6051. anan

Strong's Lexicon

anan: Cloud

Original Word: עָנָן
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Transliteration: `anan
Pronunciation: ah-nawn'
Phonetic Spelling: (aw-nawn')
Definition: Cloud
Meaning: a cloud, the nimbus, thunder-cloud

Word Origin: Derived from an unused root meaning to cover or to cloud over

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: - G3507 (νεφέλη, nephele): Often used in the New Testament to describe clouds, such as in the Transfiguration of Jesus (Matthew 17:5) and the Ascension (Acts 1:9).

Usage: The Hebrew word "עָנָן" (anan) primarily refers to a cloud in the sky. In the biblical context, it is often used to describe natural phenomena, divine manifestations, and symbols of God's presence and guidance. Clouds are depicted as carriers of rain, signs of divine intervention, and as a metaphor for mystery and the unknown.

Cultural and Historical Background: In ancient Near Eastern cultures, clouds were often associated with the divine. They were seen as the dwelling place of gods or as vehicles for divine appearances. In the Hebrew Bible, clouds frequently symbolize God's presence, as seen in the pillar of cloud that guided the Israelites through the wilderness. This imagery underscores the belief in a God who is both transcendent and immanent, guiding and protecting His people.

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin
from an unused word
Definition
a cloud mass, cloud
NASB Translation
cloud (78), clouds (7), cloudy (1), heavy mist (1).

Brown-Driver-Briggs

I. עָנָן₈₇ noun masculine^{Exodus 19:16} cloud-mass, cloud; — ׳(הֶ)ע absolute Exodus 19:9 +; construct עֲנַזִ Hosea 6:4 +; suffix עֲנָֽנְךָ Numbers 14:14, עֲנָנוֺ Job 26:9; Job 37:15; plural עֲנִים Jeremiah 4:13; —

1 cloud-mass:

a. especially of theophanic cloud (58 t.), chiefly at Exodus in J E (less often P), usually ׳עַמּוּד הֶע Exodus 13:21,22 + (see עַמּוּד), but also ׳ע alone Exodus 34:5; compare Exodus 14:20 (J), Numbers 10:34; Numbers 11:35; Numbers 14:14 (all J E); ׳עַבהֶֿע Exodus 19:9, כָּבֵד ׳ע Exodus 19:16 (E); ׳ע in P Exodus 16:10; Exodus 24:15 23t.; also Deuteronomy 1:33; Deuteronomy 4:11; Deuteronomy 5:19; Psalm 78:14; Psalm 105:39; in temple 1 Kings 8:10,11 2Chronicles 5:13,14, compare Ezekiel 1:4; Ezekiel 10:3,4; hence in General Psalm 97:2, as symbol of protection Isaiah 4:5; as a barrier Lamentations 3:44; compare אֲבַק רַגְלָיו ׳וע Nahum 1:3.

b. of rain-bow cloud Genesis 9:13,14 (twice in verse); Genesis 9:16 (P), Ezekiel 1:28 (simile).

c. עֲנַןבֹּֿקֶר Hosea 6:4; Hosea 13:3 (simile of transitoriness; on phenomenon in Palestine see Chaplin^{PEQ, 1883, 19}), compare Isaiah 44:22; Job 7:9 (both id.); simile of invasion Ezekiel 38:9,16, plural Jeremiah 4:13.

d. poetic in various connection Job 26:8,9; Job 38:9; with אוֺר as thunder-cloud Job 37:11,15.

e. symbolic of gloom Ezekiel 30:18; Ezekiel 32:7; וַעֲרָפֶל ׳יוֺם ע Zephaniah 1:15; Ezekiel 34:12; Joel 2:2, compare Ezekiel 30:3 (all of day of ׳ע).

2 קְטֹרֶת ׳ע Leviticus 16:13 (P) cloud of incense, so Ezekiel 8:11 (strike out ׳ע ᵐ5 Co Berthol, not Toy).

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

cloudy

From anan; a cloud (as covering the sky), i.e. The nimbus or thunder-cloud -- cloud(-y).

