ʻânan — H6049

Definition

verb

figuratively, to act covertly, i.e. practise magic

1. (Piel) to make appear, produce, bring (clouds)
2. (Poel) to practise soothsaying, conjure
1. to observe times, practice soothsaying or spiritism or magic or augury or witchcraft
2. soothsayer, enchanter, sorceress, diviner, fortuneteller, barbarian, Meonenim (participle)

Usually translated as

times, bring, enchanter, Meonemin, observe, observer of, soothsayer, sorcerer

Origin

a primitive root; to cover; used only as a denominative from H6051, to cloud over

• Derived from ʻânân (H6051)

Greek equivalents

• ánomos (G459)
• apoblépō (G578)
• apophthéngomai (G669)
• atmís (G822)
• blépō (G991)
• gnóphos (G1105)
• néphos (G3509)
• skótos (G4655)

Occurrences

ʻânan occurs 11 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Genesis (1), Leviticus (1), Deuteronomy (2), Judges (1), 2 Kings (1), 2 Chronicles (1), Isaiah (2), Jeremiah (1), Micah (1)

• Genesis 9:14 — And it shall come to pass, when I bring (בְּעַֽנְנִ֥י) a cloud over the earth, that the bow shall be seen in the cloud:
• Leviticus 19:26 — Ye shall not eat any thing with the blood: neither shall ye use enchantment, nor observe times (תְעוֹנֵֽנוּ).
• Deuteronomy 18:10 — There shall not be found among you any one that maketh his son or his daughter to pass through the fire, or that useth divination, or an observer of times (מְעוֹנֵ֥ן), or an enchanter, or a witch,
• Deuteronomy 18:14 — For these nations, which thou shalt possess, hearkened unto observers of times (מְעֹנְנִ֥ים), and unto diviners: but as for thee, the LORD thy God hath not suffered thee so to do.
• Judges 9:37 — And Gaal spake again and said, See there come people down by the middle of the land, and another company come along by the plain of Meonenim (מְעוֹנְנִֽים).
• 2 Kings 21:6 — And he made his son pass through the fire, and observed times (וְעוֹנֵ֣ן), and used enchantments, and dealt with familiar spirits and wizards: he wrought much wickedness in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger.
• 2 Chronicles 33:6 — And he caused his children to pass through the fire in the valley of the son of Hinnom: also he observed times (וְעוֹנֵ֤ן), and used enchantments, and used witchcraft, and dealt with a familiar spirit, and with wizards: he wrought much evil in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger.
• Isaiah 2:6 — Therefore thou hast forsaken thy people the house of Jacob, because they be replenished from the east, and are soothsayers (וְעֹֽנְנִ֖ים) like the Philistines, and they please themselves in the children of strangers.
• Isaiah 57:3 — But draw near hither, ye sons of the sorceress (עֹנְנָ֑ה), the seed of the adulterer and the whore.
• Jeremiah 27:9 — Therefore hearken not ye to your prophets, nor to your diviners, nor to your dreamers, nor to your enchanters (עֹֽנְנֵיכֶ֖ם), nor to your sorcerers, which speak unto you, saying, Ye shall not serve the king of Babylon:
• Micah 5:12 — And I will cut off witchcrafts out of thine hand; and thou shalt have no more soothsayers (וּֽמְעוֹנְנִ֖ים):