Anan עָנָן

Anan (Hebrew עָנָן, Strong's H6051) is a Hebrew masculine noun meaning “cloud”. It occurs 87 times in 80 verses of the Old Testament.

Definition

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

Verses

Every verse with Anan, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Genesis

• Genesis 9:13
  I do set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a token of a covenant between me and the earth.I have set My rainbow in the clouds, and it will be a sign of the covenant between Me and the earth.
• 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:Whenever I form clouds over the earth and the rainbow appears in the clouds,
• Genesis 9:16
  And the bow shall be in the cloud; and I will look upon it, that I may remember the everlasting covenant between God and every living creature of all flesh that is upon the earth.And whenever the rainbow appears in the clouds, I will see it and remember the everlasting covenant between God and every living creature of every kind that is on the earth.”

Exodus

• Exodus 13:21
  And the Lord went before them by day in a pillar of a cloud, to lead them the way; and by night in a pillar of fire, to give them light; to go by day and night:And the LORD went before them in a pillar of cloud to guide their way by day, and in a pillar of fire to give them light by night, so that they could travel by day or night.
• Exodus 13:22
  He took not away the pillar of the cloud by day, nor the pillar of fire by night, from before the people.Neither the pillar of cloud by day nor the pillar of fire by night left its place before the people.
• Exodus 14:19
  And the angel of God, which went before the camp of Israel, removed and went behind them; and the pillar of the cloud went from before their face, and stood behind them:And the angel of God, who had gone before the camp of Israel, withdrew and went behind them. The pillar of cloud also moved from before them and stood behind them,
• Exodus 14:20
  And it came between the camp of the Egyptians and the camp of Israel; and it was a cloud and darkness to them, but it gave light by night to these: so that the one came not near the other all the night.so that it came between the camps of Egypt and Israel. The cloud was there in the darkness, but it lit up the night. So all night long neither camp went near the other.
• Exodus 14:24
  And it came to pass, that in the morning watch the Lord looked unto the host of the Egyptians through the pillar of fire and of the cloud, and troubled the host of the Egyptians,At morning watch, however, the LORD looked down on the army of the Egyptians from the pillar of fire and cloud, and He threw their camp into confusion.
• Exodus 16:10
  And it came to pass, as Aaron spake unto the whole congregation of the children of Israel, that they looked toward the wilderness, and, behold, the glory of the Lord appeared in the cloud.And as Aaron was speaking to the whole congregation of Israel, they looked toward the desert, and there in a cloud the glory of the LORD appeared.
• Exodus 19:9
  And the Lord said unto Moses, Lo, I come unto thee in a thick cloud, that the people may hear when I speak with thee, and believe thee for ever. And Moses told the words of the people unto the Lord.The LORD said to Moses, “Behold, I will come to you in a dense cloud, so that the people will hear when I speak with you, and they will always put their trust in you.” And Moses relayed to the LORD what the people had said.
• Exodus 19:16
  And it came to pass on the third day in the morning, that there were thunders and lightnings, and a thick cloud upon the mount, and the voice of the trumpet exceeding loud; so that all the people that was in the camp trembled.On the third day, when morning came, there was thunder and lightning. A thick cloud was upon the mountain, and a very loud blast of the ram’s horn went out, so that all the people in the camp trembled.
• Exodus 24:15
  And Moses went up into the mount, and a cloud covered the mount.When Moses went up on the mountain, the cloud covered it,
• Exodus 24:16
  And the glory of the Lord abode upon mount Sinai, and the cloud covered it six days: and the seventh day he called unto Moses out of the midst of the cloud.and the glory of the LORD settled on Mount Sinai. For six days the cloud covered it, and on the seventh day the LORD called to Moses from within the cloud.
• Exodus 24:18
  And Moses went into the midst of the cloud, and gat him up into the mount: and Moses was in the mount forty days and forty nights.Moses entered the cloud as he went up on the mountain, and he remained on the mountain forty days and forty nights.
• Exodus 33:9
  And it came to pass, as Moses entered into the tabernacle, the cloudy pillar descended, and stood at the door of the tabernacle, and the Lord talked with Moses.As Moses entered the tent, the pillar of cloud would come down and remain at the entrance, and the LORD would speak with Moses.
• Exodus 33:10
  And all the people saw the cloudy pillar stand at the tabernacle door: and all the people rose up and worshipped, every man in his tent door.When all the people saw the pillar of cloud standing at the entrance to the tent, they would stand up and worship, each one at the entrance to his own tent.
• Exodus 34:5
  And the Lord descended in the cloud, and stood with him there, and proclaimed the name of the Lord.And the LORD descended in a cloud, stood with him there, and proclaimed His name, the LORD.
• Exodus 40:34
  Then a cloud covered the tent of the congregation, and the glory of the Lord filled the tabernacle.Then the cloud covered the Tent of Meeting, and the glory of the LORD filled the tabernacle.
• Exodus 40:35
  And Moses was not able to enter into the tent of the congregation, because the cloud abode thereon, and the glory of the Lord filled the tabernacle.Moses was unable to enter the Tent of Meeting because the cloud had settled on it, and the glory of the LORD filled the tabernacle.
• Exodus 40:36
  And when the cloud was taken up from over the tabernacle, the children of Israel went onward in all their journeys:Whenever the cloud was lifted from above the tabernacle, the Israelites would set out through all the stages of their journey.
• Exodus 40:37
  But if the cloud were not taken up, then they journeyed not till the day that it was taken up.If the cloud was not lifted, they would not set out until the day it was taken up.
• Exodus 40:38
  For the cloud of the Lord was upon the tabernacle by day, and fire was on it by night, in the sight of all the house of Israel, throughout all their journeys.For the cloud of the LORD was over the tabernacle by day, and fire was in the cloud by night, in the sight of all the house of Israel through all their journeys.