see HEBREW anan

Forms and Transliterations

בֶּֽעָנָ֑ן בֶּֽעָנָ֔ן בֶּעָנָ֣ן בֶּעָנָֽן׃ בֶּעָנָן֮ בֶֽעָנָן֙ בֶעָנָ֜ן בענן בענן׃ הֶ֠עָנָן הֶ֣עָנָ֔ן הֶֽעָנָ֑ן הֶֽעָנָ֔ן הֶֽעָנָ֛ן הֶֽעָנָ֣ן הֶֽעָנָן֒ הֶֽעָנָן֙ הֶעָנָ֑ן הֶעָנָ֖ן הֶעָנָ֛ן הֶעָנָ֤ן הֶעָנָֽן׃ הענן הענן׃ וְהֶעָנָ֗ן וְהֶעָנָ֣ן וְהֶעָנָ֥ן וְכֶעָנָ֖ן וְעָנָ֑ן וְעָנָ֖ן וְעָנָ֤ן וַעֲנַ֧ן וַעֲנָֽנְךָ֙ וּבֶעָנָ֖ן ובענן והענן וכענן וענן ועננך כֶּֽעָנָ֖ן כֶּעָנָ֛ן כַּֽעֲנַן־ כַּעֲנַן־ כַּעֲנָנִ֣ים כענן כענן־ כעננים עֲנַ֣ן עֲנַ֨ן עֲנַֽן־ עֲנָנֽוֹ׃ עָ֭נָן עָנָ֑ן עָנָ֔ן עָנָ֖ן עָנָ֗ן עָנָ֣ן עָנָ֤ן עָנָ֤ן ׀ עָנָ֥ן עָנָן֙ ענן ענן־ עננו׃ ‘ă·nā·nōw ‘ă·nan ‘ā·nān ‘ă·nan- ‘ănan ‘ānān ‘ănan- ‘ănānōw aNan anaNo Anon be‘ānān ḇe‘ānān be·‘ā·nān ḇe·‘ā·nān beaNan he‘ānān he·‘ā·nān heaNan Heanon ka‘ănan- ka‘ănānîm ka·‘ă·nā·nîm ka·‘ă·nan- kaanan kaanaNim ke‘ānān ke·‘ā·nān keaNan ū·ḇe·‘ā·nān ūḇe‘ānān uveaNan vaaNan vaananeCha veaNan vecheaNan veheaNan wa‘ănan wa‘ănānəḵā wa·‘ă·nā·nə·ḵā wa·‘ă·nan wə‘ānān wə·‘ā·nān wə·he·‘ā·nān wə·ḵe·‘ā·nān wəhe‘ānān wəḵe‘ānān

Englishman's Concordance

Genesis 9:13
HEB: קַשְׁתִּ֕י נָתַ֖תִּי בֶּֽעָנָ֑ן וְהָֽיְתָה֙ לְא֣וֹת
NAS: My bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a sign
KJV: my bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a token
INT: my bow set the cloud shall be for A sign

Genesis 9:14
HEB: וְהָיָ֕ה בְּעַֽנְנִ֥י עָנָ֖ן עַל־ הָאָ֑רֶץ
NAS: about, when I bring a cloud over
KJV: And it shall come to pass, when I bring a cloud over the earth,
INT: shall come bring A cloud over the earth

Genesis 9:14
HEB: וְנִרְאֲתָ֥ה הַקֶּ֖שֶׁת בֶּעָנָֽן׃
NAS: will be seen in the cloud,
KJV: shall be seen in the cloud:
INT: will be seen the bow the cloud

Genesis 9:16
HEB: וְהָיְתָ֥ה הַקֶּ֖שֶׁת בֶּֽעָנָ֑ן וּרְאִיתִ֗יהָ לִזְכֹּר֙
NAS: When the bow is in the cloud, then I will look
KJV: And the bow shall be in the cloud; and I will look upon it,
INT: become the bow the cloud will look to remember

Exodus 13:21
HEB: יוֹמָ֜ם בְּעַמּ֤וּד עָנָן֙ לַנְחֹתָ֣ם הַדֶּ֔רֶךְ
NAS: them in a pillar of cloud by day
KJV: in a pillar of a cloud, to lead
INT: day A pillar of cloud to lead the way

Exodus 13:22
HEB: יָמִ֞ישׁ עַמּ֤וּד הֶֽעָנָן֙ יוֹמָ֔ם וְעַמּ֥וּד
NAS: the pillar of cloud by day,
KJV: the pillar of the cloud by day,
INT: take the pillar of cloud day the pillar

Exodus 14:19
HEB: וַיִּסַּ֞ע עַמּ֤וּד הֶֽעָנָן֙ מִפְּנֵיהֶ֔ם וַיַּֽעֲמֹ֖ד
NAS: them; and the pillar of cloud moved
KJV: them; and the pillar of the cloud went
INT: moved and the pillar of cloud before and stood

Exodus 14:20
HEB: יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל וַיְהִ֤י הֶֽעָנָן֙ וְהַחֹ֔שֶׁךְ וַיָּ֖אֶר
NAS: of Israel; and there was the cloud along with the darkness,
KJV: of Israel; and it was a cloud and darkness
INT: of Israel become and there was the cloud the darkness gave

Exodus 14:24
HEB: בְּעַמּ֥וּד אֵ֖שׁ וְעָנָ֑ן וַיָּ֕הָם אֵ֖ת
NAS: of fire and cloud and brought
KJV: of fire and of the cloud, and troubled
INT: the pillar of fire and cloud and brought the army

Exodus 16:10
HEB: יְהוָ֔ה נִרְאָ֖ה בֶּעָנָֽן׃ פ
NAS: of the LORD appeared in the cloud.
KJV: of the LORD appeared in the cloud.
INT: of the LORD appeared the cloud

Exodus 19:9
HEB: אֵלֶיךָ֮ בְּעַ֣ב הֶֽעָנָן֒ בַּעֲב֞וּר יִשְׁמַ֤ע
NAS: to you in a thick cloud, so
KJV: unto thee in a thick cloud, that the people
INT: unto A thick cloud so may hear

