Cloud
עֲנָןStrong’s H6051anan (a-nan)
Appears in 80 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Anan is the Hebrew word usually translated “cloud”, “cloud of” and “cloud his”. It appears in 80 verses of the Old Testament.
“I do set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a token of a covenant between me and the earth.”
Meaning
- Cloud
How it's translated
- the cloud 28
- cloud 21
- in the cloud 8
- a cloud 6
- cloud of 4
- and the cloud 3
- and cloud 2
- cloud his 2
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Exodus 19
- Numbers 16
- Ezekiel 11
- Job 6
- Deuteronomy 4
- Psalms 4
18 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Genesis 9:14And it shall come to pass, when I bring a cloud over the earth, that the bow shall be seen in the cloud:
- Genesis 9:16And the bow shall be in the cloud; and I will look upon it, that I may remember the everlasting covenant between God and every living creature of all flesh that is upon the earth.
- Exodus 13:21And the LORD went before them by day in a pillar of a cloud, to lead them the way; and by night in a pillar of fire, to give them light; to go by day and night:
- Exodus 13:22He took not away the pillar of the cloud by day, nor the pillar of fire by night, from before the people.
- Exodus 14:19And the angel of God, which went before the camp of Israel, removed and went behind them; and the pillar of the cloud went from before their face, and stood behind them:
- Exodus 14:20And it came between the camp of the Egyptians and the camp of Israel; and it was a cloud and darkness to them, but it gave light by night to these: so that the one came not near the other all the night.
All 80 verses, by book
Hebrew 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.]
- 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
- A state of obscurity or darkness.
- A collection of smoke, or a dense collection of dust, rising or floating in the air; as a cloud of dust.
- The dark or varied colors, in veins or spots, on stones or other bodies, are called clouds.
All definitions and other forms of “cloud”
- 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,
- To obscure; to darken; as, to cloud the day, or truth, or reason.
- To darken in veins or spots; to variegate with colors; as clouded marble.
- To make of a gloomy aspect; to give the appearance of sullenness.
- 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 Hebrew, not from any one translation.