עָנָה

Genesis 18:27 וַיַּ֥עַן and he answered

Then Abraham answered, “Now that I have ventured to speak to the Lord—though I am but dust and ashes—

Genesis 23:5 וַיַּעֲנ֧וּ and they answered

The Hittites replied to Abraham,

Genesis 23:10 וַיַּעַן֩ and he answered

Now Ephron was sitting among the sons of Heth. So in the presence of all the Hittites who had come to the gate of his city, Ephron the Hittite answered Abraham,

Genesis 23:14 וַיַּ֧עַן and he answered

Ephron answered Abraham,

Genesis 24:50 וַיַּ֨עַן and he answered

Laban and Bethuel answered, “This is from the LORD; we have no choice in the matter.

Genesis 27:37 וַיַּ֨עַן and he answered

But Isaac answered Esau: “Look, I have made him your master and given him all his relatives as servants; I have sustained him with grain and new wine. What is left that I can do for you, my son?”

Genesis 27:39 וַיַּ֛עַן and he answered

His father Isaac answered him: “Behold, your dwelling place shall be away from the richness of the land, away from the dew of heaven above.

Genesis 30:33 וְעָֽנְתָה־ and it will testify

So my honesty will testify for me when you come to check on my wages in the future. If I have any goats that are not speckled or spotted, or any lambs that are not dark-colored, they will be considered stolen.”

Genesis 31:14 וַתַּ֤עַן and she answered

And Rachel and Leah replied, “Do we have any portion or inheritance left in our father’s house?

Genesis 31:31 וַיַּ֥עַן and he answered

“I was afraid,” Jacob answered, “for I thought you would take your daughters from me by force.

Genesis 31:36 וַיַּ֤עַן and he answered

Then Jacob became incensed and challenged Laban. “What is my crime?” he said. “For what sin of mine have you so hotly pursued me?

Genesis 31:43 וַיַּ֨עַן and he answered

But Laban answered Jacob, “These daughters are my daughters, these sons are my sons, and these flocks are my flocks! Everything you see is mine! Yet what can I do today about these daughters of mine or the children they have borne?

Genesis 34:13 וַיַּעֲנ֨וּ and they answered

But because Shechem had defiled their sister Dinah, Jacob’s sons answered him and his father Hamor deceitfully.

Genesis 35:3 הָעֹנֶ֤ה who answered

Then let us arise and go to Bethel. I will build an altar there to God, who answered me in my day of distress. He has been with me wherever I have gone.”

Genesis 40:18 וַיַּ֤עַן and he answered

Joseph replied, “This is the interpretation: The three baskets are three days.

Genesis 41:16 וַיַּ֨עַן יַעֲנֶ֖ה and he answered, he will answer

“I myself cannot do it,” Joseph replied, “but God will give Pharaoh a sound answer.”

Genesis 42:22 וַיַּעַן֩ and he answered

And Reuben responded, “Didn’t I tell you not to sin against the boy? But you would not listen. Now we must account for his blood!”

Genesis 45:3 לַעֲנ֣וֹת to answer

Joseph said to his brothers, “I am Joseph! Is my father still alive?” But they were unable to answer him, because they were terrified in his presence.

Exodus 4:1 וַיַּ֤עַן and he answered

Then Moses answered, “What if they do not believe me or listen to my voice? For they may say, ‘The LORD has not appeared to you.’”

Exodus 15:21 וַתַּ֥עַן and she sang

And Miriam sang back to them: “Sing to the LORD, for He is highly exalted; the horse and rider He has thrown into the sea.”

Exodus 19:8 וַיַּעֲנ֨וּ and they answered

And all the people answered together, “We will do everything that the LORD has spoken.” So Moses brought their words back to the LORD.

Exodus 19:19 יַעֲנֶ֥נּוּ he answered him

And as the sound of the ram’s horn grew louder and louder, Moses spoke and God answered him in the thunder.

Exodus 20:16 תַעֲנֶ֥ה you must testify

You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.

Exodus 23:2 תַעֲנֶ֣ה you must testify

You shall not follow the crowd in wrongdoing. When you testify in a lawsuit, do not pervert justice by siding with the crowd.

Exodus 24:3 וַיַּ֨עַן and it answered

When Moses came and told the people all the words and ordinances of the LORD, they all responded with one voice: “All the words that the LORD has spoken, we will do.”

Exodus 32:18 עֲנ֣וֹת עֲנ֣וֹת עַנּ֔וֹת singing of, singing

But Moses replied: “It is neither the cry of victory nor the cry of defeat; I hear the sound of singing!”

Numbers 11:28 וַיַּ֜עַן and he answered

Joshua son of Nun, the attendant to Moses since youth, spoke up and said, “Moses, my lord, stop them!”

Numbers 21:17 עֱנוּ־ sing

Then Israel sang this song: “Spring up, O well, all of you sing to it!

Numbers 22:18 וַיַּ֣עַן and he answered

But Balaam replied to the servants of Balak, “If Balak were to give me his house full of silver and gold, I could not do anything small or great to go beyond the command of the LORD my God.

Numbers 23:12 וַיַּ֖עַן and he answered

But Balaam replied, “Should I not speak exactly what the LORD puts in my mouth?”

Numbers 23:26 וַיַּ֣עַן and he answered

But Balaam replied, “Did I not tell you that whatever the LORD says, I must do?”

Numbers 32:31 וַיַּֽעֲנ֧וּ and they answered

The Gadites and Reubenites replied, “As the LORD has spoken to your servants, so we will do.

Numbers 35:30 יַעֲנֶ֥ה he will testify

If anyone kills a person, the murderer is to be put to death on the testimony of the witnesses. But no one is to be put to death based on the testimony of a lone witness.

Deuteronomy 1:14 וַֽתַּעֲנ֖וּ and you answered

And you answered me and said, “What you propose to do is good.”

Deuteronomy 1:41 וַֽתַּעֲנ֣וּ׀ and you answered

“We have sinned against the LORD,” you replied. “We will go up and fight, as the LORD our God has commanded us.” Then each of you put on his weapons of war, thinking it easy to go up into the hill country.

Deuteronomy 5:20 תַעֲנֶ֥ה you must testify

You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.

Deuteronomy 19:16 לַעֲנ֥וֹת to testify

If a false witness testifies against someone, accusing him of a crime,

Deuteronomy 19:18 עָנָ֥ה he has testified

The judges shall investigate thoroughly, and if the witness is proven to be a liar who has falsely accused his brother,

Deuteronomy 20:11 תַּֽעַנְךָ֔ it will answer you

If they accept your offer of peace and open their gates, all the people there will become forced laborers to serve you.

Deuteronomy 21:7 וְעָנ֖וּ and they will answer

and they shall declare, “Our hands did not shed this blood, nor did our eyes see it.

Deuteronomy 25:9 וְעָֽנְתָה֙ and she will answer

his brother’s widow shall go up to him in the presence of the elders, remove his sandal, spit in his face, and declare, “This is what is done to the man who will not maintain his brother’s line.”

