Lexicon ganan: to cover, surround, defend Original Word: גָּנַןPart of Speech: Verb Transliteration: ganan Phonetic Spelling: (gaw-nan') Short Definition: defend NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Origina prim. root Definitionto cover, surround, defend NASB Translationdefend (6), protect (2).
Brown-Driver-Briggs [ גָּנַן] verb cover, surround, defend (Arabic  , Aramaic אַגֵּן (Aph`el), Palmyrene אגן Vog Palm.132 ff.) — Qal Perfect וְגַנּוֺתִי Isaiah 37:35 3t.; Infinitive absolute גָּנוֺן Isaiah 31:5 (c. Hiph`il q. v.) — defend, subject always ׳י; object the city Jerusalem with על Isaiah 37:35; Isaiah 38:6 = 2 Kings 20:6; 2 Kings 19:34 with אֶלֿ ("" הוֺשִׁיעַ). Hiph`il Imperfect — or Qal according to BaZMG 1889, 178, who compare Arabic  — יָגֵן Isaiah 31:5 2t. — defend (= Qal), Jerusalem Isaiah 31:5 יגן גָּ֗֗֗נוֺן with על ("" הִצִּיל); object Yahweh's people Zechariah 9:15 with על, Zechariah 12:8 with בְּעַד.
Strong's defend A primitive root; to hedge about, i.e. (generally) protect -- defend. |
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