Leviticus

• Leviticus 16:2
  And the Lord said unto Moses, Speak unto Aaron thy brother, that he come not at all times into the holy place within the vail before the mercy seat, which is upon the ark; that he die not: for I will appear in the cloud upon the mercy seat.And the LORD said to Moses: “Tell your brother Aaron not to enter freely into the Most Holy Place behind the veil in front of the mercy seat on the ark, or else he will die, because I appear in the cloud above the mercy seat.
• Leviticus 16:13
  And he shall put the incense upon the fire before the Lord, that the cloud of the incense may cover the mercy seat that is upon the testimony, that he die not:He is to put the incense on the fire before the LORD, and the cloud of incense will cover the mercy seat above the Testimony, so that he will not die.

Numbers

• Numbers 9:15
  And on the day that the tabernacle was reared up the cloud covered the tabernacle, namely, the tent of the testimony: and at even there was upon the tabernacle as it were the appearance of fire, until the morning.On the day that the tabernacle, the Tent of the Testimony, was set up, the cloud covered it and appeared like fire above the tabernacle from evening until morning.
• Numbers 9:16
  So it was alway: the cloud covered it by day, and the appearance of fire by night.It remained that way continually; the cloud would cover the tabernacle by day, and at night it would appear like fire.
• Numbers 9:17
  And when the cloud was taken up from the tabernacle, then after that the children of Israel journeyed: and in the place where the cloud abode, there the children of Israel pitched their tents.Whenever the cloud was lifted from above the Tent, the Israelites would set out, and wherever the cloud settled, there the Israelites would camp.
• Numbers 9:18
  At the commandment of the Lord the children of Israel journeyed, and at the commandment of the Lord they pitched: as long as the cloud abode upon the tabernacle they rested in their tents.At the LORD’s command the Israelites set out, and at the LORD’s command they camped. As long as the cloud remained over the tabernacle, they remained encamped.
• Numbers 9:19
  And when the cloud tarried long upon the tabernacle many days, then the children of Israel kept the charge of the Lord, and journeyed not.Even when the cloud lingered over the tabernacle for many days, the Israelites kept the LORD’s charge and did not set out.
• Numbers 9:20
  And so it was, when the cloud was a few days upon the tabernacle; according to the commandment of the Lord they abode in their tents, and according to the commandment of the Lord they journeyed.Sometimes the cloud remained over the tabernacle for only a few days, and they would camp at the LORD’s command and set out at the LORD’s command.
• Numbers 9:21
  And so it was, when the cloud abode from even unto the morning, and that the cloud was taken up in the morning, then they journeyed: whether it was by day or by night that the cloud was taken up, they journeyed.Sometimes the cloud remained only from evening until morning, and when it lifted in the morning, they would set out. Whether it was by day or by night, when the cloud was taken up, they would set out.
• Numbers 9:22
  Or whether it were two days, or a month, or a year, that the cloud tarried upon the tabernacle, remaining thereon, the children of Israel abode in their tents, and journeyed not: but when it was taken up, they journeyed.Whether the cloud lingered for two days, a month, or longer, the Israelites camped and did not set out as long as the cloud remained over the tabernacle; but when it was lifted, they would set out.
• 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.On the twentieth day of the second month of the second year, the cloud was lifted from above the tabernacle of the Testimony,
• Numbers 10:12
  And the children of Israel took their journeys out of the wilderness of Sinai; and the cloud rested in the wilderness of Paran.and the Israelites set out from the Wilderness of Sinai, traveling from place to place until the cloud settled in the Wilderness of Paran.
• Numbers 10:34
  And the cloud of the Lord was upon them by day, when they went out of the camp.And the cloud of the LORD was over them by day when they set out from the camp.
• Numbers 11:25
  And the Lord came down in a cloud, and spake unto him, and took of the spirit that was upon him, and gave it unto the seventy elders: and it came to pass, that, when the spirit rested upon them, they prophesied, and did not cease.Then the LORD came down in the cloud and spoke to him, and He took some of the Spirit that was on Moses and placed that Spirit on the seventy elders. As the Spirit rested on them, they prophesied—but they never did so again.
• Numbers 12:5
  And the Lord came down in the pillar of the cloud, and stood in the door of the tabernacle, and called Aaron and Miriam: and they both came forth.and the LORD came down in a pillar of cloud, stood at the entrance to the Tent, and summoned Aaron and Miriam. When both of them had stepped forward,
• Numbers 12:10
  And the cloud departed from off the tabernacle; and, behold, Miriam became leprous, white as snow: and Aaron looked upon Miriam, and, behold, she was leprous.As the cloud lifted from above the Tent, suddenly Miriam became leprous, white as snow. Aaron turned toward her, saw that she was leprous,
• Numbers 14:14
  And they will tell it to the inhabitants of this land: for they have heard that thou Lord art among this people, that thou Lord art seen face to face, and that thy cloud standeth over them, and that thou goest before them, by day time in a pillar of a cloud, and in a pillar of fire by night.And they will tell it to the inhabitants of this land. They have already heard that You, O LORD, are in the midst of this people, that You, O LORD, have been seen face to face, that Your cloud stands over them, and that You go before them in a pillar of cloud by day and a pillar of fire by night.
• Numbers 16:42
  And it came to pass, when the congregation was gathered against Moses and against Aaron, that they looked toward the tabernacle of the congregation: and, behold, the cloud covered it, and the glory of the Lord appeared.But when the congregation gathered against them, Moses and Aaron turned toward the Tent of Meeting, and suddenly the cloud covered it and the glory of the LORD appeared.

