רַעֲנָן
raʻănân · rah-an-awn'
verdant; by analogy, new; figuratively, prosperous
Lexicon
Derivation: from an unused root meaning to be green;
verdant; by analogy, new; figuratively, prosperous
- verdant
- by analogy, new
- figuratively, prosperous
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: green, flourishing.
Letters
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
- 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)
the head, the highest › to see and know › the seed, life continuing › the seed, life continuing
The head, the highest that works to see and know of the seed, life continuing of the seed, life continuing.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of רַעֲנָן 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
20 occurrences · 20 OT · 0 NT · 12 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- and under every green7 · 35%
- under every green2 · 10%
- shall not be green1 · 5%
- himself like a green1 · 5%
- but i am like a green1 · 5%
- with fresh1 · 5%
- and flourishing1 · 5%
- is green1 · 5%
- every green1 · 5%
- a green1 · 5%
- by the green1 · 5%
- shall be green1 · 5%
- him: i am like a green1 · 5%
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.