עָנָן
cloud
also: cloudy, cloud-mass fuller range ↓
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Grammar key — what these labels mean
Part of speech
- Noun
- A naming word — a person, place, thing, or idea.
Noun type
- Common
- A common noun — a general class of person, place, or thing (“king,” “city,” “water”), not a specific name.
State
- Absolute
- The independent form of a noun, not bound to a following word.
- Construct
- A noun bound to a following noun in a possessive / “of” relationship (the construct chain).
Gender
- Masculine
- Grammatically masculine.
Number
- Singular
- One.
- Plural
- More than one (in Hebrew, generally three or more).
Grammatical forms
- Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Absolute 76 times (87%)
- Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Construct 10 times (11%)
- Noun, Common, Masculine, Plural, Absolute 1 time (1%)
Parsed forms decoded from the imported morphology (morphhb / Westminster Leningrad Codex — WLC text public domain, morphhb tagging CC BY 4.0), counted across 87 parsed occurrences — not distinct verses.
Every verse where H6051 appears — 80 distinct verses across 18 books. Click any verse to open its interlinear word-by-word view. Verse text shown in the World English Bible for context — . Each verse’s Hebrew form is shown with its reference; the English is not keyword-highlighted, since the data carries no word-level English alignment. Use “Compare translations” on any verse to read it across multiple English versions. This concordance covers the Hebrew Bible; Septuagint (Greek Old Testament) occurrences are not indexed here.
Genesis 3 verses
- Genesis 9:13 בֶּֽ/עָנָ֑ן prep det + n c ms I set my rainbow in the cloud, and it will be for a sign of a covenant between me and the earth.
- Genesis 9:14 עָנָ֖ן בֶּ/עָנָֽן n c ms prep det + n c ms It will happen, when I bring a cloud over the earth, that the rainbow will be seen in the cloud,
- Genesis 9:16 בֶּֽ/עָנָ֑ן prep det + n c ms The rainbow will be in the cloud. I will look at it, that I may remember the everlasting covenant between God and every living creature of all flesh that is on the earth."
Exodus 19 verses
- Exodus 13:21 עָנָן֙ n c ms Yahweh went before them by day in a pillar of cloud, to lead them on their way, and by night in a pillar of fire, to give them light, that they might go by day and by night:
- Exodus 13:22 הֶֽ/עָנָן֙ ptcl def.art + n c ms the pillar of cloud by day, and the pillar of fire by night, didn't depart from before the people.
- Exodus 14:19 הֶֽ/עָנָן֙ ptcl def.art + n c ms The angel of God, who went before the camp of Israel, moved and went behind them; and the pillar of cloud moved from before them, and stood behind them.
- Exodus 14:20 הֶֽ/עָנָן֙ ptcl def.art + n c ms It came between the camp of Egypt and the camp of Israel; and there was the cloud and the darkness, yet gave it light by night: and the one didn't come near the other all the night.
- Exodus 14:24 וְ/עָנָ֑ן conj + n c ms It happened in the morning watch, that Yahweh looked out on the host of the Egyptians through the pillar of fire and of cloud, and confused the Egyptian army.
- Exodus 16:10 בֶּ/עָנָֽן prep det + n c ms It happened, as Aaron spoke to the whole congregation of the children of Israel, that they looked toward the wilderness, and, behold, the glory of Yahweh appeared in the cloud.
- Exodus 19:9 הֶֽ/עָנָן֒ ptcl def.art + n c ms Yahweh said to Moses, "Behold, I come to you in a thick cloud, that the people may hear when I speak with you, and may also believe you forever." Moses told the words of the people to Yahweh.
- Exodus 19:16 וְ/עָנָ֤ן conj + n c ms It happened on the third day, when it was morning, that there were thunders and lightnings, and a thick cloud on the mountain, and the sound of an exceedingly loud trumpet; and all the people who were in the camp trembled.
- Exodus 24:15 הֶ/עָנָ֖ן ptcl def.art + n c ms Moses went up on the mountain, and the cloud covered the mountain.
- Exodus 24:16 הֶ/עָנָ֖ן הֶ/עָנָֽן ptcl def.art + n c ms ptcl def.art + n c ms The glory of Yahweh settled on Mount Sinai, and the cloud covered it six days. The seventh day he called to Moses out of the midst of the cloud.
