To delight
עָנֹגStrong’s H6026anag (a-nag)
Appears in 10 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Anag is the Hebrew word usually translated “take delight”, “because was delicate” and “so it may take delight”. It appears in 10 verses of the Old Testament.
“The tender and delicate woman among you, which would not adventure to set the sole of her foot upon the ground for delicateness and tenderness, her eye shall be evil toward the husband of her bosom, and toward her son, and toward her daughter,”
Meaning
- To be soft, be delicate, be dainty(Pual) to be delicate · (Hithpael)
How it's translated
- you will take delight 2
- because was delicate 1
- will he take delight 1
- and take delight 1
- and they will take delight 1
- so it may take delight 1
- are you making fun 1
- and you will take delight 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Isaiah 4
- Job 2
- Psalms 2
- Deuteronomy 1
- Jeremiah 1
5 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Job 22:26For then shalt thou have thy delight in the Almighty, and shalt lift up thy face unto God.
- Job 27:10Will he delight himself in the Almighty? will he always call upon God?
- Psalms 37:4Delight thyself also in the LORD: and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart.
- Psalms 37:11But the meek shall inherit the earth; and shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace.
- Isaiah 55:2Wherefore do ye spend money for that which is not bread? and your labour for that which satisfieth not? hearken diligently unto me, and eat ye that which is good, and let your soul delight itself in fatness.
- Isaiah 57:4Against whom do ye sport yourselves? against whom make ye a wide mouth, and draw out the tongue? are ye not children of transgression, a seed of falsehood,
Hebrew dictionary
עָנֹג anag · to delight
1) to be soft, be delicate, be dainty 1a) (Pual) to be delicate 1b) (Hithpael) 1b1) to be of dainty habit, be pampered 1b2) to be happy about, take exquisite delight 1b3) to make merry over, make sport of
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “delight” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
DELIGHT, noun
- A high degree of pleasure, or satisfaction of mind; joy.“His delight is in the law of the Lord” Psalms 1:2
- That which gives great pleasure; that which affords delight“I was daily his delight” Proverbs 8:30
All definitions and other forms of “delight”
DELIGHT, verb transitive
- To affect with great pleasure; to please highly; to give or afford high satisfaction or joy; as, a beautiful landscape delights the eye; harmony delights the ear; the good conduct of children, and especially their piety, delights their parents.“I will delight myself in thy statutes. 19” Psalms 119:16
- To receive great pleasure in.“I delight to do thy will” Psalms 40:8
DELIGHT, verb intransitive
To have or take great pleasure; to be greatly pleased or rejoiced; followed by in.
- “I delight in the law of God after the inward man” Romans 7:22
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.