Strong's Hebrew · H6040

H6040 ʻŏnîy

עֳנִי

on-ee'

affliction

ʻŏnîy appears 36 times in Scripture, including Genesis 16:11 and Exodus 3:7. In the Doxa app, open any verse that uses it, keep your notes on it, and ask Doxa Engage how it connects to what God has said to you.

Definition

depression, i.e. misery

In the King James Version

afflicted(-ion), trouble.

Derivation

from H6031 (עָנָה);

Appears 36 times in Scripture

Genesis 41:52

“And the second son he named Ephraim, saying, “God has made me fruitful in the land of my affliction.””

Exodus 3:17

“And I have promised to bring you up out of your affliction in Egypt, into the land of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites—a land flowing with milk and honey.’”

Genesis 31:42

“If the God of my father, the God of Abraham and the Fear of Isaac, had not been with me, surely by now you would have sent me away empty-handed. But God has seen my affliction and the toil of my hands, and last night He rendered judgment.””

Exodus 4:31

“and they believed. And when they heard that the LORD had attended to the Israelites and had seen their affliction, they bowed down and worshiped.”

Job 10:15

“If I am guilty, woe to me! And even if I am righteous, I cannot lift my head. I am full of shame and aware of my affliction.”

Psalms 88:9

“My eyes grow dim with grief. I call to You daily, O LORD; I spread out my hands to You.”

Job 30:27

“I am churning within and cannot rest; days of affliction confront me.”

Exodus 3:7

“The LORD said, “I have indeed seen the affliction of My people in Egypt. I have heard them crying out because of their oppressors, and I am aware of their sufferings.”

Genesis 29:32

“And Leah conceived and gave birth to a son, and she named him Reuben, for she said, “The LORD has seen my affliction. Surely my husband will love me now.””

Genesis 16:11

“The angel of the LORD proceeded: “Behold, you have conceived and will bear a son. And you shall name him Ishmael, for the LORD has heard your cry of affliction.”

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Word study: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), with glosses and editions from STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org); Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0); Strong's Greek Dictionary in XML by Ulrik Sandborg-Petersen (CC0). Sources and changes Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).

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