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Strong's H6051 עָנָן (anan)

`anan - meaning, definition, and linked Bible usage across the indexed canon, including Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where this Strong's number appears.

Strong's Number H6051
Language Hebrew
Linked Usages 80
Books 18

Strong's H6051 Quick Answer

Strong's H6051 עָנָן (`anan) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. `anan (aw-nawn') n-m. 1. a cloud (as covering the sky), i.e. the nimbus or thunder-cloud [from H6049] It has 80 linked Bible usages across 18 books. Visible English usage signals include cloud and clouds. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.

Meaning
`anan (aw-nawn') n-m. 1. a cloud (as covering the sky), i.e. the nimbus or thunder-cloud [from H6049]
Usage
80 linked usages
Books
18 indexed books
Corpus
Old Testament
Usage Words
cloud and clouds

Meaning and Definition

`anan (aw-nawn') n-m. 1. a cloud (as covering the sky), i.e. the nimbus or thunder-cloud [from H6049] KJV: cloud(-y). Root(s): H6049

Original Word
עָנָן
Transliteration
`anan
Derivation
Root: ענן First root strongs: 6049
Morphology
noun masc

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's H6051. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

Extended Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (Brown-Driver-Briggs based)

cloud

Usage: 1) cloud, cloudy, cloud-mass 1a) cloud-mass (of theophanic cloud) 1b) cloud Aramaic equivalent: a.nan (עֲנָן "cloud" H6050)

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How Strong's H6051 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render `anan, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.

cloud Genesis 9:13 68× clouds Deuteronomy 4:11

How Strong's H6051 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Old Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Old Testament with 80 linked usages.
  • The linked rows are Old Testament Hebrew usage, grouped by book for fast canonical scanning.

Strong's H6051 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's H6051 in the Old Testament

80 indexed usages in Old Testament.

Genesis 9:13 KJV

I do set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a token of a covenant between me and the earth.

Genesis 9:14 KJV

And it shall come to pass, when I bring a cloud over the earth, that the bow shall be seen in the cloud:

Genesis 9:16 KJV

And 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.

Usage Excerpts

First 80 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H6051.

