Keraia
Lexicon

עוּן

unto dwellHow to read Hebrew
hebrewOld TestamentVerb331 occurrences33 books318 verses

Definition

a primitive root; properly, to eye or (generally) to heed, i.e. pay attention; by implication, to respond; by extension to begin to speak; specifically to sing, shout, testify, announce
Traditional renderings: give account, afflict (by mistake for H6031), (cause to, give) answer, bring low (by mistake for H6031), cry, hear, Leannoth, lift up, say, × scholar, (give a) shout, sing (together by course), speak, testify, utter, (bear) witness. See also H1042, H1043.

In the Greek Old Testament

How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders עוּן:

Usage patterns

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Occurrences

331 total
  1. Genesis 18:27וַיַּ֥עַן · answered
    Then Abraham answered, “Now that I have ventured to speak to the Lord—though I am but dust and ashes—
  2. Genesis 23:5וַיַּעֲנ֧וּ · replied
    The Hittites replied to Abraham,
  3. Genesis 23:10וַיַּעַן֩ · 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,
  4. Genesis 23:14וַיַּ֧עַן · answered
    Ephron answered Abraham,
  5. Genesis 24:50וַיַּ֨עַן · answered
    Laban and Bethuel answered, “This is from the LORD; we have no choice in the matter.
  6. Genesis 27:37וַיַּ֨עַן · 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?”
  7. Genesis 27:39וַיַּ֛עַן · answered him
    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.
  8. Genesis 30:33וְעָֽנְתָה־ · 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.”
  9. Genesis 31:14וַתַּ֤עַן · replied
    And Rachel and Leah replied, “Do we have any portion or inheritance left in our father’s house?
  10. Genesis 31:31וַיַּ֥עַן · answered
    “I was afraid,” Jacob answered, “for I thought you would take your daughters from me by force.
  11. Genesis 31:36וַיַּ֤עַן
    Then Jacob became incensed and challenged Laban. “What is my crime?” he said. “For what sin of mine have you so hotly pursued me?
  12. Genesis 31:43וַיַּ֨עַן · 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?
  13. Genesis 34:13וַיַּעֲנ֨וּ · answered
    But because Shechem had defiled their sister Dinah, Jacob’s sons answered him and his father Hamor deceitfully.
  14. Genesis 35:3הָעֹנֶ֤ה · 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.”
  15. Genesis 40:18וַיַּ֤עַן · replied
    Joseph replied, “This is the interpretation: The three baskets are three days.
  16. Genesis 41:16וַיַּ֨עַן · replied; יַעֲנֶ֖ה · answer
    “I myself cannot do it,” Joseph replied, “but God will give Pharaoh a sound answer.”
  17. Genesis 42:22וַיַּעַן֩ · responded
    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!”
  18. Genesis 45:3לַעֲנ֣וֹת · 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.
  19. Exodus 4:1וַיַּ֤עַן · 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.’”
  20. Exodus 15:21וַתַּ֥עַן · sang back
    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.”
  21. Exodus 19:8וַיַּעֲנ֨וּ · 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.
  22. Exodus 19:19יַעֲנֶ֥נּוּ · answered him
    And as the sound of the ram’s horn grew louder and louder, Moses spoke and God answered him in the thunder.
  23. Exodus 20:16תַעֲנֶ֥ה · bear
    You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.
  24. Exodus 23:2תַעֲנֶ֣ה · When you testify
    You shall not follow the crowd in wrongdoing. When you testify in a lawsuit, do not pervert justice by siding with the crowd.
  25. Exodus 24:3וַיַּ֨עַן · responded
    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.”
  26. Exodus 32:18עֲנ֣וֹת; עֲנ֣וֹת; עַנּ֔וֹת · of singing
    But Moses replied: “It is neither the cry of victory nor the cry of defeat; I hear the sound of singing!”
  27. Numbers 11:28וַיַּ֜עַן · spoke up
    Joshua son of Nun, the attendant to Moses since youth, spoke up and said, “Moses, my lord, stop them!”
  28. Numbers 21:17עֱנוּ־ · all of you sing
    Then Israel sang this song: “Spring up, O well, all of you sing to it!
  29. Numbers 22:18וַיַּ֣עַן · replied
    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.
  30. Numbers 23:12וַיַּ֖עַן · But [Balaam] replied
    But Balaam replied, “Should I not speak exactly what the LORD puts in my mouth?”
  31. Numbers 23:26וַיַּ֣עַן · replied
    But Balaam replied, “Did I not tell you that whatever the LORD says, I must do?”
  32. Numbers 32:31וַיַּֽעֲנ֧וּ · replied
    The Gadites and Reubenites replied, “As the LORD has spoken to your servants, so we will do.
  33. Numbers 35:30יַעֲנֶ֥ה · based on the testimony
    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.
  34. Deuteronomy 1:14וַֽתַּעֲנ֖וּ · And you answered
    And you answered me and said, “What you propose to do is good.”
  35. Deuteronomy 1:41וַֽתַּעֲנ֣וּ׀ · you replied
    “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.
  36. Deuteronomy 5:20תַעֲנֶ֥ה · bear
    You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.
  37. Deuteronomy 19:16לַעֲנ֥וֹת · testifies
    If a false witness testifies against someone, accusing him of a crime,
  38. Deuteronomy 19:18עָנָ֥ה · accused
    The judges shall investigate thoroughly, and if the witness is proven to be a liar who has falsely accused his brother,
  39. Deuteronomy 20:11תַּֽעַנְךָ֔ · they accept
    If they accept your offer of peace and open their gates, all the people there will become forced laborers to serve you.
  40. Deuteronomy 21:7וְעָנ֖וּ · and they shall declare
    …and they shall declare, “Our hands did not shed this blood, nor did our eyes see it.
  41. Deuteronomy 25:9וְעָֽנְתָה֙
    …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.”
  42. Deuteronomy 26:5וְעָנִ֨יתָ · and you are to declare
    …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.
  43. Deuteronomy 27:14וְעָנ֣וּ · Then
    Then the Levites shall proclaim in a loud voice to every Israelite:
  44. Deuteronomy 27:15וְעָנ֧וּ · say
    ‘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!’
  45. Deuteronomy 31:21וְ֠עָנְתָה · 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.”
  46. Joshua 1:16וַֽיַּעֲנ֔וּ · So they answered
    So they answered Joshua, “Everything you have commanded us we will do, and everywhere you send us we will go.
  47. Joshua 7:20וַיַּ֧עַן · replied
    “It is true,” Achan replied, “I have sinned against the LORD, the God of Israel. This is what I did: