עָנַן anan
Hebrew word for “to divine” · Strong’s H6049 · used 11 times in 11 verses
Meaning
1) (Poel) to practise soothsaying, conjure;
Senses in the lexicon
- to divine (9)
- to cloud (1)
- Diviners' (Oak) (1)
How it is translated
Glosses given for anan in context, with how often each is used:
- soothsayers 4
- soothsayer 3
- practiced soothsaying 2
- will practice soothsaying 1
- when bring cloud i 1
Where it is used
| Book | Uses | Per 1,000 words | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deuteronomy | 2 | 0.1 | |
| Isaiah | 2 | 0.1 | |
| Genesis | 1 | 0.0 | |
| Leviticus | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Judges | 1 | 0.1 | |
| 2 Kings | 1 | 0.1 | |
| 2 Chronicles | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Jeremiah | 1 | 0.0 | |
| Micah | 1 | 0.7 |
Chapters where it is used most
Deuteronomy 18 (2), Genesis 9 (1), Leviticus 19 (1), Judges 9 (1), 2 Kings 21 (1), 2 Chronicles 33 (1), Isaiah 2 (1), Isaiah 57 (1), Jeremiah 27 (1), Micah 5 (1)
Forms
- ועונן 2
- תעוננו 1
- מעונן 1
- מעננים 1
- ועננים 1
- עננה 1
- ענניכם 1
- ומעוננים 1
- בענני 1
- מעוננים 1
Words used with it
Words that share verses with anan more often than their overall frequency would suggest:
- נָחַשׁ nachash “to divine” 4
- קָסַם qasam “to divine” 3
- כָּשַׁף kashaph “to practice sorcery” 2
- יִדְּעֹנִי yiddoni “spiritist” 2
- אוֹב ov “medium” 2
- אֵשׁ esh “fire” 3
- כָּעַס kaas “to provoke” 2
- עָבַר avar “to pass” 3
- אַתָּה attah “you(m.s.)” 3
- רָבָה ravah “to multiply” 2
- רַע ra “bad” 2
- ךָּ ka “you” 2
Key verses
The verses using anan that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):
- Genesis 9:14 — And it shall come to pass, when I bring a cloud over the earth, that the bow shall be seen in the cloud:
- Leviticus 19:26 — Ye shall not eat any thing with the blood: neither shall ye use enchantment, nor observe times.
- Deuteronomy 18:10 — There shall not be found among you any one that maketh his son or his daughter to pass through the fire, or that useth divination, or an observer of times, or…
- Deuteronomy 18:14 — For these nations, which thou shalt possess, hearkened unto observers of times, and unto diviners: but as for thee, the LORD thy God hath not suffered thee so…
- Judges 9:37 — And Gaal spake again and said, See there come people down by the middle of the land, and another company come along by the plain of Meonenim.
- 2 Kings 21:6 — And he made his son pass through the fire, and observed times, and used enchantments, and dealt with familiar spirits and wizards: he wrought much wickedness…
- 2 Chronicles 33:6 — And he caused his children to pass through the fire in the valley of the son of Hinnom: also he observed times, and used enchantments, and used witchcraft, and…
- Isaiah 2:6 — Therefore thou hast forsaken thy people the house of Jacob, because they be replenished from the east, and are soothsayers like the Philistines, and they…
- Isaiah 57:3 — But draw near hither, ye sons of the sorceress, the seed of the adulterer and the whore.
- Jeremiah 27:9 — Therefore hearken not ye to your prophets, nor to your diviners, nor to your dreamers, nor to your enchanters, nor to your sorcerers, which speak unto you,…
- Micah 5:12 — And I will cut off witchcrafts out of thine hand; and thou shalt have no more soothsayers:
See all 11 verses in the Word Atlas
Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.