# תַּאֲנָה (taanah)

Israeli respelling: ta-a-nah. Hear on Google uses modern Hebrew.

Strong’s H8385. 2 Old Testament occurrences.

an opportunity or (subjectively) purpose

King James renderings: occasion.

Lexicon: Strong’s Hebrew, public domain. The derived file is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Canonical: https://apologetics.wiki/bible/hebrew/taanah-h8385

## Occurrences

- [Judges 14:4](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/judges/14/4) — But his father and his mother knew not that it was of the LORD, that he sought an occasion against the Philistines: for at that time the Ph…
- [Jeremiah 2:24](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/2/24) — A wild ass used to the wilderness, that snuffeth up the wind at her pleasure; in her occasion who can turn her away? all they that seek her…