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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 6 times in 6 verses in 'Jer' in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 2:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:20 - “For long ago I broke your yoke
and burst your bonds;
but you said, ‘I will not serve.’
Yes, on every high hill
and under every green tree
you bowed down like a whore.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 3:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 3:6 - The LORD said to me in the days of King Josiah: “Have you seen what she did, that faithless one, Israel, how she went up on every high hill and under every green tree, and there played the whore?

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 3:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 3:13 - Only acknowledge your guilt,
that you rebelled against the LORD your God
and scattered your favors among foreigners under every green tree,
and that you have not obeyed my voice,
declares the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 11:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 11:16 - The LORD once called you ‘a green olive tree, beautiful with good fruit.’ But with the roar of a great tempest he will set fire to it, and its branches will be consumed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 17:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 17:2 - while their children remember their altars and their Asherim, beside every green tree and on the high hills,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 17:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 17:8 - He is like a tree planted by water,
that sends out its roots by the stream,
and does not fear when heat comes,
for its leaves remain green,
and is not anxious in the year of drought,
for it does not cease to bear fruit.”
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