- Exodus 24:18 הֶ/עָנָ֖ן ptcl def.art + n c ms Moses entered into the midst of the cloud, and went up on the mountain; and Moses was on the mountain forty days and forty nights.
- Exodus 33:9 הֶֽ/עָנָ֔ן ptcl def.art + n c ms It happened, when Moses entered into the Tent, that the pillar of cloud descended, stood at the door of the Tent, and spoke with Moses.
- Exodus 33:10 הֶֽ/עָנָ֔ן ptcl def.art + n c ms All the people saw the pillar of cloud stand at the door of the Tent, and all the people rose up and worshiped, everyone at their tent door.
- Exodus 34:5 בֶּֽ/עָנָ֔ן prep det + n c ms Yahweh descended in the cloud, and stood with him there, and proclaimed the name of Yahweh.
- Exodus 40:34 הֶ/עָנָ֖ן ptcl def.art + n c ms Then the cloud covered the tent of meeting, and the glory of Yahweh filled the tent.
- Exodus 40:35 הֶ/עָנָ֑ן ptcl def.art + n c ms Moses wasn't able to enter into the tent of meeting, because the cloud stayed on it, and Yahweh's glory filled the tent.
- Exodus 40:36 הֶֽ/עָנָן֙ ptcl def.art + n c ms When the cloud was taken up from over the tent, the children of Israel went onward, throughout all their journeys;
- Exodus 40:37 הֶ/עָנָ֑ן ptcl def.art + n c ms but if the cloud wasn't taken up, then they didn't travel until the day that it was taken up.
- Exodus 40:38 עֲנַ֨ן n c ms cs For the cloud of Yahweh was on the tent by day, and there was fire in the cloud by night, in the sight of all the house of Israel, throughout all their journeys.
Leviticus 2 verses
- Leviticus 16:2 בֶּֽ/עָנָ֔ן prep det + n c ms and Yahweh said to Moses, "Tell Aaron your brother, not to come at all times into the Most Holy Place within the veil, before the mercy seat which is on the ark; lest he die: for I will appear in the cloud on the mercy seat.
- Leviticus 16:13 עֲנַ֣ן n c ms cs and he shall put the incense on the fire before Yahweh, that the cloud of the incense may cover the mercy seat that is on the testimony, so that he will not die.
Numbers 16 verses
- Numbers 9:15 הֶֽ/עָנָן֙ ptcl def.art + n c ms On the day that the tabernacle was raised up, the cloud covered the tabernacle, even the Tent of the Testimony: and at evening it was over the tabernacle as it were the appearance of fire, until morning.
- Numbers 9:16 הֶ/עָנָ֖ן ptcl def.art + n c ms So it was continually. The cloud covered it, and the appearance of fire by night.
- Numbers 9:17 הֶֽ/עָנָן֙ הֶֽ/עָנָ֔ן ptcl def.art + n c ms ptcl def.art + n c ms Whenever the cloud was taken up from over the Tent, then after that the children of Israel traveled; and in the place where the cloud remained, there the children of Israel encamped.
- Numbers 9:18 הֶ/עָנָ֛ן ptcl def.art + n c ms At the commandment of Yahweh, the children of Israel traveled, and at the commandment of Yahweh they encamped. As long as the cloud remained on the tabernacle they remained encamped.
- Numbers 9:19 הֶֽ/עָנָ֛ן ptcl def.art + n c ms When the cloud stayed on the tabernacle many days, then the children of Israel kept the charge of Yahweh, and didn't travel.
- Numbers 9:20 הֶֽ/עָנָ֛ן ptcl def.art + n c ms Sometimes the cloud was a few days on the tabernacle; then according to the commandment of Yahweh they remained encamped, and according to the commandment of Yahweh they traveled.
- Numbers 9:21 הֶֽ/עָנָן֙ הֶֽ/עָנָ֛ן הֶ/עָנָ֖ן ptcl def.art + n c ms ptcl def.art + n c ms ptcl def.art + n c ms Sometimes the cloud was from evening until morning; and when the cloud was taken up in the morning, they traveled: or by day and by night, when the cloud was taken up, they traveled.
- Numbers 9:22 הֶ/עָנָ֤ן ptcl def.art + n c ms Whether it was two days, or a month, or a year that the cloud stayed on the tabernacle, remaining on it, the children of Israel remained encamped, and didn't travel; but when it was taken up, they traveled.