Exodus 19:16
HEB: קֹלֹ֨ת וּבְרָקִ֜ים וְעָנָ֤ן כָּבֵד֙ עַל־
NAS: and a thick cloud upon the mountain
KJV: and a thick cloud upon the mount,
INT: were thunder and lightning cloud thick upon

Exodus 24:15
HEB: הָהָ֑ר וַיְכַ֥ס הֶעָנָ֖ן אֶת־ הָהָֽר׃
NAS: up to the mountain, and the cloud covered
KJV: into the mount, and a cloud covered
INT: the mountain covered and the cloud the mountain

Exodus 24:16
HEB: סִינַ֔י וַיְכַסֵּ֥הוּ הֶעָנָ֖ן שֵׁ֣שֶׁת יָמִ֑ים
NAS: Sinai, and the cloud covered
KJV: Sinai, and the cloud covered
INT: Sinai covered and the cloud six days

Exodus 24:16
HEB: הַשְּׁבִיעִ֖י מִתּ֥וֹךְ הֶעָנָֽן׃
NAS: to Moses from the midst of the cloud.
KJV: out of the midst of the cloud.
INT: the seventh the midst of the cloud

Exodus 24:18
HEB: מֹשֶׁ֛ה בְּת֥וֹךְ הֶעָנָ֖ן וַיַּ֣עַל אֶל־
NAS: the midst of the cloud as he went
KJV: into the midst of the cloud, and gat him up
INT: Moses the midst of the cloud went to

Exodus 33:9
HEB: יֵרֵד֙ עַמּ֣וּד הֶֽעָנָ֔ן וְעָמַ֖ד פֶּ֣תַח
NAS: the pillar of cloud would descend
KJV: into the tabernacle, the cloudy pillar
INT: descend the pillar of cloud and stand the entrance

Exodus 33:10
HEB: אֶת־ עַמּ֣וּד הֶֽעָנָ֔ן עֹמֵ֖ד פֶּ֣תַח
NAS: the pillar of cloud standing
KJV: saw the cloudy pillar
INT: the people the pillar of cloud standing the entrance

Exodus 34:5
HEB: וַיֵּ֤רֶד יְהוָה֙ בֶּֽעָנָ֔ן וַיִּתְיַצֵּ֥ב עִמּ֖וֹ
NAS: descended in the cloud and stood
KJV: descended in the cloud, and stood
INT: descended the LORD the cloud and stood with

Exodus 40:34
HEB: וַיְכַ֥ס הֶעָנָ֖ן אֶת־ אֹ֣הֶל
NAS: Then the cloud covered the tent
KJV: Then a cloud covered the tent
INT: covered the cloud the tent of meeting

Exodus 40:35
HEB: שָׁכַ֥ן עָלָ֖יו הֶעָנָ֑ן וּכְב֣וֹד יְהוָ֔ה
NAS: because the cloud had settled
KJV: of the congregation, because the cloud abode
INT: had settled and the cloud and the glory of the LORD

Exodus 40:36
HEB: וּבְהֵעָל֤וֹת הֶֽעָנָן֙ מֵעַ֣ל הַמִּשְׁכָּ֔ן
NAS: their journeys whenever the cloud was taken
KJV: And when the cloud was taken up from
INT: was taken the cloud over the tabernacle

Exodus 40:37
HEB: לֹ֥א יֵעָלֶ֖ה הֶעָנָ֑ן וְלֹ֣א יִסְע֔וּ
NAS: but if the cloud was not taken
KJV: But if the cloud were not taken up,
INT: was not taken the cloud did not set

Exodus 40:38
HEB: כִּי֩ עֲנַ֨ן יְהוָ֤ה עַֽל־
NAS: their journeys, the cloud of the LORD
KJV: For the cloud of the LORD
INT: for the cloud of the LORD was on

Leviticus 16:2
HEB: יָמ֔וּת כִּ֚י בֶּֽעָנָ֔ן אֵרָאֶ֖ה עַל־
NAS: for I will appear in the cloud over
KJV: not: for I will appear in the cloud upon the mercy
INT: will die in the cloud will appear over

87 Occurrences

Strong's Hebrew 6051
87 Occurrences

‘ā·nān — 23 Occ.
‘ă·nā·nōw — 2 Occ.
‘ā·nān — 2 Occ.
be·‘ā·nān — 9 Occ.
he·‘ā·nān — 33 Occ.
he·‘ā·nān — 1 Occ.
ka·‘ă·nan- — 2 Occ.
ka·‘ă·nā·nîm — 1 Occ.
ke·‘ā·nān — 2 Occ.
ū·ḇe·‘ā·nān — 1 Occ.
wa·‘ă·nan — 1 Occ.
wa·‘ă·nā·nə·ḵā — 1 Occ.
wə·‘ā·nān — 5 Occ.
wə·ḵe·‘ā·nān — 1 Occ.
wə·he·‘ā·nān — 3 Occ.