The meaning of “עָנַשׁ”
Understanding ʻânash reveals the original theological depth often simplified in translation.
amerce, condemn, punish, [idiom] surely. - properly, to urge - by implication, to inflict apenalty, specifically, to fin...
עָנַשׁ
amerce, condemn, punish, [idiom] surely. - properly, to urge - by implication, to inflict apenalty, specifically, to fine 1) to fine, amerce, punish, condemn, mulct 1a) (Qal) to fine, punish 1b) (Niphal) to be fined, be punished, be mulcted
Occurrences in the Bible
| Reference | Text | |
|---|---|---|
| Exodus 21:22 | “If men strive, and hurt a woman with child, so that her fruit depart from her, and yet no mischief follow: he shall be surely punished, according as the woman’s husband will lay upon him; and he shall pay as the judges determine.” Word: עָנַשׁ (ʻânash) | |
| Deuteronomy 22:19 | “And they shall amerce him in an hundred shekels of silver, and give them unto the father of the damsel, because he hath brought up an evil name upon a virgin of Israel: and she shall be his wife; he may not put her away all his days.” Word: עָנַשׁ (ʻânash) | |
| 2 Chronicles 36:3 | “And the king of Egypt put him down at Jerusalem, and condemned the land in an hundred talents of silver and a talent of gold.” Word: עָנַשׁ (ʻânash) | |
| Proverbs 22:3 | “A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself: but the simple pass on, and are punished.” Word: עָנַשׁ (ʻânash) | |
| Amos 2:8 | “And they lay themselves down upon clothes laid to pledge by every altar, and they drink the wine of the condemned in the house of their god.” Word: עָנַשׁ (ʻânash) |
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