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Cloud

עֲנָןStrong’s H6050

anan (a-nan)

Appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament

In short

Anan is the Aramaic word usually translated “clouds of”. It appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament.

“I saw in the night visions, and, behold, one like the Son of man came with the clouds of heaven, and came to the Ancient of days, and they brought him near before him.”
Daniel 7:13 KJV
Meaning
  1. Cloud
How it's translated
  • clouds of 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • Daniel 1

1 book in all.

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    Aramaic dictionary

    עֲנָן anan · cloud

    cloud Aramaic of a.nan (עָנָן "cloud" H6051)

    From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).

    Webster's 1828 Dictionary

    How the English word “cloud” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

    CLOUD, noun

    [I have not found this word in any other language. The sense is obvious--a collection.]

    1. A collection f visible vapor, or watery particles, suspended in the atmosphere, at some altitude.“I do set my bow in the cloud” Genesis 9:13“Behold, a white cloud” Revelation 14:14
    2. A state of obscurity or darkness.
    3. A collection of smoke, or a dense collection of dust, rising or floating in the air; as a cloud of dust.
    4. The dark or varied colors, in veins or spots, on stones or other bodies, are called clouds.
    All definitions and other forms of “cloud”
    1. A great multitude; a vast collection.“Seeing we are encompassed with so great a cloud of witnesses” Hebrews 12:1

    CLOUD, verb transitive

    To overspread with a cloud or clouds; as, the sky is clouded; clouds intercept the rays of the sun. Hence,

    1. To obscure; to darken; as, to cloud the day, or truth, or reason.
    2. To darken in veins or spots; to variegate with colors; as clouded marble.
    3. To make of a gloomy aspect; to give the appearance of sullenness.
    4. To sully; to tarnish.

    CLOUD, verb intransitive

    To grow cloudy; to become obscure with clouds; sometimes followed by over; as, the sky clouds over.

      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 Aramaic, not from any one translation.