- Numbers 10:11 הֶֽ/עָנָ֔ן ptcl def.art + n c ms It happened in the second year, in the second month, on the twentieth day of the month, that the cloud was taken up from over the tent of the testimony.
- Numbers 10:12 הֶ/עָנָ֖ן ptcl def.art + n c ms The children of Israel set forward according to their journeys out of the wilderness of Sinai; and the cloud abode in the wilderness of Paran.
- Numbers 10:34 וַ/עֲנַ֧ן conj + n c ms cs The cloud of Yahweh was over them by day, when they set forward from the camp.
- Numbers 11:25 בֶּ/עָנָן֮ prep det + n c ms Yahweh came down in the cloud, and spoke to him, and took of the Spirit that was on him, and put it on the seventy elders: and it happened that when the Spirit rested on them, they prophesied, but they did so no more.
- Numbers 12:5 עָנָ֔ן n c ms Yahweh came down in a pillar of cloud, and stood at the door of the Tent, and called Aaron and Miriam; and they both came forth.
- Numbers 12:10 וְ/הֶ/עָנָ֗ן conj + ptcl def.art + n c ms The cloud removed from over the Tent; and, behold, Miriam was leprous, as [white as] snow: and Aaron looked at Miriam, and, behold, she was leprous.
- Numbers 14:14 וַ/עֲנָֽנְ/ךָ֙ עָנָ֗ן conj + n c ms cs + sfx pers 2ms n c ms and they will tell it to the inhabitants of this land. They have heard that you Yahweh are in the midst of this people; for you Yahweh are seen face to face, and your cloud stands over them, and you go before them, in a pillar of cloud by day, and in a pillar of fire by night.
- Numbers 16:42 הֶ/עָנָ֑ן ptcl def.art + n c ms It happened, when the congregation was assembled against Moses and against Aaron, that they looked toward the tent of meeting: and, behold, the cloud covered it, and the glory of Yahweh appeared.
Deuteronomy 4 verses
- Deuteronomy 1:33 וּ/בֶ/עָנָ֖ן conj + prep det + n c ms who went before you in the way, to seek you out a place to pitch your tents in, in fire by night, to show you by what way you should go, and in the cloud by day.
- Deuteronomy 4:11 עָנָ֥ן n c ms You came near and stood under the mountain; and the mountain burned with fire to the heart of the sky, with darkness, cloud, and thick darkness.
- Deuteronomy 5:22 הֶֽ/עָנָ֣ן ptcl def.art + n c ms These words Yahweh spoke to all your assembly on the mountain out of the midst of the fire, of the cloud, and of the thick darkness, with a great voice: and he added no more. He wrote them on two tables of stone, and gave them to me.
- Deuteronomy 31:15 עָנָ֑ן הֶ/עָנָ֖ן n c ms ptcl def.art + n c ms Yahweh appeared in the Tent in a pillar of cloud: and the pillar of cloud stood over the door of the Tent.
1 Kings 2 verses
- 1 Kings 8:10 וְ/הֶ/עָנָ֥ן conj + ptcl def.art + n c ms It came to pass, when the priests were come out of the holy place, that the cloud filled the house of Yahweh,
- 1 Kings 8:11 הֶֽ/עָנָ֑ן ptcl def.art + n c ms so that the priests could not stand to minister by reason of the cloud; for the glory of Yahweh filled the house of Yahweh.
2 Chronicles 2 verses
- 2 Chronicles 5:13 עָנָ֖ן n c ms it happened, when the trumpeters and singers were as one, to make one sound to be heard in praising and thanking Yahweh; and when they lifted up their voice with the trumpets and cymbals and instruments of music, and praised Yahweh, [saying], For he is good; for his loving kindness endures forever; that then the house was filled with a cloud, even the house of Yahweh,
- 2 Chronicles 5:14 הֶ/עָנָ֑ן ptcl def.art + n c ms so that the priests could not stand to minister by reason of the cloud: for the glory of Yahweh filled the house of God.
Nehemiah 2 verses
- Nehemiah 9:12 עָנָ֔ן n c ms Moreover in a pillar of cloud you led them by day; and in a pillar of fire by night, to give them light in the way in which they should go.
- Nehemiah 9:19 הֶ֠/עָנָן ptcl def.art + n c ms yet you in your manifold mercies didn't forsake them in the wilderness: the pillar of cloud didn't depart from over them by day, to lead them in the way; neither the pillar of fire by night, to show them light, and the way in which they should go.