Deuteronomy 26:5 וְעָנִ֨יתָ and you will answer

and you are to declare before the LORD your God, “My father was a wandering Aramean, and he went down to Egypt few in number and lived there and became a great nation, mighty and numerous.

Deuteronomy 27:14 וְעָנ֣וּ and they will answer

Then the Levites shall proclaim in a loud voice to every Israelite:

Deuteronomy 27:15 וְעָנ֧וּ and they will answer

‘Cursed is the man who makes a carved idol or molten image—an abomination to the LORD, the work of the hands of a craftsman—and sets it up in secret.’ And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’

Deuteronomy 31:21 וְ֠עָנְתָה and it will testify

And when many troubles and afflictions have come upon them, this song will testify against them, because it will not be forgotten from the lips of their descendants. For I know their inclination, even before I bring them into the land that I swore to give them.”

Joshua 1:16 וַֽיַּעֲנ֔וּ and they answered

So they answered Joshua, “Everything you have commanded us we will do, and everywhere you send us we will go.

Joshua 7:20 וַיַּ֧עַן and he answered

“It is true,” Achan replied, “I have sinned against the LORD, the God of Israel. This is what I did:

Joshua 9:24 וַיַּעֲנ֨וּ and they answered

The Gibeonites answered, “Your servants were told clearly that the LORD your God had commanded His servant Moses to give you all the land and wipe out all its inhabitants before you. So we greatly feared for our lives because of you, and that is why we have done this.

Joshua 22:21 וַֽיַּעֲנוּ֙ and they answered

Then the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh answered the leaders of the clans of Israel:

Joshua 24:16 וַיַּ֤עַן and it answered

The people replied, “Far be it from us to forsake the LORD to serve other gods!

Judges 5:29 תַּעֲנֶ֑ינָּה they answered

Her wisest ladies answer; indeed she keeps telling herself,

Judges 7:14 וַיַּ֨עַן and he answered

His friend replied: “This is nothing less than the sword of Gideon son of Joash, the Israelite. God has delivered Midian and the whole camp into his hand.”

Judges 8:8 וַיַּעֲנ֤וּ עָנ֖וּ and they answered, they had answered

From there he went up to Penuel and asked the same from them, but the men of Penuel gave the same response as the men of Succoth.

Judges 18:14 וַֽיַּעֲנ֞וּ and they answered

Then the five men who had gone to spy out the land of Laish said to their brothers, “Did you know that one of these houses has an ephod, household gods, a graven image, and a molten idol? Now think about what you should do.”

Judges 19:28 עֹנֶ֑ה [was one who] answered

“Get up,” he told her. “Let us go.” But there was no response. So the man put her on his donkey and set out for home.

Judges 20:4 וַיַּ֜עַן and he answered

So the Levite, the husband of the murdered woman, answered: “I and my concubine came to Gibeah in Benjamin to spend the night.

Ruth 1:21 עָ֣נָה he has testified

I went away full, but the LORD has brought me back empty. Why call me Naomi? After all, the LORD has testified against me, and the Almighty has afflicted me.”

Ruth 2:6 וַיַּ֗עַן and he answered

The foreman answered, “She is the Moabitess who returned with Naomi from the land of Moab.

Ruth 2:11 וַיַּ֤עַן and he answered

Boaz replied, “I have been made fully aware of all you have done for your mother-in-law since the death of your husband, how you left your father and mother and the land of your birth, and how you came to a people you did not know before.

1 Samuel 1:15 וַתַּ֨עַן and she answered

“No, my lord,” Hannah replied. “I am a woman troubled in spirit. I have not had any wine or strong drink, but I have poured out my soul before the LORD.

1 Samuel 1:17 וַיַּ֧עַן and he answered

“Go in peace,” Eli replied, “and may the God of Israel grant the petition you have asked of Him.”

1 Samuel 4:17 וַיַּ֨עַן and he answered

The messenger answered, “Israel has fled before the Philistines, and there has been a great slaughter among the people. Your two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, are both dead, and the ark of God has been captured.”

1 Samuel 4:20 עָנְתָ֖ה she answered

As she was dying, the women attending to her said, “Do not be afraid, for you have given birth to a son!” But she did not respond or pay any heed.

1 Samuel 7:9 וַֽיַּעֲנֵ֖הוּ and he answered him

Then Samuel took a suckling lamb and offered it as a whole burnt offering to the LORD. He cried out to the LORD on behalf of Israel, and the LORD answered him.

1 Samuel 8:18 יַעֲנֶ֧ה he will answer

When that day comes, you will beg for relief from the king you have chosen, but the LORD will not answer you on that day.”

1 Samuel 9:8 לַעֲנ֣וֹת to answer

The servant answered him again. “Look,” he said, “I have here in my hand a quarter shekel of silver. I will give it to the man of God, and he will tell us our way.”

1 Samuel 9:12 וַתַּעֲנֶ֧ינָה and they answered

“Yes, he is ahead of you,” they answered. “Hurry now, for today he has come to the city because the people have a sacrifice on the high place.

1 Samuel 9:17 עָנָ֔הוּ he answered him

When Samuel saw Saul, the LORD told him, “Here is the man of whom I spoke; he shall rule over My people.”

1 Samuel 9:19 וַיַּ֨עַן and he answered

“I am the seer,” Samuel replied. “Go up before me to the high place, for you shall eat with me today. And when I send you off in the morning, I will tell you all that is in your heart.

1 Samuel 9:21 וַיַּ֨עַן and he answered

Saul replied, “Am I not a Benjamite from the smallest tribe of Israel, and is not my clan the least of all the clans of Benjamin? So why would you say such a thing to me?”

1 Samuel 10:12 וַיַּ֨עַן and he answered

Then a man who lived there replied, “And who is their father?” So the saying became a proverb: “Is Saul also among the prophets?”

1 Samuel 12:3 עֲנ֣וּ testify

Here I am. Bear witness against me before the LORD and before His anointed: Whose ox or donkey have I taken? Whom have I cheated or oppressed? From whose hand have I accepted a bribe and closed my eyes? Tell me, and I will restore it to you.”

1 Samuel 14:12 וַיַּעֲנוּ֩ and they answered

So the men of the outpost called out to Jonathan and his armor-bearer, “Come on up, and we will teach you a lesson!” “Follow me,” Jonathan told his armor-bearer, “for the LORD has delivered them into the hand of Israel.”

1 Samuel 14:28 וַיַּעַן֩ and he answered

Then one of the soldiers told him, “Your father bound the troops with a solemn oath, saying, ‘Cursed is the man who eats food today.’ That is why the people are faint.”

1 Samuel 14:37 עָנָ֖הוּ he answered him

So Saul inquired of God, “Shall I go down after the Philistines? Will You give them into the hand of Israel?” But God did not answer him that day.

1 Samuel 14:39 עֹנֵ֖הוּ [was] answering him

As surely as the LORD who saves Israel lives, even if it is my son Jonathan, he must die!” But not one of the troops said a word.