Deuteronomy

• Deuteronomy 1:33
  Who went in the way before you, to search you out a place to pitch your tents in, in fire by night, to shew you by what way ye should go, and in a cloud by day.who went before you on the journey, in the fire by night and in the cloud by day, to seek out a place for you to camp and to show you the road to travel.
• Deuteronomy 4:11
  And ye came near and stood under the mountain; and the mountain burned with fire unto the midst of heaven, with darkness, clouds, and thick darkness.You came near and stood at the base of the mountain, a mountain blazing with fire to the heavens, with black clouds and deep darkness.
• Deuteronomy 5:22
  These words the Lord spake unto all your assembly in the mount out of the midst of the fire, of the cloud, and of the thick darkness, with a great voice: and he added no more. And he wrote them in two tables of stone, and delivered them unto me.The LORD spoke these commandments in a loud voice to your whole assembly out of the fire, the cloud, and the deep darkness on the mountain; He added nothing more. And He wrote them on two tablets of stone and gave them to me.
• Deuteronomy 31:15
  And the Lord appeared in the tabernacle in a pillar of a cloud: and the pillar of the cloud stood over the door of the tabernacle.Then the LORD appeared at the tent in a pillar of cloud, and the cloud stood over the entrance to the tent.

1 Kings

• 1 Kings 8:10
  And it came to pass, when the priests were come out of the holy place, that the cloud filled the house of the Lord,And when the priests came out of the Holy Place, the cloud filled the house of the LORD
• 1 Kings 8:11
  So that the priests could not stand to minister because of the cloud: for the glory of the Lord had filled the house of the Lord.so that the priests could not stand there to minister because of the cloud; for the glory of the LORD filled the house of the LORD.

2 Chronicles

• 2 Chronicles 5:13
  It came even to pass, as the trumpeters and singers were as one, to make one sound to be heard in praising and thanking the Lord; and when they lifted up their voice with the trumpets and cymbals and instruments of musick, and praised the Lord, saying, For he is good; for his mercy endureth for ever: that then the house was filled with a cloud, even the house of the Lord;The trumpeters and singers joined together to praise and thank the LORD with one voice. They lifted up their voices, accompanied by trumpets, cymbals, and musical instruments, in praise to the LORD: “For He is good; His loving devotion endures forever.” And the temple, the house of the LORD, was filled with a cloud
• 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.so that the priests could not stand there to minister because of the cloud; for the glory of the LORD filled the house of God.

