Limitless Word
מַעֲנֶהmaʻăneh/mah-an-eh'/
HebrewH46178 occurrences (KJV)

a reply (favorable or contradictory)

KJV renders it: answer, [idiom] himself.

Where it appears

  • Job 32:3Also his wrath was kindled against his three friends, because they had found no answer, and yet had condemned Job.
  • Job 32:5When Elihu saw that there was no answer in the mouth of these three men, his wrath was kindled.
  • Prov 15:1A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.
  • Prov 15:23Joy comes to a man with the reply of his mouth. How good is a word at the right time!
  • Prov 16:1The plans of the heart belong to man, but the answer of the tongue is from Yahweh.
  • Prov 16:4Yahweh has made everything for its own end — yes, even the wicked for the day of evil.
  • Prov 29:19A servant can’t be corrected by words. Though he understands, yet he will not respond.
  • Mic 3:7The seers shall be disappointed, and the diviners confounded. Yes, they shall all cover their lips; for there is no answer from God.”

Lexical data: Strong’s Hebrew & Greek Dictionaries (1890, public domain; openscriptures, CC-BY-SA). Word tagging from the Strong’s-numbered KJV.