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a.nach.nu H587

אֲנַ֫חְנוּ (a.nach.nu) means “we” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.

אֲנַ֫חְנוּ Hebrew · H587 120 tagged occurrences in 115 verses

Pronunciation guide: an-akh'-noo Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.

Lexicon entries

TBESH · H0587

אֲנַ֫חְנוּ · a.nach.nu · we

we (first pers. pl. -usually used for emphasis)

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Strong’s Hebrew dictionary

apparently from H595 (אָנֹכִי); we

KJV glosses: ourselves, us, we.

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How translators render H587

Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.

BSB rendering counts
Rendering Count
we 53
we are 10
but we 9
and we 7
can we 3
of us 3
yet we 3
neither we 2
then we 2
and the rest 1
and we will 1
are we 1
both we 1
but as for us 1
but it is we 1
for us 1
if we 1
should we 1
since we 1
so we 1
that we 1
then we will 1
us 1
we are his 1
we were born 1
we will 1
when we 1
whether we 1
while we 1
KJV rendering counts
Rendering Count
against them thus 1
but we ourselves 1
but with us 1
for we 1
me none of us 1
we 1

Verses containing H587

Page 2 of 3. 115 verses in the selected STEP text, printed below in BSB where available. Read each verse in its chapter to follow the author’s thought.

  1. 2 Kings 7:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Now there were four men with leprosy at the entrance of the city gate, and they said to one another, “Why just sit here until we die?

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  2. 2 Kings 7:9 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    Finally, they said to one another, “We are not doing what is right. Today is a day of good news. If we are silent and wait until morning light, our sin will overtake us. Now, therefore, let us go and tell the king’s household.”

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  3. 2 Kings 7:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So the king got up in the night and said to his servants, “Let me tell you what the Arameans have done to us. They know we are starving, so they have left the camp to hide in the field, thinking, ‘When they come out of the city, we will take them alive and enter the city.’”

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  4. 2 Kings 10:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But they were terrified and reasoned, “If two kings could not stand against him, how can we?”

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  5. 2 Kings 10:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So the palace administrator, the overseer of the city, the elders, and the guardians sent a message to Jehu: “We are your servants, and we will do whatever you say. We will not make anyone king. Do whatever is good in your sight.”

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  6. 2 Kings 10:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Jehu met some relatives of Ahaziah king of Judah and asked, “Who are you?” “We are relatives of Ahaziah,” they answered, “and we have come down to greet the sons of the king and of the queen mother.”

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  7. 2 Kings 18:26 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then Eliakim son of Hilkiah, along with Shebnah and Joah, said to the Rabshakeh, “Please speak to your servants in Aramaic, since we understand it. Do not speak with us in Hebrew in the hearing of the people on the wall.”

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  8. 1 Chronicles 11:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then all Israel came together to David at Hebron and said, “Here we are, your own flesh and blood.

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  9. 1 Chronicles 29:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Now therefore, our God, we give You thanks, and we praise Your glorious name.

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  10. 1 Chronicles 29:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For we are foreigners and strangers in Your presence, as were all our forefathers. Our days on earth are like a shadow, without hope.

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  11. 2 Chronicles 2:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    We will cut logs from Lebanon, as many as you need, and we will float them to you as rafts by sea down to Joppa. Then you can take them up to Jerusalem.”

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    Source alternate reference: 2.15

  12. 2 Chronicles 13:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But as for us, the LORD is our God. We have not forsaken Him; the priests who minister to the LORD are sons of Aaron, and the Levites attend to their duties.

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  13. 2 Chronicles 13:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Every morning and every evening they present burnt offerings and fragrant incense to the LORD. They set out the rows of showbread on the ceremonially clean table, and every evening they light the lamps of the gold lampstand. We are carrying out the requirements of the LORD our God, while you have forsaken Him.

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  14. 2 Chronicles 20:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Our God, will You not judge them? For we are powerless before this vast army that comes against us. We do not know what to do, but our eyes are upon You.”

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  15. Ezra 4:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    they approached Zerubbabel and the heads of the families, saying, “Let us build with you because, like you, we seek your God and have been sacrificing to Him since the time of King Esar-haddon of Assyria, who brought us here.”

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  16. Ezra 4:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But Zerubbabel, Jeshua, and the other heads of the families of Israel replied, “You have no part with us in building a house for our God, since we alone must build it for the LORD, the God of Israel, as Cyrus king of Persia has commanded us.”

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  17. Ezra 9:7 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    From the days of our fathers to this day, our guilt has been great. Because of our iniquities, we and our kings and priests have been delivered into the hands of the kings of the earth and subjected to the sword and to captivity, to pillage and humiliation, as we are this day.

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  18. Ezra 9:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Though we are slaves, our God has not forsaken us in our bondage, but He has extended to us grace in the sight of the kings of Persia, giving us new life to rebuild the house of our God and repair its ruins, and giving us a wall of protection in Judah and Jerusalem.

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  19. Ezra 10:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then Shecaniah son of Jehiel, an Elamite, said to Ezra: “We have been unfaithful to our God by marrying foreign women from the people of the land, yet in spite of this, there is hope for Israel.