Job 6 verses
- Job 7:9 עָ֭נָן n c ms As the cloud is consumed and vanishes away, So he who goes down to Sheol shall come up no more.
- Job 26:8 עָנָ֣ן n c ms He binds up the waters in his thick clouds, And the cloud is not burst under them.
- Job 26:9 עֲנָנֽ/וֹ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms He encloses the face of his throne, And spreads his cloud on it.
- Job 37:11 עֲנַ֣ן n c ms cs Yes, he loads the thick cloud with moisture. He spreads abroad the cloud of his lightning.
- Job 37:15 עֲנָנֽ/וֹ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms Do you know how God controls them, And causes the lightning of his cloud to shine?
- Job 38:9 עָנָ֣ן n c ms When I made clouds the garment of it, Thick darkness a swaddling-band for it,
Psalms 4 verses
- Psalms 78:14 בֶּ/עָנָ֣ן prep det + n c ms In the daytime he also led them with a cloud, And all night with a light of fire.
- Psalms 97:2 עָנָ֣ן n c ms Clouds and darkness are around him. Righteousness and justice are the foundation of his throne.
- Psalms 99:7 עָ֭נָן n c ms He spoke to them in the pillar of cloud. They kept his testimonies, The statute that he gave them.
- Psalms 105:39 עָנָ֣ן n c ms He spread a cloud for a covering, Fire to give light in the night.
Isaiah 2 verses
- Isaiah 4:5 עָנָ֤ן n c ms Yahweh will create over the whole habitation of Mount Zion, and over her assemblies, a cloud and smoke by day, and the shining of a flaming fire by night; for over all the glory will be a canopy.
- Isaiah 44:22 וְ/כֶ/עָנָ֖ן conj + prep det + n c ms I have blotted out, as a thick cloud, your transgressions, and, as a cloud, your sins: return to me; for I have redeemed you.
Jeremiah 1 verse
Lamentations 1 verse
Ezekiel 11 verses
- Ezekiel 1:4 עָנָ֤ן n c ms I looked, and, behold, a stormy wind came out of the north, a great cloud, with flashing lightning, and a brightness round about it, and out of the midst of it as it were glowing metal, out of the midst of the fire.
- Ezekiel 1:28 בֶ/עָנָ֜ן prep det + n c ms As the appearance of the bow that is in the cloud in the day of rain, so was the appearance of the brightness round about. This was the appearance of the likeness of the glory of Yahweh. When I saw it, I fell on my face, and I heard a voice of one that spoke.
- Ezekiel 8:11 עֲנַֽן n c ms cs There stood before them seventy men of the elders of the house of Israel; and in the midst of them stood Jaazaniah the son of Shaphan, every man with his censer in his hand; and the odor of the cloud of incense went up.
- Ezekiel 10:3 וְ/הֶ/עָנָ֣ן conj + ptcl def.art + n c ms Now the cherubim stood on the right side of the house, when the man went in; and the cloud filled the inner court.
- Ezekiel 10:4 הֶ֣/עָנָ֔ן ptcl def.art + n c ms The glory of Yahweh mounted up from the cherub, [and stood] over the threshold of the house; and the house was filled with the cloud, and the court was full of the brightness of Yahweh's glory.
- Ezekiel 30:3 עָנָ֔ן n c ms For the day is near, even the day of Yahweh is near; it shall be a day of clouds, a time of the nations.
- Ezekiel 30:18 עָנָ֣ן n c ms At Tehaphnehes also the day shall withdraw itself, when I shall break there the yokes of Egypt, and the pride of her power shall cease in her: as for her, a cloud shall cover her, and her daughters shall go into captivity.
- Ezekiel 32:7 בֶּ/עָנָ֣ן prep det + n c ms When I shall extinguish you, I will cover the heavens, and make the stars of it dark; I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon shall not give its light.
- Ezekiel 34:12 עָנָ֖ן n c ms As a shepherd seeks out his flock in the day that he is among his sheep that are scattered abroad, so will I seek out my sheep; and I will deliver them out of all places where they have been scattered in the cloudy and dark day.
- Ezekiel 38:9 כֶּ/עָנָ֛ן prep det + n c ms You shall ascend, you shall come like a storm, you shall be like a cloud to cover the land, you, and all your hordes, and many peoples with you.
