שַׁאֲנָן
shaʼănân · shah-an-awn'
secure; in a bad sense, haughty
Lexicon
Derivation: from H7599 (שָׁאַן);
secure; in a bad sense, haughty
- secure
- in a bad sense, haughty
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: that is at ease, quiet, tumult. Compare H7946 (שַׁלְאֲנָן).
Letters
- שShin300
Picture: two front teeth (or a composite bow)
- Concrete
- teeth · sharp · press · bow
- Extended
- to consume · to destroy · to press or grind · to change · again
- אAlef1
Picture: ox head
- Concrete
- ox · bull · cattle
- Extended
- strength · leader · first · the one in front
- 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 consume, to destroy › strength, the leader › the seed, life continuing › the seed, life continuing
To consume, to destroy of strength, the leader of the seed, life continuing of the seed, life continuing.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of שַׁאֲנָן 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
10 occurrences · 10 OT · 0 NT · 8 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- that are at ease2 · 20%
- against me and thy tumult1 · 10%
- of him that is at ease1 · 10%
- of those that are at ease1 · 10%
- ye women that are at ease1 · 10%
- and in quiet1 · 10%
- a quiet1 · 10%
- against me, and thy tumult1 · 10%
- to them that are at ease1 · 10%
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.