עָנָן
ʿānān
cloud-mass
Strong's H6051NounHebrewTWOT 1655a

עָנָן (ʿānān) is a Hebrew noun meaning cloud-mass. It appears 87 times in 18 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H6051).

Also rendered

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 1655a)

Range of meaning (TWOT 1655a)cloud-mass, cloud; cloud of incense; covering, nimbus, cloudiness; cloudy
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

עָנָן noun, masculine: cloud-mass, cloud

עֲנָנָה noun, feminine: cloud

Strong's H6051 עָנָן: a cloud (as covering the sky), i.e. the nimbus or thunder-cloud
KJV:cloud(-y).

Strong's H6053 עֲנָנָה: cloudiness
KJV:cloud.

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.

Root family 1655: עָנַן ʿānan — bring clouds; act covertly, practise magic; enchanter, Meonemin, observe times, soothsayer, sorcerer

See it in Scripture

Genesis 9:13Exodus 13:21Leviticus 16:2

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