עָנָן anan

Hebrew word for “cloud” · Strong’s H6051 · used 87 times in 80 verses

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Meaning

1) cloud, cloudy, cloud-mass; 1a) cloud-mass (of theophanic cloud); 1b) cloud; Aramaic equivalent: a.nan (עֲנָן "cloud" H6050)

How it is translated

Glosses given for anan in context, with how often each is used:

• cloud 75
• clouds 6
• like cloud 3
• like a cloud 2
• like clouds 1

Where it is used

Also in 6 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

Numbers 9 (8), Exodus 40 (5), Genesis 9 (3), Exodus 14 (3), Exodus 24 (3), Numbers 10 (3), Exodus 13 (2), Exodus 19 (2), Exodus 33 (2), Leviticus 16 (2)

Forms

• הענן 34
• ענן 25
• בענן 11
• וענן 4
• כענן 4
• והענן 3
• עננו 2
• ועננך 1
• ובענן 1
• וכענן 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with anan more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• אֵשׁ esh “fire” 17
• עַמּוּד ammud “pillar” 12
• לַיְלָה laylah “night” 14
• יוֹמָם yomam “by day” 10
• נָסַע nasa “to set out” 11
• כָּסָה kasah “to cover” 11
• מִשְׁכָּן mishkan “tabernacle” 10
• עֲרָפֶל araphel “cloud” 7
• כָּבוֹד kavod “glory” 10
• עָלָה alah “to ascend” 13
• אֹהֶל ohel “tent” 10
• עָמַד amad “to stand” 11

Key verses

The verses using anan that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Exodus 13:21 — And the LORD went before them by day in a pillar of a cloud, to lead them the way; and by night in a pillar of fire, to give them light; to go by day and night:
• Exodus 19:16 — And it came to pass on the third day in the morning, that there were thunders and lightnings, and a thick cloud upon the mount, and the voice of the trumpet…
• Exodus 34:5 — And the LORD descended in the cloud, and stood with him there, and proclaimed the name of the LORD.
• Exodus 40:34 — Then a cloud covered the tent of the congregation, and the glory of the LORD filled the tabernacle.
• Leviticus 16:2 — And the LORD said unto Moses, Speak unto Aaron thy brother, that he come not at all times into the holy place within the vail before the mercy seat, which is…
• Numbers 11:25 — And the LORD came down in a cloud, and spake unto him, and took of the spirit that was upon him, and gave it unto the seventy elders: and it came to pass,…
• Psalms 97:2 — Clouds and darkness are round about him: righteousness and judgment are the habitation of his throne.
• Isaiah 4:5 — And the LORD will create upon every dwelling place of mount Zion, and upon her assemblies, a cloud and smoke by day, and the shining of a flaming fire by…
• Isaiah 44:22 — I have blotted out, as a thick cloud, thy transgressions, and, as a cloud, thy sins: return unto me; for I have redeemed thee.
• Ezekiel 38:16 — And thou shalt come up against my people of Israel, as a cloud to cover the land; it shall be in the latter days, and I will bring thee against my land, that…
• Joel 2:2 — A day of darkness and of gloominess, a day of clouds and of thick darkness, as the morning spread upon the mountains: a great people and a strong; there hath…
• Nahum 1:3 — The LORD is slow to anger, and great in power, and will not at all acquit the LORD hath his way in the whirlwind and in the storm, and the clouds are the dust…

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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.