Lexical Summary raanan: luxuriant, fresh Original Word: רַעֲנָןTransliteration: raanan Phonetic Spelling: (rah-an-awn') Part of Speech: Adjective Short Definition: luxuriant, fresh Meaning: verdant, new, prosperous Strong's Concordance green, flourishing From an unused root meaning to be green; verdant; by analogy, new; figuratively, prosperous -- green, flourishing. Brown-Driver-Briggs H7488. raanan רַעֲנָן adjective luxuriant, fresh; — masculine ׳ר Deuteronomy 12:2 +; feminine רַעֲנָנָה Song of Solomon 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, ר ׳כְּאֶזְרָח Psalm 37:35 (but read ᵑ6 ᵐ5 הַלְּבָנוֺן כְּאֶרֶז and most); especially in phrase ר ׳כָּלעֵֿץ תַּחַת 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; 3:6, 13; Isaiah 57:5; Ezekiel 6:13; ר ׳עַלעֵֿץ Jeremiah 17:2 (si vera lectio); leaf 17:8 (figurative); leafy couch Song of Solomon 1:16; fresh, oil Psalm 92:11; fresh, flourishing, person (figurative, as trees) 92:15 (+ דְּשֵׁנִים). I. רעע (√ of following; original meaning dubious). |
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