an: where? whither? Original Word: אָן
Part of Speech: Adverb
Transliteration: an
Phonetic Spelling: (awn)
Short Definition: where
Word Origin
from ayin
Definition
where? whither?
NASB Word Usage
any place (1), anywhere (1), how (14), nowhere* (1), where (22), wherever (1).
אָן adverb (contracted from I. אַיִן) where? or whither? 1 Samuel 10:14 (compare 1 Samuel 27:10 ᵑ6 ᵑ7, see below אַל near the end); only besides in מֵאָן whence? 2 Kings 5:25 Kt (Qr מֵאַיִן); עַדאָֿן of time to what point ? how long? Job 8:2. With ה locale: אָ֫נָה (a) whither ? Genesis 16:8; Genesis 32:18; 2 Samuel 2:1; 2 Samuel 13:13; 2 Kings 6:6; Isaiah 10:3; Psalm 139:7 (twice in verse) + 9 t.; in indirect sentence Joshua 2:5; Nehemiah 2:16; (b) = where ? Ruth 2:19 (c) in the phrase אָ֫נֶה וָאָ֫נָה any whither 1 Kings 2:36,42; 2 Kings 5:25; (d) of time, עַדאָֿ֫נָה how long? Exodus 16:28; Numbers 14:11 (twice in verse) (with לֹא) Joshua 18:3; Jeremiah 47:6 (followed by לֹא) Habakkuk 1:2; Psalm 13:2 (twice in verse); Psalm 13:3 (twice in verse); Psalm 62:4; Job 18:2; Job 19:2 (less common than the synonym עַדּ מָתַי). אָן adverb see below אַי.
any no whither, now, where, whithersoever Or manah {aw-naw'}; contracted from 'aiyn; where?; hence, whither?, when?; also hither and thither -- + any (no) whither, now, where, whither(-soever). see HEBREW 'aiyn
bə·’am·tə·ḥō·ṯê·ḵem — 1 Occ.
bə·’am·tə·ḥō·ṯê·nū — 2 Occ.
ḇə·’am·taḥ·tî — 1 Occ.
’ă·mit·tay — 2 Occ.
wə·’ê·mə·ṯā·nî — 1 Occ.
’ān — 2 Occ.
’ā·nāh — 26 Occ.
’ā·neh — 3 Occ.
mê·’a·yin — 1 Occ.
wā·’ā·nāh — 3 Occ.
’ă·nāh — 14 Occ.
wa·’ă·nāh — 2 Occ.
’ān·nā — 7 Occ.
’ān·nāh — 6 Occ.
wə·’ā·nū — 2 Occ.
’ā·nāh — 2 Occ.
’in·nāh — 1 Occ.
miṯ·’an·neh — 1 Occ.
ṯə·’un·neh — 1 Occ.
yə·’un·neh — 1 Occ.
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Strong's Hebrew 575
40 Occurrences
’ān — 2 Occ.
’ā·nāh — 26 Occ.
’ā·neh — 3 Occ.
mê·’a·yin — 1 Occ.
wā·’ā·nāh — 3 Occ.
wə·’ā·nāh — 5 Occ.
Genesis 16:8
BIB: מִזֶּ֥ה בָ֖את וְאָ֣נָה תֵלֵ֑כִי וַתֹּ֕אמֶר
NAS: have you come from and where are you going?
INT: have you come and where He saidGenesis 32:17
BIB: לְמִי־ אַ֙תָּה֙ וְאָ֣נָה תֵלֵ֔ךְ וּלְמִ֖י
NAS: To whom do you belong, and where are you going,
INT: to whom you and where going whom Genesis 37:30
BIB: אֵינֶ֔נּוּ וַאֲנִ֖י אָ֥נָה אֲנִי־ בָֽא׃
NAS: The boy is not [there]; as for me, where am I to go?
KJV: The child [is] not; and I, whither shall I go?