1 Samuel 16:18 וַיַּעַן֩ and he answered

One of the servants answered, “I have seen a son of Jesse of Bethlehem who knows how to play the harp. He is a mighty man of valor, a warrior, eloquent and handsome, and the LORD is with him.”

1 Samuel 18:7 וַֽתַּעֲנֶ֛ינָה and they sang

And as the women danced, they sang out: “Saul has slain his thousands, and David his tens of thousands.”

1 Samuel 20:10 יַּעַנְךָ֥ will he answer you

Then David asked Jonathan, “Who will tell me if your father answers you harshly?”

1 Samuel 20:28 וַיַּ֥עַן and he answered

Jonathan answered, “David urgently requested my permission to go to Bethlehem,

1 Samuel 20:32 וַיַּ֙עַן֙ and he answered

“Why must he be put to death?” Jonathan replied. “What has he done?”

1 Samuel 21:4 וַיַּ֨עַן and he answered

“There is no common bread on hand,” the priest replied, “but there is some consecrated bread—provided that the young men have kept themselves from women.”

1 Samuel 21:5 וַיַּעַן֩ and he answered

David answered, “Women have indeed been kept from us, as is usual when I set out. And the bodies of the young men are holy even on common missions. How much more so today!”

1 Samuel 21:11 יַעֲנ֤וּ do people sing

But the servants of Achish said to him, “Is this not David, the king of the land? Did they not sing about him in their dances, saying: ‘Saul has slain his thousands, and David his tens of thousands’?”

1 Samuel 22:9 וַיַּ֜עַן and he answered

But Doeg the Edomite, who had stationed himself with Saul’s servants, answered: “I saw the son of Jesse come to Ahimelech son of Ahitub at Nob.

1 Samuel 22:14 וַיַּ֧עַן and he answered

Ahimelech answered the king, “Who among all your servants is as faithful as David, the king’s son-in-law, the captain of your bodyguard and honored in your house?

1 Samuel 23:4 וַֽיַּעֲנֵ֖הוּ and he answered him

Once again, David inquired of the LORD, and the LORD answered him: “Go at once to Keilah, for I will deliver the Philistines into your hand.”

1 Samuel 25:10 וַיַּ֨עַן and he answered

But Nabal asked them, “Who is David? Who is this son of Jesse? Many servants these days are breaking away from their masters.

1 Samuel 26:6 וַיַּ֨עַן and he answered

And David asked Ahimelech the Hittite and Abishai son of Zeruiah, Joab’s brother, “Who will go down with me to Saul in the camp?” “I will go with you,” answered Abishai.

1 Samuel 26:14 תַעֲנֶ֖ה וַיַּ֤עַן will you answer, and he answered

And David shouted to the troops and to Abner son of Ner, “Will you not answer me, Abner?” “Who are you who calls to the king?” Abner replied.

1 Samuel 26:22 וַיַּ֤עַן and he answered

“Here is the king’s spear,” David answered. “Let one of the young men come over and get it.

1 Samuel 28:6 עָנָ֖הוּ he answered him

He inquired of the LORD, but the LORD did not answer him by dreams or Urim or prophets.

1 Samuel 28:15 עָנָ֣נִי he has answered me

Then Samuel said to Saul, “Why have you disturbed me by bringing me up?” “I am deeply distressed,” replied Saul. “The Philistines are fighting against me, and God has turned away from me. He no longer answers me, either by prophets or by dreams. So I have called on you to tell me what to do.”

1 Samuel 29:5 יַעֲנוּ־ people sing

Is this not the David about whom they sing in their dances: ‘Saul has slain his thousands, and David his tens of thousands’?”

1 Samuel 29:9 וַיַּ֣עַן and he answered

Achish replied, “I know that you are as pleasing in my sight as an angel of God. But the commanders of the Philistines have said, ‘He must not go into battle with us.’

1 Samuel 30:22 וַיַּ֜עַן and he answered

but all the wicked and worthless men among those who had gone with David said, “Because they did not go with us, we will not share with them the plunder we recovered, except for each man’s wife and children. They may take them and go.”

2 Samuel 1:16 עָנָ֤ה it has testified

For David had said to the Amalekite, “Your blood be on your own head because your own mouth has testified against you, saying, ‘I killed the LORD’s anointed.’”

2 Samuel 4:9 וַיַּ֨עַן and he answered

But David answered Rechab and his brother Baanah, the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, “As surely as the LORD lives, who has redeemed my life from all distress,

2 Samuel 13:32 וַיַּ֡עַן and he answered

But Jonadab, the son of David’s brother Shimeah, spoke up: “My lord must not think they have killed all the sons of the king, for only Amnon is dead. In fact, Absalom has planned this since the day Amnon violated his sister Tamar.

2 Samuel 14:18 וַיַּ֣עַן and he answered

Then the king said to the woman, “I am going to ask you something; do not conceal it from me!” “Let my lord the king speak,” she replied.

2 Samuel 14:19 וַתַּ֣עַן and she answered

So the king asked, “Is the hand of Joab behind all this?” The woman answered, “As surely as you live, my lord the king, no one can turn to the right or to the left from anything that my lord the king says. Yes, your servant Joab is the one who gave me orders; he told your maidservant exactly what to say.

2 Samuel 15:21 וַיַּ֧עַן and he answered

But Ittai answered the king, “As surely as the LORD lives, and as my lord the king lives, wherever my lord the king may be, whether it means life or death, there will your servant be!”

2 Samuel 19:21 וַיַּ֨עַן and he answered

But Abishai son of Zeruiah said, “Shouldn’t Shimei be put to death for this, because he cursed the LORD’s anointed?”

2 Samuel 19:42 וַיַּעַן֩ and he answered

And all the men of Judah replied to the men of Israel, “We did this because the king is our relative. Why does this anger you? Have we ever eaten at the king’s expense or received anything for ourselves?”

2 Samuel 19:43 וַיַּ֣עַן and he answered

“We have ten shares in the king,” answered the men of Israel, “so we have more claim to David than you. Why then do you despise us? Were we not the first to speak of restoring our king?” But the men of Judah spoke more fiercely than the men of Israel.

2 Samuel 20:20 וַיַּ֥עַן and he answered

“Far be it!” Joab declared. “Far be it from me to swallow up or destroy!

2 Samuel 22:42 עָנָֽם׃ he answered them

They looked, but there was no one to save them—to the LORD, but He did not answer.

1 Kings 1:28 וַיַּ֨עַן and he answered

Then King David said, “Call in Bathsheba for me.” So she came into the king’s presence and stood before him.

1 Kings 1:36 וַיַּ֨עַן and he answered

“Amen,” replied Benaiah son of Jehoiada. “May the LORD, the God of my lord the king, so declare it.

1 Kings 1:43 וַיַּ֙עַן֙ and he answered

“Not at all,” Jonathan replied. “Our lord King David has made Solomon king.

