Hebrew word · H597

אָנַס

'ones

to compel

Appears once in the Hebrew Old Testament.

What it means

(Qal) to compel, to constrain

Aramaic equivalent: a.nas (אֲנַס "to constrain" H0598)

Abridged from Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), via STEPBible.org (CC BY 4.0).

Where it appears

Esther · 1

  1. Esther 1:8 אֹנֵ֑ס [was one who] compelled

    By order of the king, no limit was placed on the drinking, and every official of his household was to serve each man whatever he desired.

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