Words the Bible translates as afflicted
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 2 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- aniעָנִיafflicted and lowly: a person bowed down by hardship, poverty, or oppression, and so dependent on God for help
- anavעָנָוthe lowly: one bowed down, by hardship or by a settled inner posture, who looks to God for help instead of asserting himself
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