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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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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 9:14

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 9:14 - “And it will be, when I bring H6049 a cloud over the earth, that the bow will be seen in the cloud,

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 19:26

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 19:26 -

‘You shall not eat anything with the blood nor interpret omens or soothsaying H6049.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 18:10

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 18:10 - “There shall not be found among you anyone who makes his son or his daughter pass through the fire, one who uses divination, one who practices H6049 soothsaying H6049 or one who interprets omens or a sorcerer,

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 18:14

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 18:14 - “For those nations, which you shall dispossess, listen to those who practice H6049 soothsaying H6049 and to diviners, but as for you, Yahweh your God has not allowed you to do so.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:37 - Yet Gaal spoke again and said, “Behold, people are coming down from the [fn]highest part of the land, and one [fn]company comes by the way of [fn]the soothsayers’ H6049 [fn]oak.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 21:6 - He even made his son pass through the fire, practiced H6049 soothsaying H6049 and interpreted omens, and dealt with mediums and spiritists. He did much that was evil in the sight of Yahweh provoking Him to anger.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 33:6 - He even made his sons pass through the fire in the valley of Ben-hinnom; and he practiced H6049 soothsaying H6049, interpreted omens, practiced sorcery, and dealt with mediums and spiritists. He did much that was evil in the sight of Yahweh, provoking Him to anger.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 2:6 -

For You have abandoned Your people, the house of Jacob,

Because they are filled with influences from the east,

And they are soothsayers H6049 like the Philistines,

And they strike bargains with the children of foreigners.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 57:3 -

“But draw near, you sons of a soothsayer H6049,

Seed of an adulterer and [fn]a prostitute.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 27:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 27:9 - “But as for you, do not listen to your prophets, your diviners, your [fn]dreamers, your soothsayers H6049, or your sorcerers who speak to you, saying, ‘You will not serve the king of Babylon.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Mic 5:12

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 5:12 -

“And I will cut off sorceries from your hand,

And you will have soothsaying H6049 no more.

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