Bible Names

Anah: meaning of the name

Anah means “one who answers; afflicted.”
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (1869)

Anah in Hebrew and Greek

עֲנָה H6034

ʻĂnâh (an-aw') — Anah, the name of two Edomites and one Edomitess

probably from H6030 (עָנָה); an answer;

People named Anah in the Bible

Anah in Scripture

“Anah” appears in 10 verses of the King James Version; here are the first 8.

  • Genesis 36:2

    Esau took his wives of the daughters of Canaan; Adah the daughter of Elon the Hittite, and Aholibamah the daughter of Anah the daughter of Zibeon the Hivite;

  • Genesis 36:14

    And these were the sons of Aholibamah, the daughter of Anah the daughter of Zibeon, Esau’s wife: and she bare to Esau Jeush, and Jaalam, and Korah.

  • Genesis 36:18

    And these are the sons of Aholibamah Esau’s wife; duke Jeush, duke Jaalam, duke Korah: these were the dukes that came of Aholibamah the daughter of Anah, Esau’s wife.

  • Genesis 36:20

    These are the sons of Seir the Horite, who inhabited the land; Lotan, and Shobal, and Zibeon, and Anah,

  • Genesis 36:24

    And these are the children of Zibeon; both Ajah, and Anah: this was that Anah that found the mules in the wilderness, as he fed the asses of Zibeon his father.

  • Genesis 36:25

    And the children of Anah were these; Dishon, and Aholibamah the daughter of Anah.

  • Genesis 36:29

    These are the dukes that came of the Horites; duke Lotan, duke Shobal, duke Zibeon, duke Anah,

  • 1 Chronicles 1:38

    And the sons of Seir; Lotan, and Shobal, and Zibeon, and Anah, and Dishon, and Ezer, and Dishan.