Nehemiah

• Nehemiah 9:12
  Moreover thou leddest them in the day by a cloudy pillar; and in the night by a pillar of fire, to give them light in the way wherein they should go.You led them with a pillar of cloud by day and a pillar of fire by night, to light for them the way in which they should travel.
• Nehemiah 9:19
  Yet thou in thy manifold mercies forsookest them not in the wilderness: the pillar of the cloud departed not from them by day, to lead them in the way; neither the pillar of fire by night, to shew them light, and the way wherein they should go.You in Your great compassion did not forsake them in the wilderness. By day the pillar of cloud never turned away from guiding them on their path; and by the night the pillar of fire illuminated the way they should go.

Job

• Job 7:9
  As the cloud is consumed and vanisheth away: so he that goeth down to the grave shall come up no more.As a cloud vanishes and is gone, so he who goes down to Sheol does not come back up.
• Job 26:8
  He bindeth up the waters in his thick clouds; and the cloud is not rent under them.He wraps up the waters in His clouds, yet the clouds do not burst under their own weight.
• Job 26:9
  He holdeth back the face of his throne, and spreadeth his cloud upon it.He covers the face of the full moon, spreading over it His cloud.
• Job 37:11
  Also by watering he wearieth the thick cloud: he scattereth his bright cloud:He loads the clouds with moisture; He scatters His lightning through them.
• Job 37:15
  Dost thou know when God disposed them, and caused the light of his cloud to shine?Do you know how God dispatches the clouds or makes the lightning flash?
• Job 38:9
  When I made the cloud the garment thereof, and thick darkness a swaddlingband for it,when I made the clouds its garment and thick darkness its blanket,

Psalms

• Psalm 78:14
  In the daytime also he led them with a cloud, and all the night with a light of fire.He led them with a cloud by day and with a light of fire all night.
• Psalm 97:2
  Clouds and darkness are round about him: righteousness and judgment are the habitation of his throne.Clouds and darkness surround Him; righteousness and justice are His throne’s foundation.
• Psalm 99:7
  He spake unto them in the cloudy pillar: they kept his testimonies, and the ordinance that he gave them.He spoke to them from the pillar of cloud; they kept His decrees and the statutes He gave them.
• Psalm 105:39
  He spread a cloud for a covering; and fire to give light in the night.He spread a cloud as a covering and a fire to light up the night.

Isaiah

• Isaiah 4:5
  And the Lord will create upon every dwelling place of mount Zion, and upon her assemblies, a cloud and smoke by day, and the shining of a flaming fire by night: for upon all the glory shall be a defence.Then the LORD will create over all of Mount Zion and over her assemblies a cloud of smoke by day and a glowing flame of fire by night. For over all the glory there will be a canopy,
• Isaiah 44:22
  I have blotted out, as a thick cloud, thy transgressions, and, as a cloud, thy sins: return unto me; for I have redeemed thee.I have blotted out your transgressions like a cloud, and your sins like a mist. Return to Me, for I have redeemed you.

Jeremiah

• Jeremiah 4:13
  Behold, he shall come up as clouds, and his chariots shall be as a whirlwind: his horses are swifter than eagles. Woe unto us! for we are spoiled.Behold, he advances like the clouds, his chariots like the whirlwind. His horses are swifter than eagles. Woe to us, for we are ruined!

Lamentations

• Lamentations 3:44
  Thou hast covered thyself with a cloud, that our prayer should not pass through.You have covered Yourself with a cloud that no prayer can pass through.

