Be fresh
רָעַןStrong’s H7488raan (ra-an)
Appears in 20 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Raan is the Hebrew word usually translated “luxuriant”, “it will grow luxuriant” and “fresh”. It appears in 20 verses of the Old Testament.
“Ye shall utterly destroy all the places, wherein the nations which ye shall possess served their gods, upon the high mountains, and upon the hills, and under every green tree:”
Meaning
- V
- Flourishing
How it's translated
- luxuriant 17
- it will grow luxuriant 1
- fresh 1
- and fresh 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Jeremiah 6
- Psalms 4
- 2 Kings 2
- Deuteronomy 1
- 1 Kings 1
- 2 Chronicles 1
11 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- 1 Kings 14:23For they also built them high places, and images, and groves, on every high hill, and under every green tree.
- 2 Kings 16:4And he sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places, and on the hills, and under every green tree.
- 2 Kings 17:10And they set them up images and groves in every high hill, and under every green tree:
- 2 Chronicles 28:4He sacrificed also and burnt incense in the high places, and on the hills, and under every green tree.
- Job 15:32It shall be accomplished before his time, and his branch shall not be green.
- Psalms 37:35I have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading himself like a green bay tree.
Hebrew dictionary
רָעַן raan · be fresh
v (Palel) to be or grow luxuriant or fresh or green
רַעֲנַן raanan · luxuriant
flourishing Aramaic of ra.a.nan (רַעֲנָן "luxuriant" H7488B)
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “luxuriant” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
LUXU'RIANT, adjective
- Exuberant in growth; abundant; as a luxuriant growth of grass.
- Exuberant in plenty; superfluous in abundance.
- A luxuriant flower multiplies the covers of the fructification so as to destroy the essential parts.
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.