Strong's Hebrew Concordance

H8589: תַּעֲנִית

taʻănîyth · pronounced tah-an-eeth' · “fasting”

Definition

affliction (of self), i.e. fasting

KJV translates it as: heaviness.

Word origin: from H6031 (עָנָה);

Extended definition

humiliation (by fasting), ascetic practice of fasting

Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).

How H8589 is translated

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Bible verses with H8589 (taʻănîyth)

Taʻănîyth appears in 1 verse.

  • Ezra 9:5

    And at the evening sacrifice I arose up from my heaviness; and having rent my garment and my mantle, I fell upon my knees, and spread out my hands unto the Lord my God,