INT: else me where shall I go Exodus 16:28
BIB: מֹשֶׁ֑ה עַד־ אָ֙נָה֙ מֵֽאַנְתֶּ֔ם לִשְׁמֹ֥ר
NAS: said to Moses, How long do you refuse
INT: Moses long How refuse to keep Deuteronomy 1:28
BIB: אָנָ֣ה ׀ אֲנַ֣חְנוּ עֹלִ֗ים
NAS: Where can we go up? Our brethren
INT: Where we go Joshua 2:5
BIB: לֹ֣א יָדַ֔עְתִּי אָ֥נָה הָלְכ֖וּ הָֽאֲנָשִׁ֑ים
NAS: out; I do not know where the men
INT: not know where went the men Joshua 18:3
BIB: יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל עַד־ אָ֙נָה֙ אַתֶּ֣ם מִתְרַפִּ֔ים
NAS: of Israel, How long
INT: of Israel long How will you put Judges 19:17
BIB: הָאִ֧ישׁ הַזָּקֵ֛ן אָ֥נָה תֵלֵ֖ךְ וּמֵאַ֥יִן
NAS: said, Where are you going,
INT: man and the old Where going and where Ruth 2:19
BIB: לִקַּ֤טְתְּ הַיּוֹם֙ וְאָ֣נָה עָשִׂ֔ית יְהִ֥י
NAS: today and where did you work?
INT: glean today and where had worked become 1 Samuel 10:14
BIB: וְאֶֽל־ נַעֲר֖וֹ אָ֣ן הֲלַכְתֶּ֑ם וַיֹּ֕אמֶר
NAS: to him and his servant, Where did you go?
KJV: unto him and to his servant, Whither went
INT: to him his servant Where went said 2 Samuel 2:1
BIB: וַיֹּ֧אמֶר דָּוִ֛ד אָ֥נָה אֶעֱלֶ֖ה וַיֹּ֥אמֶר
NAS: said, Where shall I go
INT: said David Where go said 2 Samuel 13:13
BIB: וַאֲנִ֗י אָ֤נָה אוֹלִיךְ֙ אֶת־
NAS: As for me, where could I get rid
INT: me where get my shame 1 Kings 2:36
BIB: תֵצֵ֥א מִשָּׁ֖ם אָ֥נֶה וָאָֽנָה׃
NAS: out from there to any place.
KJV: there, and go not forth thence any whither.
INT: go there to any place 1 Kings 2:36
BIB: מִשָּׁ֖ם אָ֥נֶה וָאָֽנָה׃
NAS: out from there to any place.
INT: there to any place 1 Kings 2:42
BIB: צֵאתְךָ֗ וְהָֽלַכְתָּ֙ אָ֣נֶה וָאָ֔נָה יָדֹ֥עַ
NAS: and go anywhere, you shall surely
KJV: and walkest abroad any whither, that thou shalt surely
INT: depart and go anywhere anywhere will know 1 Kings 2:42
BIB: וְהָֽלַכְתָּ֙ אָ֣נֶה וָאָ֔נָה יָדֹ֥עַ תֵּדַ֖ע
INT: and go anywhere anywhere will know certain 2 Kings 5:25
BIB: [מֵאָן כ] (מֵאַ֖יִן ק) גֵּחֲזִ֑י
NAS: said to him, Where have you been, Gehazi?
INT: before and Elisha Where Gehazi said 2 Kings 5:25
BIB: הָלַ֥ךְ עַבְדְּךָ֖ אָ֥נֶה וָאָֽנָה׃
KJV: Thy servant went no whither.
INT: went your servant Where Where 2 Kings 5:25
BIB: עַבְדְּךָ֖ אָ֥נֶה וָאָֽנָה׃
INT: your servant Where Where 2 Kings 6:6
BIB: אִישׁ־ הָאֱלֹהִ֖ים אָ֣נָה נָפָ֑ל וַיַּרְאֵ֙הוּ֙
NAS: said, Where did it fall?
KJV: said, Where fell
INT: the man of God Where fell shewed Nehemiah 2:16
BIB: לֹ֤א יָדְעוּ֙ אָ֣נָה הָלַ֔כְתִּי וּמָ֖ה
NAS: did not know where I had gone
INT: nor know where had gone what Job 8:2
BIB: עַד־ אָ֥ן תְּמַלֶּל־ אֵ֑לֶּה
NAS: How long will you say
KJV: How long wilt thou speak
INT: long How say these Job 18:2
BIB: עַד־ אָ֤נָה ׀ תְּשִׂימ֣וּן קִנְצֵ֣י
NAS: How long will you hunt
INT: long How make an end Job 19:2
BIB: עַד־ אָ֭נָה תּוֹגְי֣וּן נַפְשִׁ֑י
NAS: How long will you torment
INT: long How torment my soul Psalm 13:1
BIB: לְדָוִֽד׃ עַד־ אָ֣נָה יְ֭הוָה תִּשְׁכָּחֵ֣נִי
NAS: For the choir director. A Psalm of David. How long,
INT: of David long How Jehovah forget 40 Occurrences
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