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Lexicon :: Strong's H7488 - raʿănān

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רַעֲנָן
Transliteration
raʿănān
Pronunciation
rah-an-awn'
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Part of Speech
adjective, verb
Root Word (Etymology)
From an unused root meaning to be green
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TWOT Reference: 2190a

Strong’s Definitions

רַעֲנָן raʻănân, rah-an-awn'; from an unused root meaning to be green; verdant; by analogy, new; figuratively, prosperous:—green, flourishing.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 20x

The KJV translates Strong's H7488 in the following manner: green (18x), fresh (1x), flourishing (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 20x
The KJV translates Strong's H7488 in the following manner: green (18x), fresh (1x), flourishing (1x).
verb

  1. (Palel) to be or grow luxuriant or fresh or green

    adjective

  2. luxuriant, fresh

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
רַעֲנָן raʻănân, rah-an-awn'; from an unused root meaning to be green; verdant; by analogy, new; figuratively, prosperous:—green, flourishing.
STRONGS H7488: Abbreviations
‴ [רָעַן] verb only
Pa`lel be or grow luxuriant, fresh, green; — Perfect 3rd person feminine singular רַעֲנָ֑נָה (DeHiob) Job 15:32 (of branch, in figure).

† רַעֲנָן adjective luxuriant, fresh; — masculine ר׳ Deuteronomy 12:2 +; feminine רַעֲנָנָה Songs 1:16; masculine plural רַעֲנַנִּים Psalm 92:15; — luxuriant, of trees: בְּרוֺשׁ Hosea 14:9, זַיִת Psalm 52:10 (both simile), Jeremiah 11:16 (figurative); simile also, כְּאֶזְרָח ר׳ Psalm 37:35 (but read כְּאֶרֶז הַלְּבָנוֺן Greek Version of the LXX Syriac Version and most); especially in phrase תַּחַת כָּלעֵֿץ ר׳ place of idolatrous rites, Deuteronomy 12:2; 1 Kings 14:23; 2 Kings 16:4 2 Chronicles 28:4; 2 Kings 17:10; Jeremiah 2:20; Jeremiah 3:6, 13; Isaiah 57:5; Ezekiel 6:13; עַלעֵֿץ ר׳ Jeremiah 17:2 (si vera lectio); leaf Jeremiah 17:8 (figurative); leafy couch Songs 1:16; fresh, oil Psalm 92:11; fresh, flourishing, person (figurative, as trees) Psalm 92:15 (+ דְּשֵׁנִים).

See related Aramaic BDB entry H7487.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Deuteronomy

12:2; 12:2

1 Kings

14:23

2 Kings

16:4; 17:10

2 Chronicles

28:4

Job

15:32

Psalms

37:35; 92:11; 92:15; 92:15

Song of Songs

1:16; 1:16

Isaiah

57:5

Jeremiah

2:20; 3:6; 3:13; 11:16; 17:2; 17:8

Ezekiel

6:13

Hosea

14:9

H7488

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H7488 matches the Hebrew רַעֲנָן (raʿănān),
which occurs 20 times in 20 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 12:2

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 12:2 - Destroy completely all the places on the high mountains, on the hills and under every spreading tree, where the nations you are dispossessing worship their gods.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 14:23

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 14:23 - They also set up for themselves high places, sacred stones and Asherah poles on every high hill and under every spreading tree.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 16:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 16:4 - He offered sacrifices and burned incense at the high places, on the hilltops and under every spreading tree.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 17:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:10 - They set up sacred stones and Asherah poles on every high hill and under every spreading tree.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 28:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 28:4 - He offered sacrifices and burned incense at the high places, on the hilltops and under every spreading tree.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 15:32

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 15:32 - Before his time he will wither, and his branches will not flourish.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 37:35

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 37:35 - I have seen a wicked and ruthless man flourishing like a luxuriant native tree,

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 52:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 52:8 - But I am like an olive tree flourishing in the house of God; I trust in God’s unfailing love for ever and ever.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 92:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 92:10 - You have exalted my horn[fn] like that of a wild ox; fine oils have been poured on me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 92:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 92:14 - They will still bear fruit in old age, they will stay fresh and green,

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 1:16

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 1:16 - She: How handsome you are, my beloved! Oh, how charming! And our bed is verdant.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 57:5

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 57:5 - You burn with lust among the oaks and under every spreading tree; you sacrifice your children in the ravines and under the overhanging crags.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 2:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:20 - “Long ago you broke off your yoke and tore off your bonds; you said, ‘I will not serve you!’ Indeed, on every high hill and under every spreading tree you lay down as a prostitute.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 3:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 3:6 - During the reign 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 spreading tree and has committed adultery there.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 3:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 3:13 - Only acknowledge your guilt— you have rebelled against the LORD your God, you have scattered your favors to foreign gods under every spreading tree, and have not obeyed me,’ ”

declares the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 11:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 11:16 - The LORD called you a thriving olive tree with fruit beautiful in form. But with the roar of a mighty storm he will set it on fire, and its branches will be broken.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 17:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 17:2 - Even their children remember their altars and Asherah poles[fn] beside the spreading trees and on the high hills.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 17:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 17:8 - They will be like a tree planted by the water that sends out its roots by the stream. It does not fear when heat comes; its leaves are always green. It has no worries in a year of drought and never fails to bear fruit.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 6:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 6:13 - And they will know that I am the LORD, when their people lie slain among their idols around their altars, on every high hill and on all the mountaintops, under every spreading tree and every leafy oak—places where they offered fragrant incense to all their idols.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 14:8

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 14:8 - Ephraim, what more have I[fn] to do with idols? I will answer him and care for him. I am like a flourishing juniper; your fruitfulness comes from me.”
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