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Lexicon :: Strong's H6049 - ʿānan

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עָנַן
Transliteration
ʿānan
Pronunciation
aw-nan'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
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TWOT Reference: 1655,1656

Strong’s Definitions

עָנַן ʻânan, aw-nan'; a primitive root; to cover; used only as a denominative from H6051, to cloud over; figuratively, to act covertly, i.e. practise magic:—× bring, enchanter, Meonemin, observe(-r of) times, soothsayer, sorcerer.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 11x

The KJV translates Strong's H6049 in the following manner: observer of times (5x), soothsayer (2x), bring (1x), sorceress (1x), enchanter (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 11x
The KJV translates Strong's H6049 in the following manner: observer of times (5x), soothsayer (2x), bring (1x), sorceress (1x), enchanter (1x).

  1. (Piel) to make appear, produce, bring (clouds)

  2. (Poel) to practise soothsaying, conjure

    1. to observe times, practice soothsaying or spiritism or magic or augury or witchcraft

    2. soothsayer, enchanter, sorceress, diviner, fortuneteller, barbarian, Meonenim (participle)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
עָנַן ʻânan, aw-nan'; a primitive root; to cover; used only as a denominative from H6051, to cloud over; figuratively, to act covertly, i.e. practise magic:—× bring, enchanter, Meonemin, observe(-r of) times, soothsayer, sorcerer.
STRONGS H6049: Abbreviations
† [עָנַן] verb denominative
Pi. Infinitive construct suffix with accusative of congnate meaning with verb עַלהָֿאָרֶץ בְּעַנְנִי ע׳ Genesis 9:14 (P) when I bring clouds, etc.

† II. [עָנַן] verb
Po`. practice soothsaying (probably denominative, but original meaning dubious; connection with I. עָנָן (DeIsaiah 2:6) now generally abandoned; LöwZMG xxxi (1877), 539 compare עַיִן eye, so WeSkizzen iii. 148 (but see below); RSJPhil xiv (1885), 119 f. compare Arabic bdb077801 nasal twang, hum of insects, whence diviners as crooning; Ew Gerber31of diviner as interpreting hum of insects, whisper of leaves, etc.; WeHeid. 2, 204 now compare bdb077802 appear, i. e. dealers in phenomena); — Perfect 3rd person masculine singular consecutive וְעוֺנֵן 2 Kings 21:6 2 Chronicles 33:6; Imperfect 2nd person masculine plural וְלֹא תְעוֺנֵ֑נוּ Leviticus 19:26 (H); Participle as substantive מְעוֺנֵן Deuteronomy 18:10 (forbidden), plural מְעֹנְנִים Deuteronomy 18:14, מְעוֺ׳ Micah 5:11, אֵלוֺן מְעוֺנְנִים Judges 9:37 (see I. אֵלוֺן; seat of an oracle, compare RSSem i. 179 2nd ed. 196); also (without מְ, compare Sta§ 233 Köi. 349) עֹנְנִים Isaiah 2:6, suffix עֹנְנֵיכֶם Jeremiah 27:9; feminine singular in בְּנֵי עֹנְנָה Isaiah 57:3 sons of a soothsaying woman, figurative of apostates. — see H3784 כִּשֵּׁף, II. [נָחַשׁ], [קָסַם].
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

9:14

Leviticus

19:26

Deuteronomy

18:10; 18:14

Judges

9:37

2 Kings

21:6

2 Chronicles

33:6

Isaiah

2:6; 2:6; 57:3

Jeremiah

27:9

Micah

5:11

H6049

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H6049 matches the Hebrew עָנַן (ʿānan),
which occurs 11 times in 11 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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“Whenever I form clouds over the earth and the bow appears in the clouds,

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“You are not to eat anything with blood in it.[fn] You are not to practice divination or witchcraft.

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“No one among you is to sacrifice his son or daughter in the fire,[fn] practice divination, tell fortunes, interpret omens, practice sorcery,

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“Though these nations you are about to drive out listen to fortune-tellers and diviners, the LORD your God has not permitted you to do this.

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Then Gaal spoke again, “Look, troops are coming down from the central part of the land, and one unit is coming from the direction of the Diviners’ Oak.”

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He sacrificed his son in the fire,[fn] practiced witchcraft and divination, and consulted mediums and spiritists. He did a huge amount of evil in the LORD’s sight, angering him.

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He passed his sons through the fire in Ben Hinnom Valley. He practiced witchcraft, divination, and sorcery, and consulted mediums and spiritists. He did a huge amount of evil in the LORD’s sight, angering him.

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For you have abandoned your people,

the house of Jacob,

because they are full of divination from the East

and of fortune-tellers like the Philistines.

They are in league[fn] with foreigners.

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But come here,

you witch’s sons,

offspring of an adulterer and a prostitute![fn]

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“So you should not listen to your prophets, diviners, dreamers, fortune-tellers, or sorcerers who say to you, ‘Don’t serve the king of Babylon! ’

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I will remove sorceries from your hands,

and you will not have any more fortune-tellers.

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