1 Kings 2:22 וַיַּעַן֩ and he answered

King Solomon answered his mother, “Why do you request Abishag the Shunammite for Adonijah? Since he is my older brother, you might as well request the kingdom for him and for Abiathar the priest and for Joab son of Zeruiah!”

1 Kings 2:30 עָנָֽנִי׃ he answered me

And Benaiah entered the tent of the LORD and said to Joab, “The king says, ‘Come out!’” But Joab replied, “No, I will die here.” So Benaiah relayed the message to the king, saying, “This is how Joab answered me.”

1 Kings 3:27 וַיַּ֨עַן and he answered

Then the king gave his ruling: “Give the living baby to the first woman. By no means should you kill him; she is his mother.”

1 Kings 12:7 וַעֲנִיתָ֕ם and you will answer them

They replied, “If you will be a servant to these people and serve them this day, and if you will respond by speaking kind words to them, they will be your servants forever.”

1 Kings 12:13 וַיַּ֧עַן and he answered

And the king answered the people harshly. He rejected the advice of the elders

1 Kings 13:6 וַיַּ֨עַן and he answered

Then the king responded to the man of God, “Intercede with the LORD your God and pray for me that my hand may be restored.” So the man of God interceded with the LORD, and the king’s hand was restored to him as it was before.

1 Kings 18:21 עָנ֥וּ they answered

Then Elijah approached all the people and said, “How long will you waver between two opinions? If the LORD is God, follow Him. But if Baal is God, follow him.” But the people did not answer a word.

1 Kings 18:24 יַעֲנֶ֥ה וַיַּ֧עַן he will answer, and it answered

Then you may call on the name of your god, and I will call on the name of the LORD. The God who answers by fire, He is God.” And all the people answered, “What you say is good.”

1 Kings 18:26 עֲנֵ֔נוּ עֹנֶ֑ה answer us, [was one who] answered

And they took the bull that was given them, prepared it, and called on the name of Baal from morning until noon, shouting, “O Baal, answer us!” But there was no sound, and no one answered as they leaped around the altar they had made.

1 Kings 18:29 עֹנֶ֖ה [was one who] answered

Midday passed, and they kept on raving until the time of the evening sacrifice. But there was no response; no one answered, no one paid attention.

1 Kings 18:37 עֲנֵ֤נִי עֲנֵ֔נִי answer me

Answer me, O LORD! Answer me, so that this people will know that You, the LORD, are God, and that You have turned their hearts back again.”

1 Kings 20:4 וַיַּ֤עַן and he answered

And the king of Israel replied, “Just as you say, my lord the king: I am yours, along with all that I have.”

1 Kings 20:11 וַיַּ֤עַן and he answered

And the king of Israel replied, “Tell him: ‘The one putting on his armor should not boast like one taking it off.’”

2 Kings 1:10 וַיַּעֲנֶ֣ה and he answered

Elijah answered the captain, “If I am a man of God, may fire come down from heaven and consume you and your fifty men.” And fire came down from heaven and consumed the captain and his fifty men.

2 Kings 1:11 וַיַּ֙עַן֙ and he answered

So the king sent to Elijah another captain with his fifty men. And the captain said to Elijah, “Man of God, the king declares, ‘Come down at once!’”

2 Kings 1:12 וַיַּ֣עַן and he answered

Again Elijah replied, “If I am a man of God, may fire come down from heaven and consume you and your fifty men.” And the fire of God came down from heaven and consumed the captain and his fifty men.

2 Kings 3:11 וַ֠יַּעַן and he answered

But Jehoshaphat asked, “Is there no prophet of the LORD here? Let us inquire of the LORD through him.” And one of the servants of the king of Israel answered, “Elisha son of Shaphat is here. He used to pour water on the hands of Elijah.”

2 Kings 4:29 תַעֲנֶנּ֑וּ you must answer him

So Elisha said to Gehazi, “Tie up your garment, take my staff in your hand, and go! If you meet anyone, do not greet him, and if anyone greets you, do not answer him. Then lay my staff on the boy’s face.”

2 Kings 7:2 וַיַּ֣עַן and he answered

But the officer on whose arm the king leaned answered the man of God, “Look, even if the LORD were to make windows in heaven, could this really happen?” “You will see it with your own eyes,” replied Elisha, “but you will not eat any of it.”

2 Kings 7:13 וַיַּעַן֩ and he answered

But one of his servants replied, “Please, have scouts take five of the horses that remain in the city. Their plight will be no worse than all the Israelites who are left here. You can see that all the Israelites here are doomed. So let us send them and find out.”

2 Kings 7:19 וַיַּ֨עַן and he had answered

And the officer had answered the man of God, “Look, even if the LORD were to make windows in heaven, could this really happen?” So Elisha had replied, “You will see it with your own eyes, but you will not eat any of it!”

2 Kings 18:36 עָנ֥וּ תַעֲנֻֽהוּ׃ they answered, you must answer him

But the people remained silent and did not answer a word, for Hezekiah had commanded, “Do not answer him.”

1 Chronicles 12:17 וַיַּ֙עַן֙ and he answered

And David went out to meet them, saying, “If you have come to me in peace to help me, my heart will be united with you; but if you have come to betray me to my enemies when my hands are free of violence, may the God of our fathers see it and judge you.”

1 Chronicles 21:26 וַיַּֽעֲנֵ֤הוּ and he answered him

And there he built an altar to the LORD and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings. He called upon the LORD, who answered him with fire from heaven on the altar of burnt offering.

1 Chronicles 21:28 עָנָ֣הוּ he had answered him

At that time, when David saw that the LORD had answered him at the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite, he offered sacrifices there.

2 Chronicles 10:13 וַיַּעֲנֵ֥ם and he answered them

And the king answered them harshly. King Rehoboam rejected the advice of the elders

2 Chronicles 29:31 וַיַּ֨עַן and he answered

Then Hezekiah said, “Now that you have consecrated yourselves to the LORD, come near and bring sacrifices and thank offerings to the house of the LORD.” So the assembly brought sacrifices and thank offerings, and all whose hearts were willing brought burnt offerings.

2 Chronicles 34:15 וַיַּ֣עַן and he answered

And Hilkiah said to Shaphan the scribe, “I have found the Book of the Law in the house of the LORD!” And he gave it to Shaphan.

Ezra 3:11 וַֽ֠יַּעֲנוּ and they sang

And they sang responsively with praise and thanksgiving to the LORD: “For He is good; for His loving devotion to Israel endures forever.” Then all the people gave a great shout of praise to the LORD, because the foundation of the house of the LORD had been laid.

Ezra 10:2 וַיַּעַן֩ and he answered

Then Shecaniah son of Jehiel, an Elamite, said to Ezra: “We have been unfaithful to our God by marrying foreign women from the people of the land, yet in spite of this, there is hope for Israel.

Ezra 10:12 וַיַּֽעְנ֧וּ and they answered

And the whole assembly responded in a loud voice: “Truly we must do as you say!