Genesis 9:13 Old Testament, KJV
I do set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a token of a covenant between me and the earth.
Genesis 9:14 Old Testament, KJV
And it shall come to pass, when I bring a cloud over the earth, that the bow shall be seen in the cloud:
Genesis 9:16 Old Testament, KJV
And 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 13:21 Old Testament, KJV
And 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 13:22 Old Testament, KJV
He took not away the pillar of the cloud by day, nor the pillar of fire by night, from before the people.
Exodus 14:19 Old Testament, KJV
And 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 14:20 Old Testament, KJV
And 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.
Exodus 14:24 Old Testament, KJV
And it came to pass, that in the morning watch the LORD looked unto the host of the Egyptians through the pillar of fire and of the cloud, and troubled the host of the Egyptians,
Exodus 16:10 Old Testament, KJV
And it came to pass, as Aaron spake unto the whole congregation of the children of Israel, that they looked toward the wilderness, and, behold, the glory of the LORD appeared in the cloud.
Exodus 19:9 Old Testament, KJV
And the LORD said unto Moses, Lo, I come unto thee in a thick cloud, that the people may hear when I speak with thee, and believe thee for ever. And Moses told the words of the people unto the LORD.
Exodus 19:16 Old Testament, KJV
And it came to pass on the third day in the morning, that there were thunders and lightnings, and a thick cloud upon the mount, and the voice of the trumpet exceeding loud; so that all the people that was in the camp trembled.
Exodus 24:15 Old Testament, KJV
And Moses went up into the mount, and a cloud covered the mount.
Exodus 24:16 Old Testament, KJV
And the glory of the LORD abode upon mount Sinai, and the cloud covered it six days: and the seventh day he called unto Moses out of the midst of the cloud.
Exodus 24:18 Old Testament, KJV
And Moses went into the midst of the cloud, and gat him up into the mount: and Moses was in the mount forty days and forty nights.
Exodus 33:9 Old Testament, KJV
And it came to pass, as Moses entered into the tabernacle, the cloudy pillar descended, and stood at the door of the tabernacle, and the Lord talked with Moses.
Exodus 33:10 Old Testament, KJV
And all the people saw the cloudy pillar stand at the tabernacle door: and all the people rose up and worshipped, every man in his tent door.
Exodus 34:5 Old Testament, KJV
And the LORD descended in the cloud, and stood with him there, and proclaimed the name of the LORD.
Exodus 40:34 Old Testament, KJV
Then a cloud covered the tent of the congregation, and the glory of the LORD filled the tabernacle.
Exodus 40:35 Old Testament, KJV
And Moses was not able to enter into the tent of the congregation, because the cloud abode thereon, and the glory of the LORD filled the tabernacle.
Exodus 40:36 Old Testament, KJV
And when the cloud was taken up from over the tabernacle, the children of Israel went onward in all their journeys:
Exodus 40:37 Old Testament, KJV
But if the cloud were not taken up, then they journeyed not till the day that it was taken up.
Exodus 40:38 Old Testament, KJV
For the cloud of the LORD was upon the tabernacle by day, and fire was on it by night, in the sight of all the house of Israel, throughout all their journeys.
Leviticus 16:2 Old Testament, KJV
And the LORD said unto Moses, Speak unto Aaron thy brother, that he come not at all times into the holy place within the vail before the mercy seat, which is upon the ark; that he die not: for I will appear in the cloud upon the mercy seat.
Leviticus 16:13 Old Testament, KJV
And he shall put the incense upon the fire before the LORD, that the cloud of the incense may cover the mercy seat that is upon the testimony, that he die not:
Numbers 9:15 Old Testament, KJV
And on the day that the tabernacle was reared up the cloud covered the tabernacle, namely, the tent of the testimony: and at even there was upon the tabernacle as it were the appearance of fire, until the morning.
Numbers 9:16 Old Testament, KJV
So it was alway: the cloud covered it by day, and the appearance of fire by night.
Numbers 9:17 Old Testament, KJV
And when the cloud was taken up from the tabernacle, then after that the children of Israel journeyed: and in the place where the cloud abode, there the children of Israel pitched their tents.
Numbers 9:18 Old Testament, KJV
At the commandment of the LORD the children of Israel journeyed, and at the commandment of the LORD they pitched: as long as the cloud abode upon the tabernacle they rested in their tents.
Numbers 9:19 Old Testament, KJV
And when the cloud tarried long upon the tabernacle many days, then the children of Israel kept the charge of the LORD, and journeyed not.
Numbers 9:20 Old Testament, KJV
And so it was, when the cloud was a few days upon the tabernacle; according to the commandment of the LORD they abode in their tents, and according to the commandment of the LORD they journeyed.
Numbers 9:21 Old Testament, KJV
And so it was, when the cloud abode from even unto the morning, and that the cloud was taken up in the morning, then they journeyed: whether it was by day or by night that the cloud was taken up, they journeyed.
Numbers 9:22 Old Testament, KJV
Or whether it were two days, or a month, or a year, that the cloud tarried upon the tabernacle, remaining thereon, the children of Israel abode in their tents, and journeyed not: but when it was taken up, they journeyed.
Numbers 10:11 Old Testament, KJV
And it came to pass on the twentieth day of the second month, in the second year, that the cloud was taken up from off the tabernacle of the testimony.
Numbers 10:12 Old Testament, KJV
And the children of Israel took their journeys out of the wilderness of Sinai; and the cloud rested in the wilderness of Paran.
Numbers 10:34 Old Testament, KJV
And the cloud of the LORD was upon them by day, when they went out of the camp.
Numbers 11:25 Old Testament, KJV
And the LORD came down in a cloud, and spake unto him, and took of the spirit that was upon him, and gave it unto the seventy elders: and it came to pass, that, when the spirit rested upon them, they prophesied, and did not cease.
Numbers 12:5 Old Testament, KJV
And the LORD came down in the pillar of the cloud, and stood in the door of the tabernacle, and called Aaron and Miriam: and they both came forth.
Numbers 12:10 Old Testament, KJV
And the cloud departed from off the tabernacle; and, behold, Miriam became leprous, white as snow: and Aaron looked upon Miriam, and, behold, she was leprous.
Numbers 14:14 Old Testament, KJV
And they will tell it to the inhabitants of this land: for they have heard that thou LORD art among this people, that thou LORD art seen face to face, and that thy cloud standeth over them, and that thou goest before them, by day time in a pillar of a cloud, and in a pillar of fire by night.
Numbers 16:42 Old Testament, KJV
And it came to pass, when the congregation was gathered against Moses and against Aaron, that they looked toward the tabernacle of the congregation: and, behold, the cloud covered it, and the glory of the LORD appeared.
Deuteronomy 1:33 Old Testament, KJV
Who went in the way before you, to search you out a place to pitch your tents in, in fire by night, to shew you by what way ye should go, and in a cloud by day.
