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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.

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.

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