Nehemiah 8:6 וַיַּֽעֲנ֨וּ and they answered

Then Ezra blessed the LORD, the great God, and with their hands uplifted, all the people said, “Amen, Amen!” Then they bowed down and worshiped the LORD with their faces to the ground.

Esther 5:7 וַתַּ֥עַן and she answered

Esther replied, “This is my petition and my request:

Esther 7:3 וַתַּ֨עַן and she answered

Queen Esther replied, “If I have found favor in your sight, O king, and if it pleases the king, grant me my life as my petition, and the lives of my people as my request.

Job 1:7 וַיַּ֨עַן and he answered

“Where have you come from?” said the LORD to Satan. “From roaming through the earth,” he replied, “and walking back and forth in it.”

Job 1:9 וַיַּ֧עַן and he answered

Satan answered the LORD, “Does Job fear God for nothing?

Job 2:2 וַיַּ֨עַן and he answered

“Where have you come from?” said the LORD to Satan. “From roaming through the earth,” he replied, “and walking back and forth in it.”

Job 2:4 וַיַּ֧עַן and he answered

“Skin for skin!” Satan replied. “A man will give up all he owns in exchange for his life.

Job 3:2 וַיַּ֥עַן and he answered

And this is what he said:

Job 4:1 וַ֭יַּעַן and he answered

Then Eliphaz the Temanite replied:

Job 5:1 עוֹנֶ֑ךָּ [one who] answers you

“Call out if you please, but who will answer? To which of the holy ones will you turn?

Job 6:1 וַיַּ֥עַן and he answered

Then Job replied:

Job 8:1 וַ֭יַּעַן and he answered

Then Bildad the Shuhite replied:

Job 9:1 וַיַּ֥עַן and he answered

Then Job answered:

Job 9:3 יַ֝עֲנֶ֗נּוּ he will answer him

If one wished to contend with God, he could not answer Him one time out of a thousand.

Job 9:14 אֶֽעֱנֶ֑נּוּ I will answer him

How then can I answer Him or choose my arguments against Him?

Job 9:15 אֶעֱנֶ֑ה I will answer

For even if I were right, I could not answer. I could only beg my Judge for mercy.

Job 9:16 וַֽיַּעֲנֵ֑נִי and he answered me

If I summoned Him and He answered me, I do not believe He would listen to my voice.

Job 9:32 אֶֽעֱנֶ֑נּוּ I will answer him

For He is not a man like me, that I can answer Him, that we can take each other to court.

Job 11:1 וַ֭יַּעַן and he answered

Then Zophar the Naamathite replied:

Job 11:2 יֵעָנֶ֑ה will it be answered

“Should this stream of words go unanswered and such a speaker be vindicated?

Job 12:1 וַיַּ֥עַן and he answered

Then Job answered:

Job 12:4 וַֽיַּעֲנֵ֑הוּ and he answered him

I am a laughingstock to my friends, though I called on God, and He answered. The righteous and upright man is a laughingstock.

Job 13:22 אֶֽעֱנֶ֑ה I will answer

Then call me, and I will answer, or let me speak, and You can reply.

Job 14:15 אֶֽעֱנֶ֑ךָּ I will answer you

You will call, and I will answer; You will desire the work of Your hands.

Job 15:1 וַ֭יַּעַן and he answered

Then Eliphaz the Temanite replied:

Job 15:2 יַעֲנֶ֥ה does he answer

“Does a wise man answer with empty counsel or fill his belly with the hot east wind?

Job 15:6 יַעֲנוּ־ they testify

Your own mouth, not mine, condemns you; your own lips testify against you.

Job 16:1 וַיַּ֥עַן and he answered

Then Job answered:

Job 16:3 תַעֲנֶֽה׃ you will answer

Is there no end to your long-winded speeches? What provokes you to continue testifying?

Job 16:8 יַעֲנֶֽה׃ it testifies

You have bound me, and it has become a witness; my frailty rises up and testifies against me.

Job 18:1 וַ֭יַּעַן and he answered

Then Bildad the Shuhite replied:

Job 19:1 וַיַּ֥עַן and he answered

Then Job answered:

Job 19:7 אֵעָנֶ֑ה I am answered

Though I cry out, ‘Violence!’ I get no response; though I call for help, there is no justice.

Job 19:16 יַעֲנֶ֑ה he answers

I call for my servant, but he does not answer, though I implore him with my own mouth.

Job 20:1 וַ֭יַּעַן and he answered

Then Zophar the Naamathite replied:

Job 20:3 יַעֲנֵֽנִי׃ it answers me

I have heard a rebuke that insults me, and my understanding prompts a reply.

Job 21:1 וַיַּ֥עַן and he answered

Then Job answered:

Job 22:1 וַ֭יַּעַן and he answered

Then Eliphaz the Temanite replied:

Job 23:1 וַיַּ֥עַן and he answered

Then Job answered:

Job 23:5 יַעֲנֵ֑נִי [which] he will answer me

I would learn how He would answer, and consider what He would say.

Job 25:1 וַ֭יַּעַן and he answered

Then Bildad the Shuhite replied:

Job 26:1 וַיַּ֥עַן and he answered

Then Job answered:

Job 30:20 תַעֲנֵ֑נִי you answer me

I cry out to You for help, but You do not answer; when I stand up, You merely look at me.

Job 31:35 יַעֲנֵ֑נִי let him answer me

(Oh, that I had one to hear me! Here is my signature. Let the Almighty answer me; let my accuser compose an indictment.

Job 32:1 מֵעֲנ֣וֹת from answering

So these three men stopped answering Job, because he was righteous in his own eyes.

Job 32:6 וַיַּ֤עַן׀ and he answered

So Elihu son of Barachel the Buzite declared: “I am young in years, while you are old; that is why I was timid and afraid to tell you what I know.

Job 32:12 עוֹנֶ֖ה [was one who] answered

I paid you full attention. But no one proved Job wrong; not one of you rebutted his arguments.

Job 32:15 עָ֣נוּ they have answered

Job’s friends are dismayed, with no more to say; words have escaped them.

Job 32:16 עָ֥נוּ they have answered

Must I wait, now that they are silent, now that they stand and no longer reply?

Job 32:17 אַעֲנֶ֣ה I will answer

I too will answer; yes, I will declare what I know.

Job 32:20 וְאֶֽעֱנֶֽה׃ so I may answer

I must speak and find relief; I must open my lips and respond.

Job 33:12 אֶעֱנֶ֑ךָּ I will answer you

Behold, you are not right in this matter. I will answer you, for God is greater than man.

Job 33:13 יַעֲנֶֽה׃ he answers

Why do you complain to Him that He answers nothing a man asks?

Job 34:1 וַיַּ֥עַן and he answered

Then Elihu continued:

Job 35:1 וַיַּ֥עַן and he answered

And Elihu went on to say:

Job 35:12 יַעֲנֶ֑ה he answers

There they cry out, but He does not answer, because of the pride of evil men.

