Strong’s H603 · Hebrew

אֲנָקָה
ʼănâqâh
an-aw-kaw'

Definition

shrieking

Etymology

from H602 (אָנַק);

Where the KJV renders it

  • crying out
  • groaning
  • sighing

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.

What the first audience heard

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