Deuteronomy 4:11 Old Testament, KJV
And ye came near and stood under the mountain; and the mountain burned with fire unto the midst of heaven, with darkness, clouds, and thick darkness.
Deuteronomy 5:22 Old Testament, KJV
These words the LORD spake unto all your assembly in the mount out of the midst of the fire, of the cloud, and of the thick darkness, with a great voice: and he added no more. And he wrote them in two tables of stone, and delivered them unto me.
Deuteronomy 31:15 Old Testament, KJV
And the LORD appeared in the tabernacle in a pillar of a cloud: and the pillar of the cloud stood over the door of the tabernacle.
1 Kings 8:10 Old Testament, KJV
And it came to pass, when the priests were come out of the holy place, that the cloud filled the house of the LORD,
1 Kings 8:11 Old Testament, KJV
So that the priests could not stand to minister because of the cloud: for the glory of the LORD had filled the house of the LORD.
2 Chronicles 5:13 Old Testament, KJV
It came even to pass, as the trumpeters and singers were as one, to make one sound to be heard in praising and thanking the LORD; and when they lifted up their voice with the trumpets and cymbals and instruments of musick, and praised the LORD, saying, For he is good; for his mercy endureth for ever: that then the house was filled with a cloud, even the house of the LORD;
2 Chronicles 5:14 Old Testament, KJV
So that the priests could not stand to minister by reason of the cloud: for the glory of the LORD had filled the house of God.
Nehemiah 9:12 Old Testament, KJV
Moreover thou leddest them in the day by a cloudy pillar; and in the night by a pillar of fire, to give them light in the way wherein they should go.
Nehemiah 9:19 Old Testament, KJV
Yet thou in thy manifold mercies forsookest them not in the wilderness: the pillar of the cloud departed not from them by day, to lead them in the way; neither the pillar of fire by night, to shew them light, and the way wherein they should go.
Job 7:9 Old Testament, KJV
As the cloud is consumed and vanisheth away: so he that goeth down to the grave shall come up no more.
Job 26:8 Old Testament, KJV
He bindeth up the waters in his thick clouds; and the cloud is not rent under them.
Job 26:9 Old Testament, KJV
He holdeth back the face of his throne, and spreadeth his cloud upon it.
Job 37:11 Old Testament, KJV
Also by watering he wearieth the thick cloud: he scattereth his bright cloud:
Job 37:15 Old Testament, KJV
Dost thou know when God disposed them, and caused the light of his cloud to shine?
Job 38:9 Old Testament, KJV
When I made the cloud the garment thereof, and thick darkness a swaddlingband for it,
Psalms 78:14 Old Testament, KJV
In the daytime also he led them with a cloud, and all the night with a light of fire.
Psalms 97:2 Old Testament, KJV
Clouds and darkness are round about him: righteousness and judgment are the habitation of his throne.
Psalms 99:7 Old Testament, KJV
He spake unto them in the cloudy pillar: they kept his testimonies, and the ordinance that he gave them.
Psalms 105:39 Old Testament, KJV
He spread a cloud for a covering; and fire to give light in the night.
Isaiah 4:5 Old Testament, KJV
And the LORD will create upon every dwelling place of mount Zion, and upon her assemblies, a cloud and smoke by day, and the shining of a flaming fire by night: for upon all the glory shall be a defence.
Isaiah 44:22 Old Testament, KJV
I have blotted out, as a thick cloud, thy transgressions, and, as a cloud, thy sins: return unto me; for I have redeemed thee.
Jeremiah 4:13 Old Testament, KJV
Behold, he shall come up as clouds, and his chariots shall be as a whirlwind: his horses are swifter than eagles. Woe unto us! for we are spoiled.
Lamentations 3:44 Old Testament, KJV
Thou hast covered thyself with a cloud, that our prayer should not pass through.
Ezekiel 1:4 Old Testament, KJV
And I looked, and, behold, a whirlwind came out of the north, a great cloud, and a fire infolding itself, and a brightness was about it, and out of the midst thereof as the colour of amber, out of the midst of the fire.
Ezekiel 1:28 Old Testament, KJV
As the appearance of the bow that is in the cloud in the day of rain, so was the appearance of the brightness round about. This was the appearance of the likeness of the glory of the LORD. And when I saw it, I fell upon my face, and I heard a voice of one that spake.
Ezekiel 8:11 Old Testament, KJV
And there stood before them seventy men of the ancients of the house of Israel, and in the midst of them stood Jaazaniah the son of Shaphan, with every man his censer in his hand; and a thick cloud of incense went up.
Ezekiel 10:3 Old Testament, KJV
Now the cherubims stood on the right side of the house, when the man went in; and the cloud filled the inner court.
Ezekiel 10:4 Old Testament, KJV
Then the glory of the LORD went up from the cherub, and stood over the threshold of the house; and the house was filled with the cloud, and the court was full of the brightness of the LORD's glory.
Ezekiel 30:3 Old Testament, KJV
For the day is near, even the day of the LORD is near, a cloudy day; it shall be the time of the heathen.
Ezekiel 30:18 Old Testament, KJV
At Tehaphnehes also the day shall be darkened, when I shall break there the yokes of Egypt: and the pomp of her strength shall cease in her: as for her, a cloud shall cover her, and her daughters shall go into captivity.
Ezekiel 32:7 Old Testament, KJV
And when I shall put thee out, I will cover the heaven, and make the stars thereof dark; I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon shall not give her light.
Ezekiel 34:12 Old Testament, KJV
As a shepherd seeketh out his flock in the day that he is among his sheep that are scattered; so will I seek out my sheep, and will deliver them out of all places where they have been scattered in the cloudy and dark day.
Ezekiel 38:9 Old Testament, KJV
Thou shalt ascend and come like a storm, thou shalt be like a cloud to cover the land, thou, and all thy bands, and many people with thee.
Ezekiel 38:16 Old Testament, KJV
And thou shalt come up against my people of Israel, as a cloud to cover the land; it shall be in the latter days, and I will bring thee against my land, that the heathen may know me, when I shall be sanctified in thee, O Gog, before their eyes.
Hosea 6:4 Old Testament, KJV
O Ephraim, what shall I do unto thee? O Judah, what shall I do unto thee? for your goodness is as a morning cloud, and as the early dew it goeth away.
Hosea 13:3 Old Testament, KJV
Therefore they shall be as the morning cloud and as the early dew that passeth away, as the chaff that is driven with the whirlwind out of the floor, and as the smoke out of the chimney.
Joel 2:2 Old Testament, KJV
A day of darkness and of gloominess, a day of clouds and of thick darkness, as the morning spread upon the mountains: a great people and a strong; there hath not been ever the like, neither shall be any more after it, even to the years of many generations.
Nahum 1:3 Old Testament, KJV
The LORD is slow to anger, and great in power, and will not at all acquit the wicked: the LORD hath his way in the whirlwind and in the storm, and the clouds are the dust of his feet.
Zephaniah 1:15 Old Testament, KJV
That day is a day of wrath, a day of trouble and distress, a day of wasteness and desolation, a day of darkness and gloominess, a day of clouds and thick darkness,