Job 38:1 וַיַּֽעַן־ and he answered

Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind and said:

Job 40:1 וַיַּ֖עַן and he answered

And the LORD said to Job:

Job 40:2 יַעֲנֶֽנָּה׃ פ let him answer him

“Will the faultfinder contend with the Almighty? Let him who argues with God give an answer.”

Job 40:3 וַיַּ֖עַן and he answered

Then Job answered the LORD:

Job 40:5 אֶֽעֱנֶ֑ה I will answer

I have spoken once, but I have no answer—twice, but I have nothing to add.”

Job 40:6 וַיַּֽעַן־ and he answered

Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind and said:

Job 42:1 וַיַּ֖עַן and he answered

Then Job replied to the LORD:

Psalm 3:4 וַיַּֽעֲנֵ֨נִי and he answered me

To the LORD I cry aloud, and He answers me from His holy mountain. Selah

Psalm 4:1 עֲנֵ֤נִי׀ answer me

For the choirmaster. With stringed instruments. A Psalm of David. Answer me when I call, O God of my righteousness! You have relieved my distress; show me grace and hear my prayer.

Psalm 13:3 עֲ֭נֵנִי answer me

Consider me and respond, O LORD my God. Give light to my eyes, lest I sleep in death,

Psalm 17:6 תַעֲנֵ֣נִי you will answer me

I call on You, O God, for You will answer me. Incline Your ear to me; hear my words.

Psalm 18:41 עָנָֽם׃ he answered them

They cried for help, but there was no one to save them—to the LORD, but He did not answer.

Psalm 20:1 יַֽעַנְךָ֣ may he answer you

For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. May the LORD answer you in the day of trouble; may the name of the God of Jacob protect you.

Psalm 20:6 יַ֭עֲנֵהוּ he answers him

Now I know that the LORD saves His anointed; He answers him from His holy heaven with the saving power of His right hand.

Psalm 20:9 יַעֲנֵ֥נוּ may he answer us

O LORD, save the king. Answer us on the day we call.

Psalm 22:2 תַעֲנֶ֑ה you answer

I cry out by day, O my God, but You do not answer, and by night, but I have no rest.

Psalm 22:21 עֲנִיתָֽנִי׃ you have answered me

Save me from the mouth of the lion; at the horns of the wild oxen You have answered me!

Psalm 27:7 וַעֲנֵֽנִי׃ and answer me

Hear, O LORD, my voice when I call; be merciful and answer me.

Psalm 34:4 וְעָנָ֑נִי and he answered me

I sought the LORD, and He answered me; He delivered me from all my fears.

Psalm 38:15 תַ֝עֲנֶ֗ה you will answer

I wait for You, O LORD; You will answer, O Lord my God.

Psalm 55:2 וַעֲנֵ֑נִי and answer me

Attend to me and answer me. I am restless in my complaint, and distraught

Psalm 60:5 וַעֲנֵֽנִי׃ and answer me

Respond and save us with Your right hand, that Your beloved may be delivered.

Psalm 65:5 תַּ֭עֲנֵנוּ you answer us

With awesome deeds of righteousness You answer us, O God of our salvation, the hope of all the ends of the earth and of the farthest seas.

Psalm 69:13 עֲ֝נֵ֗נִי answer me

But my prayer to You, O LORD, is for a time of favor. In Your abundant loving devotion, O God, answer me with Your sure salvation.

Psalm 69:16 עֲנֵ֣נִי answer me

Answer me, O LORD, for Your loving devotion is good; turn to me in keeping with Your great compassion.

Psalm 69:17 עֲנֵֽנִי׃ answer me

Hide not Your face from Your servant, for I am in distress. Answer me quickly!

Psalm 81:7 אֶ֭עֶנְךָ I answered you

You called out in distress, and I rescued you; I answered you from the cloud of thunder; I tested you at the waters of Meribah. Selah

Psalm 86:1 עֲנֵ֑נִי answer me

A prayer of David. Incline Your ear, O LORD, and answer me, for I am poor and needy.

Psalm 86:7 תַעֲנֵֽנִי׃ you will answer me

In the day of my distress I call on You, because You answer me.

Psalm 91:15 וְֽאֶעֱנֵ֗הוּ and I will answer him

When he calls out to Me, I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble. I will deliver him and honor him.

Psalm 99:6 יַעֲנֵֽם׃ he answered them

Moses and Aaron were among His priests; Samuel was among those who called on His name. They called to the LORD and He answered.

Psalm 99:8 עֲנִ֫יתָ֥ם you answered them

O LORD our God, You answered them. You were a forgiving God to them, yet an avenger of their misdeeds.

Psalm 102:2 עֲנֵֽנִי׃ answer me

Do not hide Your face from me in my day of distress. Incline Your ear to me; answer me quickly when I call.

Psalm 108:6 וַעֲנֵֽנִי׃ and answer me

Respond and save us with Your right hand, that Your beloved may be delivered.

Psalm 118:5 עָנָ֖נִי he answered me

In my distress I called to the LORD, and He answered and set me free.

Psalm 118:21 עֲנִיתָ֑נִי you answered me

I will give You thanks, for You have answered me, and You have become my salvation.

Psalm 119:26 וַֽתַּעֲנֵ֗נִי and you answered me

I recounted my ways, and You answered me; teach me Your statutes.

Psalm 119:42 וְאֶֽעֱנֶ֣ה so I may answer

Then I can answer him who taunts, for I trust in Your word.

Psalm 119:145 עֲנֵ֥נִי answer me

I call with all my heart; answer me, O LORD! I will obey Your statutes.

Psalm 119:172 תַּ֣עַן may it sing

My tongue sings of Your word, for all Your commandments are righteous.

Psalm 120:1 וַֽיַּעֲנֵֽנִי׃ and he answered me

A song of ascents. In my distress I cried to the LORD, and He answered me.

Psalm 138:3 וַֽתַּעֲנֵ֑נִי and you answered me

On the day I called, You answered me; You emboldened me and strengthened my soul.

Psalm 143:1 עֲ֝נֵ֗נִי answer me

A Psalm of David. O LORD, hear my prayer. In Your faithfulness, give ear to my plea; in Your righteousness, answer me.

Psalm 143:7 עֲנֵ֨נִי׀ answer me

Answer me quickly, O LORD; my spirit fails. Do not hide Your face from me, or I will be like those who descend to the Pit.

Psalm 147:7 עֱנ֣וּ sing

Sing to the LORD with thanksgiving; make music on the harp to our God,

Proverbs 1:28 אֶֽעֱנֶ֑ה I will answer

Then they will call on me, but I will not answer; they will earnestly seek me, but will not find me.

Proverbs 15:28 לַעֲנ֑וֹת to answer

The heart of the righteous ponders how to answer, but the mouth of the wicked blurts out evil.

Proverbs 18:23 יַעֲנֶ֥ה he answers

The poor man pleads for mercy, but the rich man answers harshly.

Proverbs 21:13 יֵעָנֶֽה׃ he will be answered

Whoever shuts his ears to the cry of the poor, he too shall cry out and receive no answer.