- Ezekiel 38:16 כֶּֽ/עָנָ֖ן prep det + n c ms and you shall come up against my people Israel, as a cloud to cover the land: it shall happen in the latter days, that I will bring you against my land, that the nations may know me, when I shall be sanctified in you, Gog, before their eyes.
Hosea 2 verses
- Hosea 6:4 כַּֽ/עֲנַן prep + n c ms cs "Ephraim, what shall I do to you? Judah, what shall I do to you? For your love is like a morning cloud, And like the dew that disappears early.
- Hosea 13:3 כַּ/עֲנַן prep + n c ms cs Therefore they will be like the morning cloud, And like the dew that passes away early, Like the chaff that is driven with the whirlwind out of the threshing floor, And like the smoke out of the chimney.
Joel 1 verse
Nahum 1 verse
Zephaniah 1 verse
About this entry
At a glance — auto-summarized from this page’s data, not written by a person. Every figure links to its source below. This summary describes the numbers; it doesn’t interpret them.
The Hebrew noun ענן centers on the idea of “cloud.” First canonically at Genesis 9:13, it enters the text early. The Hebrew Bible uses it across 80 verses — moderately common. Beyond “cloud” it also covers “cloudy” and “cloud-mass” — see its full sense range. Related forms include ענן, ענן and עננה. Dig into 80-verse concordance and the renderings breakdown below.
Gloss history
Strong's 1890 vs modern scholarship
About this word
Strong's H6051 catalogs a Hebrew word from the Hebrew Old Testament.
These counts are not copied from any lexicon or concordance. They are computed here, from the morphology-tagged Hebrew Old Testament. What Lemma adds →
- 80
- distinct verses
- The word appears in 80 distinct verses.
- 18 / 39
- OT books
- The word appears in 18 of 39 Old Testament books.
- #470
- by frequency
- Top 500 most frequent Hebrew words (rank 470 of 8,640 Hebrew words by occurrence).
View all 80 occurrences in the concordance →
By section of the Old Testament
By traditional corpus
Conventional, traditional groupings — biblical authorship is debated, so this is a traditional corpus grouping, not an authorship claim. Each share is this word’s portion of its verses in that division of the Hebrew canon. Each figure is a share of the word’s 80 distinct verses.
- Torah (Pentateuch) 44 verses · 55%
- Prophets (Nevi'im) 21 verses · 26%
- Writings (Ketuvim) 15 verses · 19%
How translations render this word
Counts come from each version’s own published word-to-Strong’s tagging or interlinear alignment — an approximate guide to how each version renders this word, not a word-level alignment the data otherwise carries. Because each total is that version’s own tagged count, the per-version totals vary from one another and need not match the appearance or distinct-verse counts above. These counts may also differ from a printed concordance because Lemma counts each distinctly tagged rendering and does not collapse phrase taggings into a single head-word total. This is a fixed set of word-tagged versions (KJV, ASV, BSB, ULT) and does not change with the reading translation you choose elsewhere. Each version’s license is shown beside its name below (and on Sources).
BDB lists this Strong’s number as 2 distinct words (homographs). Each count above pools all of them and is not split by sense — see the Senses section below. A low-frequency rendering may belong to a different one of those words, not the primary meaning.
- King James Version†: Cloud 68×, Clouds 6×, Cloudy 6×
- American Standard Version†: Cloud 61×, Clouds 6×, And 2×
- Berean Standard Bible†: Cloud 61×, Clouds 13×, Like a cloud 2×
- unfoldingWord Literal Text†: Cloud 69×, Clouds 10×, Cloud of 3×
King James Version Public Domain
Renders H6051 across 87† tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 7 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
American Standard Version Public Domain
Renders H6051 across 86† tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 15 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
Berean Standard Bible Public Domain
Renders H6051 across 87† tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 9 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Renders H6051 across 90† tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 4 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
7 senses and sub-senses in the full BDB
What do BDB’s symbols mean?
BDB uses these scholarly abbreviations:
| Symbol | Meaning |
|---|---|
| 𝔊 | the Septuagint (the ancient Greek translation, LXX) |
| 𝔙 | the Vulgate (the Latin translation) |
| 𝔖 | the Syriac version (the Peshitta) |
| 𝔗 | the Targum (the Aramaic translation) |
| ψ | the Psalms |
| √ | root (the underlying root or stem) |
| ‖ | parallel passage (a synonymous or contrasted parallel) |
| † | the dagger: every passage where the word occurs is cited |
The 7 senses and sub-senses the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon distinguishes for this word, in lexicon order (not ranked by frequency), with BDB’s own verbatim wording and sub-sense lettering. Shown in Hebrew script with BDB’s own scholarly abbreviations. The condensed entry is in the Lexicon Entry tab. See also the Forms in the corpus table below.
