Definition

properly, nearness (used only as a preposition or an adverb), near; hence, generally, with, by, at, among, etc.

Etymology

probably from H579 (אָנָה);

Where the KJV renders it

• against
• among
• before
• by
• for
• from
• in(-to)
• (out) of
• with. Often with another prepositional prefix

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

A deep-dive treatment of this word is in the works. The featured chapter above carries the long form of what this word meant to its first audience.