Proverbs 25:18 עֹנֶ֥ה [who] testifies

Like a club or sword or sharp arrow is a man who bears false witness against his neighbor.

Proverbs 26:4 תַּ֣עַן you answer

Do not answer a fool according to his folly, or you yourself will be like him.

Proverbs 26:5 עֲנֵ֣ה answer

Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he become wise in his own eyes.

Proverbs 29:19 מַעֲנֶֽה׃ [will be one who] answers

A servant cannot be corrected by words alone; though he understands, he will not respond.

Ecclesiastes 10:19 יַעֲנֶ֥ה it answers

A feast is prepared for laughter, and wine makes life merry, but money is the answer for everything.

Song of Songs 2:10 עָנָ֥ה he answered

My beloved calls to me, “Arise, my darling. Come away with me, my beautiful one.

Song of Songs 5:6 עָנָֽנִי׃ he answered me

I opened for my beloved, but he had turned and gone. My heart sank at his departure. I sought him but did not find him. I called, but he did not answer.

Isaiah 3:9 עָ֣נְתָה it has testified

The expression on their faces testifies against them, and like Sodom they flaunt their sin; they do not conceal it. Woe to them, for they have brought disaster upon themselves.

Isaiah 13:22 וְעָנָ֤ה and it will sing

Hyenas will howl in her fortresses and jackals in her luxurious palaces. Babylon’s time is at hand, and her days will not be prolonged.

Isaiah 14:10 יַֽעֲנ֔וּ they will answer

They will all respond to you, saying, “You too have become weak, as we are; you have become like us!”

Isaiah 14:32 יַּעֲנֶ֖ה will anyone answer

What answer will be given to the envoys of that nation? “The LORD has founded Zion, where His afflicted people will find refuge.”

Isaiah 21:9 וַיַּ֣עַן and he answered

Look, here come the riders, horsemen in pairs.” And one answered, saying: “Fallen, fallen is Babylon! All the images of her gods lie shattered on the ground!”

Isaiah 27:2 עַנּוּ־ sing

In that day: “Sing about a fruitful vineyard.

Isaiah 30:19 עָנָֽךְ׃ he will answer you

O people in Zion who dwell in Jerusalem, you will weep no more. He will surely be gracious when you cry for help; when He hears, He will answer you.

Isaiah 36:21 עָנ֥וּ תַעֲנֻֽהוּ׃ they answered, you must answer him

But the people remained silent and did not answer a word, for Hezekiah had commanded, “Do not answer him.”

Isaiah 41:17 אֶעֱנֵ֔ם I will answer them

The poor and needy seek water, but there is none; their tongues are parched with thirst. I, the LORD, will answer them; I, the God of Israel, will not forsake them.

Isaiah 46:7 יַעֲנֶ֔ה it answers

They lift it to their shoulder and carry it along; they set it in its place, and there it stands, not budging from that spot. They cry out to it, but it does not answer; it saves no one from his troubles.

Isaiah 49:8 עֲנִיתִ֔יךָ I will answer you

This is what the LORD says: “In the time of favor I will answer You, and in the day of salvation I will help You; I will keep You and appoint You to be a covenant for the people, to restore the land, to apportion its desolate inheritances,

Isaiah 50:2 עוֹנֶה֒ [was one who] answered

Why was no one there when I arrived? Why did no one answer when I called? Is My hand too short to redeem you? Or do I lack the strength to deliver you? Behold, My rebuke dries up the sea; I turn the rivers into a desert; the fish rot for lack of water and die of thirst.

Isaiah 58:9 יַעֲנֶ֔ה he will answer

Then you will call, and the LORD will answer; you will cry out, and He will say, ‘Here I am.’ If you remove the yoke from your midst, the pointing of the finger and malicious talk,

Isaiah 59:12 עָ֣נְתָה it has testified

For our transgressions are multiplied before You, and our sins testify against us. Our transgressions are indeed with us, and we know our iniquities:

Isaiah 65:12 עֲנִיתֶ֔ם you answered

I will destine you for the sword, and you will all kneel down to be slaughtered, because I called and you did not answer, I spoke and you did not listen; you did evil in My sight and chose that in which I did not delight.”

Isaiah 65:24 אֶעֱנֶ֑ה I will answer

Even before they call, I will answer, and while they are still speaking, I will hear.

Isaiah 66:4 עוֹנֶ֔ה [was one who] answered

So I will choose their punishment and I will bring terror upon them, because I called and no one answered, I spoke and no one listened. But they did evil in My sight and chose that in which I did not delight.”

Jeremiah 7:13 עֲנִיתֶֽם׃ you answered

And now, because you have done all these things, declares the LORD, and because I have spoken to you again and again but you would not listen, and I have called to you but you would not answer,

Jeremiah 7:27 יַעֲנֽוּכָה׃ they will answer you

When you tell them all these things, they will not listen to you. When you call to them, they will not answer.

Jeremiah 11:5 וָאַ֥עַן and I answered

This was in order to establish the oath I swore to your forefathers, to give them a land flowing with milk and honey, as it is to this day.” “Amen, LORD,” I answered.

Jeremiah 14:7 עָ֣נוּ they have testified

Although our iniquities testify against us, O LORD, act for the sake of Your name. Indeed, our rebellions are many; we have sinned against You.

Jeremiah 23:35 עָנָ֣ה did he answer

This is what each man is to say to his friend and to his brother: ‘What has the LORD answered?’ or ‘What has the LORD spoken?’

Jeremiah 23:37 עָנָ֣ךְ did he answer you

Thus you are to say to the prophet: ‘What has the LORD answered you?’ and ‘What has the LORD spoken?’

Jeremiah 25:30 יַֽעֲנֶ֔ה he will sing

So you are to prophesy all these words against them and say to them: ‘The LORD will roar from on high; He will raise His voice from His holy habitation. He will roar loudly over His pasture; like those who tread the grapes, He will call out with a shout against all the inhabitants of the earth.

Jeremiah 33:3 וְאֶעֱנֶ֑ךָּ and I will answer you

Call to Me, and I will answer and show you great and unsearchable things you do not know.

Jeremiah 35:17 עָנֽוּ׃ they answered

Therefore this is what the LORD God of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: ‘Behold, I will bring to Judah and to all the residents of Jerusalem all the disaster I have pronounced against them, because I have spoken to them but they have not obeyed, and I have called to them but they have not answered.’”

Jeremiah 42:4 יַעֲנֶ֨ה he will answer

“I have heard you,” replied Jeremiah the prophet. “I will surely pray to the LORD your God as you request, and I will tell you everything that the LORD answers. I will not withhold a word from you.”

