Definition

depressed (figuratively), in mind (gentle) or circumstances (needy, especially saintly)

Etymology

or (by intermixture with H6041 (עָנִי)) עָנָיו; from H6031 (עָנָה);

Word family

• עָנִי ʻânîy
• עָנָה ʻânâh

How the KJV renders it

• humble
• lowly
• meek
• poor. Compare H6041 (עָנִי)

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.