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  20. Ezra 10:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Get up, for this matter is your responsibility, and we will support you. Be strong and take action!”

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  21. Nehemiah 2:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then I said to them, “You see the trouble we are in. Jerusalem lies in ruins, and its gates have been burned down. Come, let us rebuild the wall of Jerusalem, so that we will no longer be a disgrace.”

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  22. Nehemiah 2:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So I answered them and said, “The God of heaven is the One who will grant us success. We, His servants, will start rebuilding, but you have no portion, right, or claim in Jerusalem.”

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  23. Nehemiah 4:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Now when Sanballat heard that we were rebuilding the wall, he was furious and filled with indignation. He ridiculed the Jews

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    Source alternate reference: 3.33

  24. Nehemiah 4:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Meanwhile, the people of Judah said: “The strength of the laborer fails, and there is so much rubble that we will never be able to rebuild the wall.”

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    Source alternate reference: 4.4

  25. Nehemiah 4:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then I said to the nobles, the officials, and the rest of the people: “The work is great and extensive, and we are spread out far from one another along the wall.

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    Source alternate reference: 4.13

  26. Nehemiah 4:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So we continued the work, while half of the men held spears from the break of dawn until the stars came out.

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    Source alternate reference: 4.15

  27. Nehemiah 4:23 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So neither I nor my brothers nor my servants nor the guards with me changed out of our clothes; each carried his weapon, even to go for water.

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    Source alternate reference: 4.17

  28. Nehemiah 5:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Some were saying, “We and our sons and daughters are numerous. We must get grain in order to eat and stay alive.”

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  29. Nehemiah 5:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Others were saying, “We are mortgaging our fields, our vineyards, and our homes to get grain during the famine.”

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  30. Nehemiah 5:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    We and our children are just like our countrymen and their children, yet we are subjecting our sons and daughters to slavery. Some of our daughters are already enslaved, but we are powerless to redeem them because our fields and vineyards belong to others.”

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  31. Nehemiah 5:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    and said, “We have done our best to buy back our Jewish brothers who were sold to foreigners, but now you are selling your own brothers, that they may be sold back to us!” But they remained silent, for they could find nothing to say.

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  32. Nehemiah 9:33 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    You are just in all that has befallen us, because You have acted faithfully, while we have acted wickedly.

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  33. Nehemiah 9:36 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    So here we are today as slaves in the land You gave our fathers to enjoy its fruit and goodness—here we are as slaves!

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  34. Nehemiah 9:37 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Its abundant harvest goes to the kings You have set over us because of our sins. And they rule over our bodies and our livestock as they please. We are in great distress.

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  35. Nehemiah 9:38 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    In view of all this, we make a binding agreement, putting it in writing and sealing it with the names of our leaders, Levites, and priests.”

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    Source alternate reference: 10.1

  36. Job 8:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For we were born yesterday and know nothing; our days on earth are but a shadow.

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  37. Psalms 20:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Some trust in chariots and others in horses, but we trust in the name of the LORD our God.

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    Source alternate reference: 20.8

  38. Psalms 20:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    They collapse and fall, but we rise up and stand firm.

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    Source alternate reference: 20.9

  39. Psalms 79:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then we Your people, the sheep of Your pasture, will thank You forever; from generation to generation we will declare Your praise.

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  40. Psalms 95:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For He is our God, and we are the people of His pasture, the sheep under His care. Today, if you hear His voice,

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  41. Psalms 100:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Know that the LORD is God. It is He who made us, and we are His; we are His people, and the sheep of His pasture.

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  42. Psalms 103:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For He knows our frame; He is mindful that we are dust.

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  43. Psalms 115:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But it is we who will bless the LORD, both now and forevermore. Hallelujah!

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  44. Psalms 124:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    We have escaped like a bird from the snare of the fowler; the net is torn, and we have slipped away.

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  45. Isaiah 20:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And on that day the dwellers of this coastland will say, ‘See what has happened to our source of hope, those to whom we fled for help and deliverance from the king of Assyria! How then can we escape?’”

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  46. Isaiah 36:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then Eliakim, Shebna, and Joah said to the Rabshakeh, “Please speak to your servants in Aramaic, since we understand it. Do not speak to us in Hebrew in the hearing of the people on the wall.”

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  47. Isaiah 53:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Surely He took up our infirmities and carried our sorrows; yet we considered Him stricken, struck down by God, and afflicted.

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  48. Isaiah 64:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But now, O LORD, You are our Father; we are the clay, and You are the potter; we are all the work of Your hand.

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    Source alternate reference: 64.7

  49. Jeremiah 3:25 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Let us lie down in our shame; let our disgrace cover us. We have sinned against the LORD our God, both we and our fathers; from our youth even to this day we have not obeyed the voice of the LORD our God.”

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  50. Jeremiah 8:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    How can you say, ‘We are wise, and the Law of the LORD is with us,’ when in fact the lying pen of the scribes has produced a deception?

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