Lexicon raanan: luxuriant, fresh Original Word: רַעֲנָןPart of Speech: Adjective Transliteration: raanan Phonetic Spelling: (rah-an-awn') Short Definition: green NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originfrom raanDefinitionluxuriant, fresh NASB Translationfresh (1), green (12), luxuriant (5), very green (1).
Brown-Driver-Briggs 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 ᵐ5 ᵑ6 and most); especially in phrase תַּחַת ׳כָּלעֵֿץ ר place of idolatrous rites, Deuteronomy 12:2; 1 Kings 14:23; 2 Kings 16:4 2Chronicles 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). I. רעע (√ of following; original meaning dubious).
Strong's green, flourishing From an unused root meaning to be green; verdant; by analogy, new; figuratively, prosperous -- green, flourishing. |
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