Strong’s H6037 · Hebrew

עַנְוָה
ʻanvâh
an-vaw'

Definition

mildness (royal); also (concretely) oppressed

Etymology

feminine of H6035 (עָנָו);

Where the KJV renders it

  • gentleness
  • meekness

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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