Jeremiah 44:15 וַיַּעֲנ֣וּ and they answered

Then all the men who knew that their wives were burning incense to other gods, and all the women standing by—a great assembly—along with all the people living in the land of Egypt and in Pathros, said to Jeremiah,

Jeremiah 44:20 הָעֹנִ֥ים who had answered

Then Jeremiah said to all the people, both men and women, who were answering him,

Jeremiah 51:14 וְעָנ֥וּ and they will sing

The LORD of Hosts has sworn by Himself: “Surely I will fill you up with men as with locusts, and they will shout in triumph over you.”

Ezekiel 14:4 נַעֲנֵ֧יתִי I will let myself give an answer

Therefore speak to them and tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘When any Israelite sets up idols in his heart and puts a wicked stumbling block before his face, and then comes to the prophet, I the LORD will answer him according to his great idolatry,

Ezekiel 14:7 נַֽעֲנֶה־ [will] let myself give an answer

For when any Israelite or any foreigner dwelling in Israel separates himself from Me, sets up idols in his heart, and puts a wicked stumbling block before his face, and then comes to the prophet to inquire of Me, I the LORD will answer him Myself.

Hosea 2:15 וְעָ֤נְתָה and she will answer

There I will give back her vineyards and make the Valley of Achor into a gateway of hope. There she will respond as she did in the days of her youth, as in the day she came up out of Egypt.

Hosea 2:21 אֶֽעֱנֶה֙ אֶעֱנֶ֖ה יַעֲנ֥וּ I will answer, they will answer

“On that day I will respond—” declares the LORD—“I will respond to the heavens, and they will respond to the earth.

Hosea 2:22 תַּעֲנֶ֔ה יַעֲנ֥וּ it will answer, they will answer

And the earth will respond to the grain, to the new wine and oil, and they will respond to Jezreel.

Hosea 5:5 וְעָנָ֥ה and it testifies

Israel’s arrogance testifies against them; Israel and Ephraim stumble in their iniquity; even Judah stumbles with them.

Hosea 7:10 וְעָנָ֥ה and it testifies

Israel’s arrogance testifies against them, yet they do not return to the LORD their God; despite all this, they do not seek Him.

Hosea 14:8 עָנִ֣יתִי I will answer

O Ephraim, what have I to do anymore with idols? It is I who answer and watch over him. I am like a flourishing cypress; your fruit comes from Me.

Joel 2:19 וַיַּ֨עַן and he answered

And the LORD answered His people: “Behold, I will send you grain, new wine, and oil, and by them you will be satisfied. I will never again make you a reproach among the nations.

Amos 7:14 וַיַּ֤עַן and he answered

“I was not a prophet,” Amos replied, “nor was I the son of a prophet; rather, I was a herdsman and a tender of sycamore-fig trees.

Jonah 2:2 וַֽיַּעֲנֵ֑נִי and he answered me

saying: “In my distress I called to the LORD, and He answered me. From the belly of Sheol I called for help, and You heard my voice.

Micah 3:4 יַעֲנֶ֖ה he will answer

Then they will cry out to the LORD, but He will not answer them. At that time He will hide His face from them because of the evil they have done.

Micah 6:3 עֲנֵ֥ה testify

‘My people, what have I done to you? Testify against Me how I have wearied you!

Micah 6:5 עָנָ֥ה did he answer

My people, remember what Balak king of Moab counseled and what Balaam son of Beor answered. Remember your journey from Shittim to Gilgal, so that you may acknowledge the righteousness of the LORD.’”

Habakkuk 2:2 וַיַּעֲנֵ֤נִי and he answered me

Then the LORD answered me: “Write down this vision and clearly inscribe it on tablets, so that a herald may run with it.

Habakkuk 2:11 יַעֲנֶֽנָּה׃ פ it will answer it

For the stones will cry out from the wall, and the rafters will echo it from the woodwork.

Haggai 2:12 וַיַּעֲנ֧וּ and they answered

If a man carries consecrated meat in the fold of his garment, and it touches bread, stew, wine, oil, or any other food, does that item become holy?’” “No,” replied the priests.

Haggai 2:13 וַיַּעֲנ֧וּ and they answered

So Haggai asked, “If one who is defiled by contact with a corpse touches any of these, does it become defiled?” “Yes, it becomes defiled,” the priests answered.

Haggai 2:14 וַיַּ֨עַן and he answered

Then Haggai replied, “So it is with this people and this nation before Me, declares the LORD, and so it is with every work of their hands; whatever they offer there is defiled.

Zechariah 1:10 וַיַּ֗עַן and he answered

Then the man standing among the myrtle trees explained, “They are the ones the LORD has sent to patrol the earth.”

Zechariah 1:11 וַֽיַּעֲנ֞וּ and they answered

And the riders answered the angel of the LORD who was standing among the myrtle trees, “We have patrolled the earth, and behold, all the earth is at rest and tranquil.”

Zechariah 1:12 וַיַּ֣עַן and he answered

Then the angel of the LORD said, “How long, O LORD of Hosts, will You withhold mercy from Jerusalem and the cities of Judah, with which You have been angry these seventy years?”

Zechariah 1:13 וַיַּ֣עַן and he answered

So the LORD spoke kind and comforting words to the angel who was speaking with me.

Zechariah 3:4 וַיַּ֣עַן and he answered

So the angel said to those standing before him, “Take off his filthy clothes!” Then he said to Joshua, “See, I have removed your iniquity, and I will clothe you with splendid robes.”

Zechariah 4:4 וָאַ֙עַן֙ and I answered

“What are these, my lord?” I asked the angel who was speaking with me.

Zechariah 4:5 וַ֠יַּעַן and he answered

“Do you not know what they are?” replied the angel. “No, my lord,” I answered.

Zechariah 4:6 וַיַּ֜עַן and he answered

So he said to me, “This is the word of the LORD to Zerubbabel: Not by might nor by power, but by My Spirit, says the LORD of Hosts.

Zechariah 4:11 וָאַ֖עַן and I answered

Then I asked the angel, “What are the two olive trees on the right and left of the lampstand?”

Zechariah 4:12 וָאַ֣עַן and I answered

And I questioned him further, “What are the two olive branches beside the two gold pipes from which the golden oil pours?”

Zechariah 6:4 וָאַ֙עַן֙ and I answered

So I inquired of the angel who was speaking with me, “What are these, my lord?”

Zechariah 6:5 וַיַּ֥עַן and he answered

And the angel told me, “These are the four spirits of heaven, going forth from their station before the Lord of all the earth.

Zechariah 10:6 וְאֶעֱנֵֽם׃ and I will answer them

I will strengthen the house of Judah and save the house of Joseph. I will restore them because I have compassion on them, and they will be as though I had not rejected them. For I am the LORD their God, and I will answer them.

Zechariah 13:9 אֶעֱנֶ֣ה I will answer

This third I will bring through the fire; I will refine them like silver and test them like gold. They will call on My name, and I will answer them. I will say, ‘They are My people,’ and they will say, ‘The LORD is our God.’”

Malachi 2:12 וְעֹנֶ֔ה and [one who] answers

As for the man who does this, may the LORD cut off from the tents of Jacob everyone who is awake and aware—even if he brings an offering to the LORD of Hosts.