Definition

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

Etymology

probably from H579 (אָנָה);

Word family

• אָנָה ʼânâh

How 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.