thy brother, to thy poor, and to thy needy, in thy land.
Deuteronomy 24:12 · KJV
And if the man be poor, thou shalt not sleep with his pledge:
Deuteronomy 24:14 · KJV
Thou shalt not oppress an hired servant that is poor and needy, whether he be of thy brethren, or of thy strangers that are in thy land within thy gates:
Deuteronomy 24:15 · KJV
At his day thou shalt give him his hire, neither shall the sun go down upon it; for he is poor, and setteth his heart upon it: lest he cry against thee unto the LORD, and it be sin unto thee.
2 Samuel 22:28 · KJV
And the afflicted people thou wilt save: but thine eyes are upon the haughty, that thou mayest bring them down.
Job 24:4 · KJV
They turn the needy out of the way: the poor of the earth hide themselves together.
Job 24:14 · KJV
The murderer rising with the light killeth the poor and needy, and in the night is as a thief.
Job 29:12 · KJV
Because I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and him that had none to help him.
Job 36:15 · KJV
He delivereth the poor in his affliction, and openeth their ears in oppression.
Psalm 9:18 · KJV
For the needy shall not alway be forgotten: the expectation of the poor shall not perish for ever.
Psalm 10:2 · KJV
The wicked in his pride doth persecute the poor: let them be taken in the devices that they have imagined.
Psalm 10:9 · KJV
He lieth in wait secretly as a lion in his den: he lieth in wait to catch the poor: he doth catch the poor, when he draweth him into his net.
Psalm 12:5 · KJV
For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy, now will I arise, saith the LORD; I will set him in safety from him that puffeth at him.
Psalm 14:6 · KJV
Ye have shamed the counsel of the poor, because the LORD is his refuge.
Psalm 18:27 · KJV
For thou wilt save the afflicted people; but wilt bring down high looks.
Psalm 22:24 · KJV
For he hath not despised nor abhorred the affliction of the afflicted; neither hath he hid his face from him; but when he cried unto him, he heard.
Psalm 34:6 · KJV
This poor man cried, and the LORD heard him, and saved him out of all his troubles.
Psalm 35:10 · KJV
All my bones shall say, LORD, who is like unto thee, which deliverest the poor from him that is too strong for him, yea, the poor and the needy from him that spoileth him?
Psalm 37:14 · KJV
The wicked have drawn out the sword, and have bent their bow, to cast down the poor and needy, and to slay such as be of upright conversation.
Psalm 40:17 · KJV
But I am poor and needy; yet the Lord thinketh upon me: thou art my help and my deliverer; make no tarrying, O my God.
Psalm 69:29 · KJV
But I am poor and sorrowful: let thy salvation, O God, set me up on high.
Psalm 70:5 · KJV
But I am poor and needy: make haste unto me, O God: thou art my help and my deliverer; O LORD, make no tarrying.
Psalm 72:2 · KJV
He shall judge thy people with righteousness, and thy poor with judgment.
Psalm 72:4 · KJV
He shall judge the poor of the people, he shall save the children of the needy, and shall break in pieces the oppressor.
Psalm 72:12 · KJV
For he shall deliver the needy when he crieth; the poor also, and him that hath no helper.
Psalm 74:19 · KJV
O deliver not the soul of thy turtledove unto the multitude of the wicked: forget not the congregation of thy poor for ever.
Psalm 74:21 · KJV
O let not the oppressed return ashamed: let the poor and needy praise thy name.
Psalm 82:3 · KJV
Defend the poor and fatherless: do justice to the afflicted and needy.
Psalm 86:1 · KJV
Bow down thine ear, O LORD, hear me: for I am poor and needy.
Psalm 88:15 · KJV
I am afflicted and ready to die from my youth up: while I suffer thy terrors I am distracted.
Psalm 102:1 · KJV
Hear my prayer, O LORD, and let my cry come unto thee.
Psalm 109:16 · KJV
Because that he remembered not to shew mercy, but persecuted the poor and needy man, that he might even slay the broken in heart.
Psalm 109:22 · KJV
For I am poor and needy, and my heart is wounded within me.
Psalm 140:12 · KJV
I know that the LORD will maintain the cause of the afflicted, and the right of the poor.
Proverbs 14:21 · KJV
He that despiseth his neighbour sinneth: but he that hath mercy on the poor, happy is he.
Proverbs 15:15 · KJV
All the days of the afflicted are evil: but he that is of a merry heart hath a continual feast.
Proverbs 16:19 · KJV
Better it is to be of an humble spirit with the lowly, than to divide the spoil with the proud.
Common questions
What does Strong's H6041 mean?
H6041 is the Hebrew word עָנִי (ʻânîy), meaning depressed, in mind or circumstances.
How is H6041 translated in the King James Version?
The King James translators rendered it poor (53 times), afflicted (11 times), lowly (2 times), poor man (1 time), yea the poor (1 time), among others.
How many times does H6041 appear in the Bible?
עָנִי (ʻânîy) is tagged in 69 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.
Where does H6041 come from?
Strong's gives its derivation as: from H6031 (עָנָה); (practically the same as H6035 (עָנָו), although the margin constantly disputes this, making H6035 (עָנָו) subjective and objective).
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