Playlist: `anah (#H6031) (topic)
Reflections on the COVID-19 Pandemic
Sermon by David C. GrabbeThe fifth reflection focuses on affliction as depicted in Psalm 119, where the word 'anah (H6031) is used to describe being bowed down, humbled, or subjected to harsh and painful treatment. This term, also associated with afflicting ourselves on the Day of Atonement, highlights a necessary process of learning God's way of life …
Humbleness is Our Only Path to Holiness
Sermonette by Bill OnisickFor to come near to God, we must be thoroughly cleansed inside and out. Self-affliction, enabled by fasting, creates humility—the only path to holiness.
Fast or Famine
Sermon by Richard T. RitenbaughThe Hebrew word *anah* (Strong's H6031) carries the meaning of being afflicted, bowed down, humbled, or made meek. It can also imply oppression, emaciation, or suffering, often expressing harsh and painful treatment beyond mere discomfort. In the context of fasting, as seen in Leviticus 23:27, 29, and 32, God commands the …
Pride, Humility, and Fasting
Sermon by John W. RitenbaughThe Hebrew word anah (H6031) carries the primary sense of forcing into submission, inflicting pain, or placing oneself in a stunted, humble, and lowly position, a meaning akin to being cowed. Scripture employs it to describe both external affliction imposed by others and deliberate self-affliction. In Leviticus 23:26-32 God …
Afflicting Our Souls
Sermon by Richard T. RitenbaughFasting, particularly on the Day of Atonement, centers on the Hebrew word anah , which means to afflict, humble, oppress, mistreat, or deny. This word forms part of the phrase "afflict your soul" found in Leviticus 23:27-32 and Leviticus 16:29-31, where God commands this affliction three times in six verses regarding the Day of …
Our Part in the Sanctification Process (Part Nine): Cultivating the Fruit of Gentleness
Sermon by David F. MaasThe Hebrew term transliterated as anavim , rendered variously as poor, afflicted, or humble, forms the foundation for understanding meekness as presented in Psalm 37:8-11, where the meek are promised that they shall inherit the earth and delight themselves in the abundance of peace. F. E. Marsh's sermon Blessings Which Come to …
Resuming Ecclesiastes (Part Two)
Sermon by John W. RitenbaughThe Hebrew term 'anah (H6031) appears in Ecclesiastes 1:13, translated as "exercised" in the phrase describing "this burdensome task God has given to the sons of man, by which they may be exercised." Phonetically pronounced aw-naw' , this term carries the sense of chastisement, being humbled, afflicted, or depressed. Its …