רִנָּה
rinnâh · rin-naw'
properly, a creaking (or shrill sound), i.e. shout (of joy or grief)
Lexicon
Derivation: from H7442 (רָנַן);
properly, a creaking (or shrill sound), i.e. shout (of joy or grief)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: cry, gladness, joy, proclamation, rejoicing, shouting, sing(-ing), triumph.
Letters
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
- נNun50
Picture: a sprouting seed, or a fish in water
- Concrete
- seed · sprout · fish · offspring
- Extended
- life · continuation · heir · to perpetuate
- הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
- Concrete
- a man calling out · a window · breath
- Extended
- behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the head, the highest › the seed, life continuing › to reveal, behold
The head, the highest of the seed, life continuing that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of רִנָּה 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
33 occurrences · 33 OT · 0 NT · 24 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- into singing4 · 12%
- unto my cry3 · 9%
- unto the cry2 · 6%
- their cry2 · 6%
- with singing2 · 6%
- a proclamation1 · 3%
- to sing1 · 3%
- but joy1 · 3%
- of joy1 · 3%
- of triumph1 · 3%
- my cry1 · 3%
- with gladness1 · 3%
- with rejoicing1 · 3%
- of rejoicing1 · 3%
- tau. let my cry1 · 3%
- in joy1 · 3%
- again with rejoicing1 · 3%
- there is shouting1 · 3%
- with songs1 · 3%
- whose cry1 · 3%
- of singing1 · 3%
- you into singing1 · 3%
- cry1 · 3%
- a cry1 · 3%
- over thee with singing1 · 3%
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.