The meaning of “עָנָן”
Understanding ʻânân reveals the original theological depth often simplified in translation.
cloud(-y). - a cloud (as covering the sky), i.e. the nimbus or thunder-cloud 1) cloud, cloudy, cloud-mass 1a) cloud-mass...
עָנָן
cloud(-y). - a cloud (as covering the sky), i.e. the nimbus or thunder-cloud 1) cloud, cloudy, cloud-mass 1a) cloud-mass (of theophanic cloud) 1b) cloud
Occurrences in the Bible
| Reference | Text | |
|---|---|---|
| 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:” Word: עָנָן (ʻânân) | |
| Numbers 10:11 | “And it came to pass on the twentieth day of the second month, in the second year, that the cloud was taken up from off the tabernacle of the testimony.” Word: עָנָן (ʻânân) | |
| 2 Chronicles 5:14 | “So that the priests could not stand to minister by reason of the cloud: for the glory of the Lord had filled the house of God. ” Word: עָנָן (ʻânân) | |
| Psalms 99:7 | “He spake unto them in the cloudy pillar: they kept his testimonies, and the ordinance that he gave them.” Word: עָנָן (ʻânân) | |
| Lamentations 3:44 | “Thou hast covered thyself with a cloud, that our prayer should not pass through.” Word: עָנָן (ʻânân) |
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