גָּנַן (gānan) is
a Hebrew verb
meaning cover. It appears
8 times
in 3 books of the Hebrew Bible
(Strong's H1598).
Also rendered
to defend
Same Hebrew root (TWOT 367)
Range of meaning (TWOT 367)cover, surround, defend; hedge, protect
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's
גָּנַןverb: cover, surround, defend
Qaldefend
Hiphildefend
Strong's H1598גָּנַן: to hedge about, i.e. (generally) protect KJV:defend.
Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.