עָנַן
ʻânan · aw-nan'
figuratively, to act covertly, i.e. practise magic
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root; to cover; used only as a denominative from H6051 (עָנָן), to cloud over;
figuratively, to act covertly, i.e. practise magic
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: [idiom] bring, enchanter, Meonemin, observe(-r of) times, soothsayer, sorcerer.
Letters
- עAyin70
Picture: an eye
- Concrete
- eye · spring of water
- Extended
- to see · to know · experience · to watch
- נNun50
Picture: a sprouting seed, or a fish in water
- Concrete
- seed · sprout · fish · offspring
- Extended
- life · continuation · heir · to perpetuate
- נNun50
Picture: a sprouting seed, or a fish in water
- Concrete
- seed · sprout · fish · offspring
- Extended
- life · continuation · heir · to perpetuate
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to see and know › the seed, life continuing › the seed, life continuing
To see and know of the seed, life continuing of the seed, life continuing.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of עָנַן above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
11 occurrences · 11 OT · 0 NT · 11 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- and it shall come to pass, when i bring1 · 9%
- nor observe times1 · 9%
- or an observer of times1 · 9%
- unto observers of times1 · 9%
- meonenim1 · 9%
- and observed times1 · 9%
- also he observed times1 · 9%
- and are soothsayers1 · 9%
- of the sorceress1 · 9%
- nor to your enchanters1 · 9%
- and thou shalt have no more soothsayers1 · 9%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.