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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 BoxGen 9:14

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 9:14 - And it shall be when I gather clouds upon the earth, that my bow shall be seen in the cloud.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 19:26

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 19:26 - Eat not on the mountains, nor shall ye employ auguries, nor divine by inspection of birds.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 18:10

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 18:10 - There shall not be found in thee one who purges his son or his daughter with fire, one who [fn]uses divination, who deals with omens, and augury,

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 18:14

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 18:14 - For all these nations whose land thou shalt inherit, they will listen to omens and divinations; but the Lord thy God has not permitted thee so to do.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:37

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:37 - And Gaal continued to speak and said, Behold, a people comes down [fn]westward from the part bordering on the middle of the land, and another company comes by [fn]the way of Helon Maonenim.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 21:6 - And he caused his sons to pass through the fire, and used divination and auspices, and made [fn]groves, and multiplied [fn]wizards, so as to do that which was evil in the sight of the Lord, to provoke him to anger.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 33:6 - He also passed his children through the fire in the valley of Benennom; and he divined, and used auspices, and sorceries, and appointed those who had divining spirits, and enchanters, and wrought abundant wickedness before the Lord, to provoke him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 2:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 2:6 - For he has forsaken his people the house of Israel, because their land is filled as at the beginning with divinations, as the land of the [fn]Philistines, and many strange children were born to them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 57:3 - But draw ye near hither, ye lawless children, the seed of adulterers and the harlot.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 27:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 27:9 - (LXX 34:9) And hearken ye not to your false prophets, nor to them that divine to you, nor to them that foretel events by dreams to you, nor to your auguries, nor your sorcerers, that say, Ye shall by no means work for the king of Babylon:

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Unchecked Copy BoxMic 5:12

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 5:12 - (LXX 5:11) and I will utterly destroy thy sorceries out of thine hands; and there shall be no soothsayers in thee.
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