Ranan רָנַן

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Ranan
רָנַן
Transliterationranan
Strong's numberH7442 (H7442B, H7442A)
LanguageHebrew
Part of speechverb
Glossto sing
Occurrences54 in 53 verses
Most frequent inPsalms (25)

Ranan (Hebrew רָנַן, Strong's H7442) is a Hebrew verb meaning “to sing”. It occurs 54 times in 53 verses of the Old Testament.

Definition

H7442B: to sing

1) to cry out, shout for joy, give a ringing cry
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to give a ringing cry (in joy, exaltation, distress)
1a2) to cry aloud (in summons, exhortation of wisdom)
1b) (Piel) to give a ringing cry (in joy, exultation, praise
1c) (Pual) ringing cry, singing out (passive)
1d) (Hiphil) to cause to ring or sing out (for joy)
1e) (Hithpolel) rejoicing (participle)
Also means: ran.nen (רַנֵּן "to sing" H7444)

H7442A: to overcome

1) to overcome
1a) (Hithpolel) to be overcome

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

Translated as

KJVsing (18), rejoice (11), joy (5), aloud (5), out (3), shout (2), crieth (2), shouted (1), sang (1), shouteth (1), triumph (1), joyful (1), and 1 other rendering
BSBshout for joy (9), sing for joy (6), will shout for joy (4), sing (4), rejoice (2), will sing for joy (2), cry out (2), sings (2), they shout for joy (2), they shouted for joy (1), sang (1), let them ever shout for joy (1), and 17 other renderings

Verses

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

Leviticus

Deuteronomy

1 Chronicles

Job

Psalms

Proverbs

Isaiah

Jeremiah

Lamentations

Zephaniah

Zechariah

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).
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