Secure
שַׁאֲנָןStrong’s H7600shaanan (sha-a-nan)
Appears in 10 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Shaanan is the Hebrew word usually translated “arrogance your”, “at ease” and “undisturbed”. It appears in 10 verses of the Old Testament.
“And I am very sore displeased with the heathen that are at ease: for I was but a little displeased, and they helped forward the affliction.”
Meaning
- At ease, quiet, secureat ease, secure · at ease, careless, wanton, arrogant
- Security, pride, arroganceone at ease · arrogance
How it's translated
- and arrogance your 2
- at ease 2
- undisturbed 2
- self-confident 1
- carefree 1
- o carefree 1
- the at ease 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Isaiah 5
- 2 Kings 1
- Job 1
- Psalms 1
- Amos 1
- Zechariah 1
6 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- 2 Kings 19:28Because thy rage against me and thy tumult is come up into mine ears, therefore I will put my hook in thy nose, and my bridle in thy lips, and I will turn thee back by the way by which thou camest.
- Job 12:5He that is ready to slip with his feet is as a lamp despised in the thought of him that is at ease.
- Psalms 123:4Our soul is exceedingly filled with the scorning of those that are at ease, and with the contempt of the proud.
- Isaiah 32:9Rise up, ye women that are at ease; hear my voice, ye careless daughters; give ear unto my speech.
- Isaiah 32:11Tremble, ye women that are at ease; be troubled, ye careless ones: strip you, and make you bare, and gird sackcloth upon your loins.
- Isaiah 32:18And my people shall dwell in a peaceable habitation, and in sure dwellings, and in quiet resting places;
Hebrew dictionary
שַׁאֲנָן shaanan · secure
adj 1) at ease, quiet, secure 1a) at ease, secure 1b) at ease, careless, wanton, arrogant subst 2) security, pride, arrogance 2a) one at ease 2b) arrogance
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “secure” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
SECU'RE, adjective.
[Latin securus.]
- Free from danger of being taken by an enemy; that may resist assault or attack.
- Free from danger; safe; applied to persons; with from.
- Free from fear or apprehension of danger; not alarmed; not disturbed by fear; confident of safety; hence, careless of the means of defense.
- Confident; not distrultful; with of.
All definitions
- Careless; wanting caution. [See No. 3.]
- Certain; very confident.
- To guard effectually from danger; to make safe.
- To make certain; to put beyond hazard.
- To inclose or confine effectually; to guard effectually from escape; sometimes, to seize
- To made certain of payment; as, to secure a debt by mortgage.
- To make certain of receiving a precarious debt by giving bond, mail, surety or other-wise; as, to secure a creditor.
- To insure, as property.
- To make fast; as, to secure a door; to secure a rafter to a plate; to secure the hatches of a ship.
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.