- 1. cloud-mass:
- a. especially of theophanic cloud (58 times), chiefly at Exodus in JE (less often P), usually עַמּוּד הֶע׳ Ex 13:21, 22 + (v. עַמּוּד), but also ע׳ alone Ex 34:5 cf. 14:20 (J), Nu 10:34; 11:25; 14:14 (all JE); עַב־הֶע׳ Ex 19:9, ע׳ כָּבֵד v 16 (E); ע׳ in P Ex 16:10; 24:15 + 23 times; also Dt 1:33; 4:11; 5:19, ψ 78:14; 105:39; in temple 1 K 8:10, 11 = 2 Ch 5:13, 14, cf. Ez 1:4; 10:3, 4; hence in gen. ψ 97:2, as symbol of protection Is 4:5; as a barrier La 3:44; cf. וע׳ אֲבַק רַגְלָיו Na 1:3. e.g. Exodus 13:21
- b. of rain-bow cloud Gn 9:13, 14(×2), 16 (P), Ez 1:28 (sim.). e.g. Genesis 9:13
- c. עֲנַן־בֹּקֶר Ho 6:4; 13:3 (sim. of transitoriness; on phenom. in Pal. v. ChaplinPEQ, 1883, 19), cf. Is 44:22; Jb 7:9 (both id.); sim. of invasion Ez 38:9, 16, pl. Je 4:13. e.g. Hosea 6:4
- d. poet. in various connex. Jb 26:8, 9; 38:9; c. אוֹר as thunder-cloud 37:11, 15; e.g. Job 26:8
- e. symbol. of gloom Ez 30:18; 32:7; יוֹם ע׳ וַעֲרָפֶל Zp 1:15; Ez 34:12; Jo 2:2, cf. Ez 30:3 (all of day of י׳). e.g. Ezekiel 30:18
- 2. ע׳ קְטֹרֶת Lv 16:13 (P) cloud of incense, so Ez 8:11 (del. ע׳ 𝔊 Co Berthol, not Toy). e.g. Leviticus 16:13
Senses from the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon (Brown, Driver, Briggs; Oxford 1906 — public domain), digitized via Sefaria, supplemented by the OpenScriptures HebrewLexicon (CC BY 4.0). Full attribution on Sources.
Word origin
I. n.m. Ex 19:16 cloud-mass, cloud;—(הֶ)ע׳ abs. Ex 19:9 +; cstr. עֲנַזִ Ho 6:4 +; sf. עֲנָֽנְךָ Nu 14:14, עֲנָנוֹ Jb 26:9; 37:15; pl. עֲנָנִים Je 4:13;—
II. n.pr.m. Ne 10:27, Ηναμ, Η(ι)ναν (cf. n.pr.m. Sab. ענן SabDenkm30; Palm. ענני).
— Brown-Driver-Briggs (Oxford 1906, public domain), digitized via Sefaria, supplemented by the OpenScriptures HebrewLexicon (CC BY 4.0). See Sources.
Derived from ענן (ʻânan) (H6049) — to practice sorcery.
Jastrow Dictionary
A second Hebrew/Aramaic lexicon for comparison, covering Aramaic and post-biblical (Talmudic, Targumic, Midrashic) usage that the biblical-Hebrew BDB does not. Matched by lemma rather than by Strong’s number, so a lemma may carry more than one Jastrow headword (shown separately below), and the entries cover usage well beyond the Bible.
עָנַן
- (b. h.), Pi. עִנֵּן to make cloudy. Part. pass. מְעוּנָּן; יום המע׳ a cloudy day. Neg. II, 2. Yoma 28ᵇ; a. fr.—[Polel עוֹנֵן, v. עוּן.]
עֲנַן I
- (preced.) to gather clouds. Targ. O. Gen. IX, 14 בעֲנָנוּתִי.
