עֲנַן
ʻănan · an-an'
{a cloud (as covering the sky), i.e. the nimbus or thunder-cloud}
Lexicon
Derivation: (Aramaic) corresponding to H6051 (עָנָן)
{a cloud (as covering the sky), i.e. the nimbus or thunder-cloud}
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: cloud.
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 עֲנַן 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
1 occurrences · 1 OT · 0 NT · 1 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- the clouds1 · 100%
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.