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's H6051, grouped by book.

Genesis 3 usages, Old Testament
Exodus 19 usages, Old Testament
Leviticus 2 usages, Old Testament
Numbers 16 usages, Old Testament
Deuteronomy 4 usages, Old Testament
1 Kings 2 usages, Old Testament
2 Chronicles 2 usages, Old Testament
Nehemiah 2 usages, Old Testament
Job 6 usages, Old Testament
Psalms 4 usages, Old Testament
Isaiah 2 usages, Old Testament
Jeremiah 1 usage, Old Testament
Lamentations 1 usage, Old Testament
Ezekiel 11 usages, Old Testament
Hosea 2 usages, Old Testament
Joel 1 usage, Old Testament
Nahum 1 usage, Old Testament
Zephaniah 1 usage, Old Testament

Strong's H6051 FAQ

What does anan (עָנָן) mean?

Strong's H6051 is a Hebrew entry for H6051 עָנָן (`anan). `anan (aw-nawn') n-m. 1. a cloud (as covering the sky), i.e. the nimbus or thunder-cloud [from H6049]

How many times is anan (עָנָן) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 80 linked usages for Strong's H6051 across 18 books.

Where can I study anan (עָנָן) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H6051 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.

What English words translate anan (עָנָן)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as cloud and clouds. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.