- to augur from clouds. Targ. II Kings XXI, 6. Targ. O. Lev. XIX, 26 תְעָנוֹן ed. Berl. (oth. ed. תְעַנּוּן, contr. of תְעַנְּנוּן; Ms. II תְעוֹנְנוּן, Pol. of עוּן).—V. מְעָנֵין, a. עָנְנָא.
עָנָן I
- Anan, an Amora, disciple of Samuel. Y. Sabb. III, beg. 5ᶜ. Keth. 69ᵃ; a. fr.
עָנָן II
- (b. h.) cloud, frequently used in the sense of cover protection. Gen. R. s. 60 כל זמן … היה ע׳ קשור וכ׳ as long as Sarah lived, a cloud was tied over the entrance of her tent; וכיון שמתה פסק אותו ע׳ and when she was dead, that cloud ceased. Cant. R. to II, 6 וימינו זה עֲנַן שכינה וכ׳ … ‘and his right hand embraces me’, that means the cloud of the Divine Presence in the future world (with ref. to Is. LX, 19). Y. Taan. III, 66ᶜ, v. עָנָיו; a. fr.—Pl. עֲנָנִים. Taan. 9ᵇ (ref. to Gen. II, 6) מלמד שהע׳ מתגברים וכ׳ this teaches that the clouds (like a hose) swell and rise to the sky, and there open their mouth like a hose and receive the rain water; Gen. R. s. 13. Ib. אין ע׳ אלא מלמעלה clouds (like a hose to receive the waters) come from above (ref. to Dan. VII, 13); אין ע׳ אלא מלמטה the clouds come from below (ref. to Ps. CXXXV, 7); Y. Succ. I, 52ᵇ bot.; Yalk. Ps. 883. R. Hash. 3ᵃ (ref. to Num. XXI, 1) שמע … ונסתלקו עַנְנֵי כבוד he heard that Aaron was dead, and the clouds of glory were removed. Tanḥ. R’eh 16 משיב רוחות ומעלה ע׳ ומוריד וכ׳ causes the winds to blow, and the clouds to rise, and the rains to come down; a. fr. e.g. Isaiah 60:19
עֲנַן II
- Targ. Is. XLIV, 22. Targ. Job VII, 9 Ms. (ed. תננא). Targ. O. Lev. XXIII, 43 עֲנָנִי ed. Berl. (oth. ed. עננין); a. fr.—Ber. 59ᵃ דקטר בע׳ when the sky is covered with a light cloud, opp. עֵיבָא. Ib. דבריק בע׳, v. בְּרַק I. Gen. R. s. 13 כך הקב"ה … אייתי עֲנָנִיךְ וקבל וכ׳ so the Lord says to the earth, bring thy cloud (hose, v. preced.) and receive the rain; Yalk. Ps. 883; a. fr.—Pl. עֲנָנִין, עֲנָנַיָּא, עֲנָנֵי. Targ. II Sam. XXII, 12. Targ. Is. XLV, 8. Targ. Y. II, Num. XXI, 1 ע׳ דיקרא (= ענני כבוד, v. preced.); a. fr.—Ber. l. c. (expl. רעמים, ib. IX, 2) ע׳ בגלגלא clouds (rolling) in the sphere; (oth. opin.) ע׳ דשפכי מיא וכ׳ clouds (bottles, v. preced.) that empty the waters from one to the other; ib. ע׳ חלחולי וכ׳, v. חַלְחֵל; בריק ברקא ומנהמי ע׳ וכ׳ the lightning flashes and the clouds rumble, and then comes the rain. Taan. 25ᵃ שמעינהו לע׳ דאמרי נשדי מיטרא וכ׳ Ms. M. (v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note) overheard the clouds say, let us cast rain on Ammon &c. Cant. R. to IV, 8 כד אינון נקיין מן ע׳ (some ed. עֲנָנָן, f.) when the heavens are cloudless; a. fr.
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Septuagint verse parallels
This word appears in 72 verses that also exist in the Greek Old Testament (Septuagint), out of the 80 Hebrew verses it occurs in. You can read those verses in Greek by switching the Old Testament edition to the Septuagint.
Read these verses in the Septuagint
- Genesis 9:13
- Exodus 13:21
- Leviticus 16:2
- Numbers 9:15
- Deuteronomy 1:33
- 1 Kings 8:10
- 2 Chronicles 5:13
- Job 7:9
- Psalms 97:2
- Isaiah 4:5
- Jeremiah 4:13
- Lamentations 3:44
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