Raanan רַעֲנָן
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| רַעֲנָן | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | raanan |
| Strong's number | H7488 (H7488B, H7488A) |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | adjective |
| Gloss | luxuriant |
| Occurrences | 20 in 20 verses |
| Most frequent in | Jeremiah (6) |
Raanan (Hebrew רַעֲנָן, Strong's H7488) is a Hebrew adjective meaning “luxuriant”. It occurs 20 times in 20 verses of the Old Testament.
Definition
H7488B: luxuriant
H7488A: be fresh
v
(Palel) to be or grow luxuriant or fresh or green
(Palel) to be or grow luxuriant or fresh or green
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | green (18), fresh (1), flourishing (1) |
|---|---|
| BSB | green (12), flourishing (4), flourish (1), fine (1), soft grass (1), luxuriant (1) |
Verses
Every verse with Raanan, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
Deuteronomy
- Deuteronomy 12:2Ye shall utterly destroy all the places, wherein the nations which ye shall possess served their gods, upon the high mountains, and upon the hills, and under every green tree:Destroy completely all the places where the nations you are dispossessing have served their gods—atop the high mountains, on the hills, and under every green tree.
1 Kings
- 1 Kings 14:23For they also built them high places, and images, and groves, on every high hill, and under every green tree.They also built for themselves high places, sacred pillars, and Asherah poles on every high hill and under every green tree.
2 Kings
- 2 Kings 16:4And he sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places, and on the hills, and under every green tree.And he sacrificed and burned incense on the high places, on the hills, and under every green tree.
- 2 Kings 17:10And they set them up images and groves in every high hill, and under every green tree:They set up for themselves sacred pillars and Asherah poles on every high hill and under every green tree.
2 Chronicles
- 2 Chronicles 28:4He sacrificed also and burnt incense in the high places, and on the hills, and under every green tree.And he sacrificed and burned incense on the high places, on the hills, and under every green tree.
Job
- Job 15:32It shall be accomplished before his time, and his branch shall not be green.It will be paid in full before his time, and his branch will not flourish.
Psalms
- Psalm 37:35I have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading himself like a green bay tree.I have seen a wicked, ruthless man flourishing like a well-rooted native tree,
- Psalm 52:8But I am like a green olive tree in the house of God: I trust in the mercy of God for ever and ever.But I am like an olive tree flourishing in the house of God; I trust in the loving devotion of God forever and ever.
- Psalm 92:10But my horn shalt thou exalt like the horn of an unicorn: I shall be anointed with fresh oil.But You have exalted my horn like that of a wild ox; with fine oil I have been anointed.
- Psalm 92:14They shall still bring forth fruit in old age; they shall be fat and flourishing;In old age they will still bear fruit; healthy and green they will remain,
Song of Solomon
- Song of Solomon 1:16Behold, thou art fair, my beloved, yea, pleasant: also our bed is green.How handsome you are, my beloved! Oh, how delightful! The soft grass is our bed.
Isaiah
- Isaiah 57:5Enflaming yourselves with idols under every green tree, slaying the children in the valleys under the clifts of the rocks?who burn with lust among the oaks, under every luxuriant tree, who slaughter your children in the valleys, under the clefts of the rocks?
Jeremiah
- Jeremiah 2:20For of old time I have broken thy yoke, and burst thy bands; and thou saidst, I will not transgress; when upon every high hill and under every green tree thou wanderest, playing the harlot.“For long ago you broke your yoke and tore off your chains, saying, ‘I will not serve!’ Indeed, on every high hill and under every green tree you lay down as a prostitute.
- Jeremiah 3:6The Lord said also unto me in the days of Josiah the king, Hast thou seen that which backsliding Israel hath done? she is gone up upon every high mountain and under every green tree, and there hath played the harlot.Now in the days of King Josiah, the LORD said to me, “Have you seen what faithless Israel has done? She has gone up on every high hill and under every green tree to prostitute herself there.
- Jeremiah 3:13Only acknowledge thine iniquity, that thou hast transgressed against the Lord thy God, and hast scattered thy ways to the strangers under every green tree, and ye have not obeyed my voice, saith the Lord.Only acknowledge your guilt, that you have rebelled against the LORD your God. You have scattered your favors to foreign gods under every green tree and have not obeyed My voice,’” declares the LORD.
- Jeremiah 11:16The Lord called thy name, A green olive tree, fair, and of goodly fruit: with the noise of a great tumult he hath kindled fire upon it, and the branches of it are broken.The LORD once called you a flourishing olive tree, beautiful with well-formed fruit. But with a mighty roar He will set it on fire, and its branches will be consumed.
- Jeremiah 17:2Whilst their children remember their altars and their groves by the green trees upon the high hills.Even their children remember their altars and Asherah poles by the green trees and on the high hills.
- Jeremiah 17:8For he shall be as a tree planted by the waters, and that spreadeth out her roots by the river, and shall not see when heat cometh, but her leaf shall be green; and shall not be careful in the year of drought, neither shall cease from yielding fruit.He is like a tree planted by the waters that sends out its roots toward the stream. It does not fear when the heat comes, and its leaves are always green. It does not worry in a year of drought, nor does it cease to produce fruit.
Ezekiel
- Ezekiel 6:13Then shall ye know that I am the Lord, when their slain men shall be among their idols round about their altars, upon every high hill, in all the tops of the mountains, and under every green tree, and under every thick oak, the place where they did offer sweet savour to all their idols.Then you will know that I am the LORD, when their slain lie among their idols around their altars, on every high hill, on all the mountaintops, and under every green tree and leafy oak—the places where they offered fragrant incense to all their idols.
Hosea
- Hosea 14:8Ephraim shall say, What have I to do any more with idols? I have heard him, and observed him: I am like a green fir tree. From me is thy fruit found.O Ephraim, what have I to do anymore with idols? It is I who answer and watch over him. I am like a flourishing cypress; your fruit comes from Me.
Notes
- 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.
- English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).