Ezekiel

• Ezekiel 1:4
  And I looked, and, behold, a whirlwind came out of the north, a great cloud, and a fire infolding itself, and a brightness was about it, and out of the midst thereof as the colour of amber, out of the midst of the fire.I looked and saw a whirlwind coming from the north, a great cloud with fire flashing back and forth and brilliant light all around it. In the center of the fire was a gleam like amber,
• Ezekiel 1:28
  As the appearance of the bow that is in the cloud in the day of rain, so was the appearance of the brightness round about. This was the appearance of the likeness of the glory of the Lord. And when I saw it, I fell upon my face, and I heard a voice of one that spake.The appearance of the brilliant light all around Him was like that of a rainbow in a cloud on a rainy day. This was the appearance of the likeness of the glory of the LORD. And when I saw it, I fell facedown and heard a voice speaking.
• Ezekiel 8:11
  And there stood before them seventy men of the ancients of the house of Israel, and in the midst of them stood Jaazaniah the son of Shaphan, with every man his censer in his hand; and a thick cloud of incense went up.Before them stood seventy elders of the house of Israel, with Jaazaniah son of Shaphan standing among them. Each had a censer in his hand, and a fragrant cloud of incense was rising.
• Ezekiel 10:3
  Now the cherubims stood on the right side of the house, when the man went in; and the cloud filled the inner court.Now when the man went in, the cherubim were standing on the south side of the temple, and a cloud filled the inner court.
• Ezekiel 10:4
  Then the glory of the Lord went up from the cherub, and stood over the threshold of the house; and the house was filled with the cloud, and the court was full of the brightness of the Lord’s glory.Then the glory of the LORD rose from above the cherubim and stood over the threshold of the temple. The temple was filled with the cloud, and the court was filled with the brightness of the glory of the LORD.
• Ezekiel 30:3
  For the day is near, even the day of the Lord is near, a cloudy day; it shall be the time of the heathen.For the day is near, the Day of the LORD is near. It will be a day of clouds, a time of doom for the nations.
• Ezekiel 30:18
  At Tehaphnehes also the day shall be darkened, when I shall break there the yokes of Egypt: and the pomp of her strength shall cease in her: as for her, a cloud shall cover her, and her daughters shall go into captivity.The day will be darkened in Tahpanhes when I break the yoke of Egypt and her proud strength comes to an end. A cloud will cover her, and her daughters will go into captivity.
• Ezekiel 32:7
  And when I shall put thee out, I will cover the heaven, and make the stars thereof dark; I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon shall not give her light.When I extinguish you, I will cover the heavens and darken their stars. I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon will not give its light.
• Ezekiel 34:12
  As a shepherd seeketh out his flock in the day that he is among his sheep that are scattered; so will I seek out my sheep, and will deliver them out of all places where they have been scattered in the cloudy and dark day.As a shepherd looks for his scattered sheep when he is among the flock, so I will look for My flock. I will rescue them from all the places to which they were scattered on a day of clouds and darkness.
• Ezekiel 38:9
  Thou shalt ascend and come like a storm, thou shalt be like a cloud to cover the land, thou, and all thy bands, and many people with thee.You and all your troops, and many peoples with you will go up, advancing like a thunderstorm; you will be like a cloud covering the land.
• Ezekiel 38:16
  And thou shalt come up against my people of Israel, as a cloud to cover the land; it shall be in the latter days, and I will bring thee against my land, that the heathen may know me, when I shall be sanctified in thee, O Gog, before their eyes.You will advance against My people Israel like a cloud covering the land. It will happen in the latter days, O Gog, that I will bring you against My land, so that the nations may know Me when I show Myself holy in you before their eyes.

Hosea

• Hosea 6:4
  O Ephraim, what shall I do unto thee? O Judah, what shall I do unto thee? for your goodness is as a morning cloud, and as the early dew it goeth away.What shall I do with you, O Ephraim? What shall I do with you, O Judah? For your loyalty is like a morning mist, like the early dew that vanishes.
• Hosea 13:3
  Therefore they shall be as the morning cloud, and as the early dew that passeth away, as the chaff that is driven with the whirlwind out of the floor, and as the smoke out of the chimney.Therefore they will be like the morning mist, like the early dew that vanishes, like chaff blown from a threshing floor, like smoke through an open window.

Joel

• Joel 2:2
  A day of darkness and of gloominess, a day of clouds and of thick darkness, as the morning spread upon the mountains: a great people and a strong; there hath not been ever the like, neither shall be any more after it, even to the years of many generations.a day of darkness and gloom, a day of clouds and blackness. Like the dawn overspreading the mountains a great and strong army appears, such as never was of old, nor will ever be in ages to come.

Nahum

• Nahum 1:3
  The Lord is slow to anger, and great in power, and will not at all acquit the wicked: the Lord hath his way in the whirlwind and in the storm, and the clouds are the dust of his feet.The LORD is slow to anger and great in power; the LORD will by no means leave the guilty unpunished. His path is in the whirlwind and storm, and clouds are the dust beneath His feet.

Zephaniah

• Zephaniah 1:15
  That day is a day of wrath, a day of trouble and distress, a day of wasteness and desolation, a day of darkness and gloominess, a day of clouds and thick darkness,That day will be a day of wrath, a day of trouble and distress, a day of destruction and desolation, a day of darkness and gloom, a day of clouds and blackness,

Notes

1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).