H8385: תַּאֲנָה
taʼănâh · pronounced tah-an-aw' · “estrous”
Definition
an opportunity or (subjectively) purpose
KJV translates it as: occasion.
Word origin: or תֹּאֲנָה; from H579 (אָנָה);
Extended definition
occasion, time of heat or oestrous or copulation, sexual drive (of animal)
Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).
How H8385 is translated
- an occasion ×1
- its ×1
Bible verses with H8385 (taʼănâh)
Taʼănâh appears in 2 verses.
- Judges 14:4
But his father and his mother knew not that it was of the Lord, that he sought an occasion against the Philistines: for at that time the Philistines had dominion over Israel.
- Jeremiah 2:24
A wild ass used to the wilderness, that snuffeth up the wind at her pleasure; in her occasion who can turn her away? all they that seek her will not weary themselves; in her month they shall find her.