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Lexicon :: Strong's H7488 - raʿănān

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רַעֲנָן
Transliteration
raʿănān
Pronunciation
rah-an-awn'
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Part of Speech
adjective, verb
Root Word (Etymology)
From an unused root meaning to be green
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 2190a

Strong’s Definitions

רַעֲנָן raʻănân, rah-an-awn'; from an unused root meaning to be green; verdant; by analogy, new; figuratively, prosperous:—green, flourishing.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 20x

The KJV translates Strong's H7488 in the following manner: green (18x), fresh (1x), flourishing (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 20x
The KJV translates Strong's H7488 in the following manner: green (18x), fresh (1x), flourishing (1x).
verb
  1. (Palel) to be or grow luxuriant or fresh or green

    adjective
  2. luxuriant, fresh

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
רַעֲנָן raʻănân, rah-an-awn'; from an unused root meaning to be green; verdant; by analogy, new; figuratively, prosperous:—green, flourishing.
STRONGS H7488: Abbreviations
‴ [רָעַן] verb only
Pa`lel be or grow luxuriant, fresh, green; — Perfect 3rd person feminine singular רַעֲנָ֑נָה (DeHiob) Job 15:32 (of branch, in figure).

רַעֲנָן adjective luxuriant, fresh; — masculine ר׳ Deuteronomy 12:2 +; feminine רַעֲנָנָה Songs 1:16; masculine plural רַעֲנַנִּים Psalm 92:15; — luxuriant, of trees: בְּרוֺשׁ Hosea 14:9, זַיִת Psalm 52:10 (both simile), Jeremiah 11:16 (figurative); simile also, כְּאֶזְרָח ר׳ Psalm 37:35 (but read כְּאֶרֶז הַלְּבָנוֺן Greek Version of the LXX Syriac Version and most); especially in phrase תַּחַת כָּלעֵֿץ ר׳ place of idolatrous rites, Deuteronomy 12:2; 1 Kings 14:23; 2 Kings 16:4 2 Chronicles 28:4; 2 Kings 17:10; Jeremiah 2:20; Jeremiah 3:6, 13; Isaiah 57:5; Ezekiel 6:13; עַלעֵֿץ ר׳ Jeremiah 17:2 (si vera lectio); leaf Jeremiah 17:8 (figurative); leafy couch Songs 1:16; fresh, oil Psalm 92:11; fresh, flourishing, person (figurative, as trees) Psalm 92:15 (+ דְּשֵׁנִים).

See related Aramaic BDB entry H7487.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Deuteronomy

12:2; 12:2

1 Kings

14:23

2 Kings

16:4; 17:10

2 Chronicles

28:4

Job

15:32

Psalms

37:35; 92:11; 92:15; 92:15

Song of Songs

1:16; 1:16

Isaiah

57:5

Jeremiah

2:20; 3:6; 3:13; 11:16; 17:2; 17:8

Ezekiel

6:13

Hosea

14:9

H7488

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H7488 matches the Hebrew רַעֲנָן (raʿănān),
which occurs 20 times in 20 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 12:2 - “You shall utterly destroy all the places where the nations whom you shall dispossess serve their gods, on the high mountains and on the hills and under every green H7488 tree.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 14:23 - They also built for themselves high places and sacred pillars and [fn]Asherim on every high hill and beneath every green H7488 tree.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 16:4 - He also sacrificed and burned incense on the high places and on the hills and under every green H7488 tree.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:10 - And they set for themselves sacred pillars and [fn]Asherim on every high hill and under every green H7488 tree,
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 28:4 - He also sacrificed and offered offerings in smoke on the high places and on the hills and under every green H7488 tree.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 15:32 -

When his days are not yet fulfilled,

And his palm branch is not green H7488.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 37:35 -

Resh

I have seen a wicked, ruthless man

Spreading himself like a luxuriant H7488 [fn]tree in its native soil.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 52:8 -

But as for me, I am like a green H7488 olive tree in the house of God;

I trust in the lovingkindness of God forever and ever.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 92:10 -

But You have raised up my horn like that of the wild ox;

I have [fn]been anointed with fresh H7488 oil.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 92:14 -

They will still [fn]yield fruit in old age;

They shall be [fn]rich and fresh H7488,

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 1:16 -

[fn]Behold, you are handsome, my beloved,

Indeed, so pleasant!

Indeed, our couch is luxuriant H7488!

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 57:5 -

Who inflame yourselves among the [fn]oaks,

Under every green H7488 tree,

Who slaughter the children in the [fn]ravines,

Under the clefts of the cliffs?

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:20 -

“For long ago [fn]I broke your yoke

And tore off your bonds;

But you said, ‘I will not serve!’

For on every high hill

And under every green H7488 tree

You have lain down as a harlot.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 3:6 -

Then Yahweh said to me in the days of Josiah the king, “Have you seen what faithless Israel did? She went up on every high hill and under every green H7488 tree, and she was a harlot there.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 3:13 -

‘Only [fn]acknowledge your iniquity,

That you have transgressed against Yahweh your God

And have scattered your ways of harlotry to the strangers under every green H7488 tree,

And you have not listened to My voice,’ declares Yahweh.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 11:16 -

Yahweh called your name,

“A green H7488 olive tree, beautiful in fruit and form”;

With the noise of a great tumult

He has kindled fire on it,

And its foliage has an evil demise.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 17:2 -

As they remember their children,

So they remember their altars and their [fn]Asherim

By green H7488 trees on the high hills.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 17:8 -

“And he will be like a tree planted by the water,

That sends forth its roots by a stream

And will not fear when the heat comes;

But its leaves will be green H7488,

And it will not be anxious in a year of drought

Nor refrain from yielding fruit.

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 6:13 - “Then you will know that I am Yahweh when their slain are among their idols all around their altars, on every high hill, on all the tops of the mountains, under every green H7488 tree, and under every leafy oak—the places where they [fn]offered a soothing aroma to all their idols.
Unchecked Copy BoxHos 14:8 -

O Ephraim, what more have I to do with idols?

It is I who answer and look after [fn]you.

I am like a luxuriant H7488 cypress;

From Me [fn]comes your fruit.

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