# H4617 מַעֲנֶה

מַעֲנֶה (maʻăneh), Strong’s H4617: a reply (favorable or contradictory) KJV: answer, [idiom] himself.. Occurs 8 times.

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*maʻăneh* — a reply (favorable or contradictory)

KJV: answer, [idiom] himself.

Derived from [עָנָה ʻânâh](https://besorah.bible/word/H6030) (to eye)

Occurs 8 times.

## Brown–Driver–Briggs
- מַעֲנֶה n.m. answer, response

## Where it occurs
- [Micah 3:7](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/micah/3?v=7) — The seers shall be disappointed, and the diviners confounded. Yes, they shall all cover their lips, for there is no…
- [Proverbs 15:1](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/proverbs/15?v=1) — A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.
- [Proverbs 15:23](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/proverbs/15?v=23) — Joy comes to a man with the reply of his mouth. How good is a word at the right time!
- [Proverbs 16:1](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/proverbs/16?v=1) — The plans of the heart belong to man, but the answer of the tongue is from the LORD.
- [Proverbs 16:4](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/proverbs/16?v=4) — The LORD has made everything for its own end— yes, even the wicked for the day of evil.
- [Proverbs 29:19](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/proverbs/29?v=19) — A servant can’t be corrected by words. Though he understands, yet he will not respond.
- [Job 32:3](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/job/32?v=3) — Also his wrath was kindled against his three friends, because they had found no answer, and yet had condemned Job.
- [Job 32:5](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/job/32?v=5) — When Elihu saw that there was no answer in the mouth of these three men, his wrath was kindled.