Biblical Persons & Places
Strong's Definition
figuratively, to act covertly, i.e. practise magic
Derivation: a primitive root; to cover; used only as a denominative from H6051 (עָנָן), to cloud over;
KJV Usage: [idiom] bring, enchanter, Meonemin, observe(-r of) times, soothsayer, sorcerer.
TWOT Reference: 1655,1656
Outline of Biblical Usage
Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents
This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
עָנַן (a.nan) — to cloud. (Piel) to make appear, produce, bring (clouds)
עָנַן (a.nan) — to divine. 1) (Poel) to practise soothsaying, conjure 1a) to observe times, practice soothsaying or spiritism or magic or augury or witchcraft 1b) soothsayer, enchanter, sorceress, diviner, fortuneteller, barbarian, Meonenim (participle)
עָנַן (a.nan) — Diviners' (Oak).
This name means soothsaying or augury
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
verb
Divination | verb po'el
to practice soothsaying, to practice divination, to tell fortunes, to tell the future = action by which someone foretells future events by using magic, casting spells, or conjuring up spirits; forbidden by the Law of Moses
LEV 19:26 · DEU 18:10 · DEU 18:14 · JDG 9:37 · 2KI 21:6 · 2CH 33:6 · ISA 2:6 · ISA 57:3 · JER 27:9 · MIC 5:11
verb · עָנָן · עֲנָנָה
Happen | verb pi
to bring clouds, to cause clouds to appear = causative action by which a deity causes clouds to appear
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
[עָנַן] vb. denom. Pi. Inf. cstr. sf. c. acc. cogn. Gn 9:14 (P) when I bring clouds, etc. ref
[עָנַן] vb. Pō‛. practise soothsaying base