Extended Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (Brown-Driver-Briggs based)
groaning
Usage: crying, groaning, lamentation
Anaqah means “shrieking” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Same number, other testament: Strong's G603 — apokaradokia (“earnest expectation”) in the Greek Bible.
Strong's H603 אֲנָקָה (anaqah) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. anaqah (an-aw-kaw') n-f. 1. shrieking [from H602] It has 4 linked Bible usages across 2 books. Visible English usage signals include sighing, groaning, and crying. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.
anaqah (an-aw-kaw') n-f. 1. shrieking [from H602] KJV: crying out, groaning, sighing. Root(s): H602
How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's H603. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.
groaning
Usage: crying, groaning, lamentation
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render anaqah, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.
Indexed coverage includes Old Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.
Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.
4 indexed usages in Old Testament.
For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy, now will I arise, saith the LORD; I will set him in safety from him that puffeth at him.
Let the sighing of the prisoner come before thee; according to the greatness of thy power preserve thou those that are appointed to die;
To hear the groaning of the prisoner; to loose those that are appointed to death;
First 4 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H603.
For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy, now will I arise, saith the LORD; I will set him in safety from him that puffeth at him.
Let the sighing of the prisoner come before thee; according to the greatness of thy power preserve thou those that are appointed to die;
To hear the groaning of the prisoner; to loose those that are appointed to death;
And this have ye done again, covering the altar of the LORD with tears, with weeping, and with crying out, insomuch that he regardeth not the offering any more, or receiveth it with good will at your hand.
Every indexed verse link for Strong's H603, grouped by book.
Anaqah (Strong's H603) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "shrieking". anaqah (an-aw-kaw') n-f. 1. shrieking [from H602]
This page currently indexes 4 linked usages for Strong's H603 across 2 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H603 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as sighing, groaning, and crying. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.