רַעֲנָן raanan
Hebrew word for “luxuriant” · Strong’s H7488 · used 20 times in 20 verses
Meaning
adj; luxuriant, fresh; Aramaic equivalent: ra.a.nan (רַעֲנַן "luxuriant" H7487)
Senses in the lexicon
- luxuriant (19)
- be fresh (1)
How it is translated
Glosses given for raanan in context, with how often each is used:
- luxuriant 17
- fresh 2
- will grow luxuriant 1
Where it is used
| Book | Uses | Per 1,000 words | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jeremiah | 6 | 0.3 | |
| Psalms | 4 | 0.2 | |
| 2 Kings | 2 | 0.2 | |
| Deuteronomy | 1 | 0.1 | |
| 1 Kings | 1 | 0.1 | |
| 2 Chronicles | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Job | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Song of Solomon | 1 | 0.8 | |
| Isaiah | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Ezekiel | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Hosea | 1 | 0.4 |
Chapters where it is used most
Psalms 92 (2), Jeremiah 3 (2), Jeremiah 17 (2), Deuteronomy 12 (1), 1 Kings 14 (1), 2 Kings 16 (1), 2 Kings 17 (1), 2 Chronicles 28 (1), Job 15 (1), Psalms 37 (1)
Forms
- רענן 17
- רעננה 2
- ורעננים 1
Words used with it
Words that share verses with raanan more often than their overall frequency would suggest:
- עֵץ ets “tree” 12
- גִּבְעָה givah “hill” 8
- תַּחַת tachat “underneath” 10
- גָּבֹהַּ gavoah “high” 5
- אֲשֵׁרָה asherah “Asherah” 3
- בָּמָה bamah “high place” 3
- פְּרִי peri “fruit” 3
- רוּם rum “to exalt” 3
- מַצֵּבָה matstsevah “pillar” 2
- זַיִת zayit “olive” 2
- יָפֶה yapheh “beautiful” 2
- הַר har “mountain” 3
Key verses
The verses using raanan that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):
- Deuteronomy 12:2 — Ye shall utterly destroy all the places, wherein the nations which ye shall possess served their gods, upon the high mountains, and upon the hills, and under…
- 1 Kings 14:23 — For they also built them high places, and images, and groves, on every high hill, and under every green tree.
- Psalms 37:35 — I have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading himself like a green bay tree.
- Psalms 92:10 — But my horn shalt thou exalt like the horn of an unicorn: I shall be anointed with fresh oil.
- Psalms 92:14 — They shall still bring forth fruit in old age; they shall be fat and flourishing;
- Isaiah 57:5 — Enflaming yourselves with idols under every green tree, slaying the children in the valleys under the clifts of the rocks?
- Jeremiah 2:20 — For of old time I have broken thy yoke, and burst thy bands; and thou saidst, I will not transgress; when upon every high hill and under every green tree thou…
- Jeremiah 3:6 — The LORD said also unto me in the days of Josiah the king, Hast thou seen that which backsliding Israel hath done? she is gone up upon every high mountain and…
- Jeremiah 3:13 — Only acknowledge thine iniquity, that thou hast transgressed against the LORD thy God, and hast scattered thy ways to the strangers under every green tree, and…
- Jeremiah 17:8 — For he shall be as a tree planted by the waters, and that spreadeth out her roots by the river, and shall not see when heat cometh, but her leaf shall be…
- Ezekiel 6:13 — Then shall ye know that I am the LORD, when their slain men shall be among their idols round about their altars, upon every high hill, in all the tops of the…
- Hosea 14:8 — Ephraim shall say, What have I to do any more with idols? I have heard him, and observed him: I am like a green fir tree. From me is thy fruit found.
See all 20 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.