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Strong's H7442 רָנַן (ranan)

Ranan means “for joy” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Strong's Number H7442
Language Hebrew
Linked Usages 53
Books 11

Strong's H7442 Quick Answer

Strong's H7442 רָנַן (ranan) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. ranan (raw-nan') v. 1. (properly) to creak (or emit a stridulous sound), i.e. to shout (usually for joy) [a primitive root] It has 53 linked Bible usages across 11 books. Visible English usage signals include shout, joy, aloud, joyful, and out. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.

Meaning
ranan (raw-nan') v. 1. (properly) to creak (or emit a stridulous sound), i.e. to shout (usually for joy) [a primitive root]
Usage
53 linked usages
Books
11 indexed books
Corpus
Old Testament
Usage Words
shout, joy, aloud, joyful, and out

Meaning and Definition

ranan (raw-nan') v. 1. (properly) to creak (or emit a stridulous sound), i.e. to shout (usually for joy) [a primitive root] KJV: aloud for joy, cry out, be joyful (greatly, make to) rejoice, (cause to) shout (for joy), (cause to) sing (aloud, for joy, out), triumph.

Original Word
רָנַן
Transliteration
ranan
Derivation
Root: רנן
Morphology
verb

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's H7442. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

How Strong's H7442 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render ranan, 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.

shout Psalms 5:11 10× aloud Psalms 51:14 joy Job 29:13 joyful Psalms 95:1 out 1 Chronicles 16:33 shouted Leviticus 9:24 cry Lamentations 2:19 greatly Psalms 71:23 shouteth Psalms 78:65 shouting Isaiah 16:10

How Strong's H7442 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 53 linked usages.
  • The linked rows are Old Testament Hebrew usage, grouped by book for fast canonical scanning.

Strong's H7442 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 H7442 in the Old Testament

53 indexed usages in Old Testament.

Leviticus 9:24 KJV

And there came a fire out from before the LORD, and consumed upon the altar the burnt offering and the fat: which when all the people saw, they shouted, and fell on their faces.

Deuteronomy 32:43 KJV

Rejoice, O ye nations, with his people: for he will avenge the blood of his servants, and will render vengeance to his adversaries, and will be merciful unto his land, and to his people.

1 Chronicles 16:33 KJV

Then shall the trees of the wood sing out at the presence of the LORD, because he cometh to judge the earth.

Usage Excerpts

First 53 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H7442.

Leviticus 9:24 Old Testament, KJV
And there came a fire out from before the LORD, and consumed upon the altar the burnt offering and the fat: which when all the people saw, they shouted, and fell on their faces.
Deuteronomy 32:43 Old Testament, KJV
Rejoice, O ye nations, with his people: for he will avenge the blood of his servants, and will render vengeance to his adversaries, and will be merciful unto his land, and to his people.
1 Chronicles 16:33 Old Testament, KJV
Then shall the trees of the wood sing out at the presence of the LORD, because he cometh to judge the earth.
Job 29:13 Old Testament, KJV
The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me: and I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy.
Job 38:7 Old Testament, KJV
When the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy?
Psalms 5:11 Old Testament, KJV
But let all those that put their trust in thee rejoice: let them ever shout for joy, because thou defendest them: let them also that love thy name be joyful in thee.
Psalms 20:5 Old Testament, KJV
We will rejoice in thy salvation, and in the name of our God we will set up our banners: the LORD fulfil all thy petitions.
Psalms 32:11 Old Testament, KJV
Be glad in the LORD, and rejoice, ye righteous: and shout for joy, all ye that are upright in heart.
Psalms 33:1 Old Testament, KJV
Rejoice in the LORD, O ye righteous: for praise is comely for the upright.
Psalms 35:27 Old Testament, KJV
Let them shout for joy, and be glad, that favour my righteous cause: yea, let them say continually, Let the LORD be magnified, which hath pleasure in the prosperity of his servant.
Psalms 51:14 Old Testament, KJV
Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God, thou God of my salvation: and my tongue shall sing aloud of thy righteousness.
Psalms 59:16 Old Testament, KJV
But I will sing of thy power; yea, I will sing aloud of thy mercy in the morning: for thou hast been my defence and refuge in the day of my trouble.
Psalms 63:7 Old Testament, KJV
Because thou hast been my help, therefore in the shadow of thy wings will I rejoice.
Psalms 65:8 Old Testament, KJV
They also that dwell in the uttermost parts are afraid at thy tokens: thou makest the outgoings of the morning and evening to rejoice.
Psalms 67:4 Old Testament, KJV
O let the nations be glad and sing for joy: for thou shalt judge the people righteously, and govern the nations upon earth. Selah.
Psalms 71:23 Old Testament, KJV
My lips shall greatly rejoice when I sing unto thee; and my soul, which thou hast redeemed.
Psalms 78:65 Old Testament, KJV
Then the LORD awaked as one out of sleep, and like a mighty man that shouteth by reason of wine.
Psalms 81:1 Old Testament, KJV
Sing aloud unto God our strength: make a joyful noise unto the God of Jacob.
Psalms 84:2 Old Testament, KJV
My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth for the courts of the LORD: my heart and my flesh crieth out for the living God.
Psalms 89:12 Old Testament, KJV
The north and the south thou hast created them: Tabor and Hermon shall rejoice in thy name.
Psalms 90:14 Old Testament, KJV
O satisfy us early with thy mercy; that we may rejoice and be glad all our days.
Psalms 92:4 Old Testament, KJV
For thou, LORD, hast made me glad through thy work: I will triumph in the works of thy hands.
Psalms 95:1 Old Testament, KJV
O come, let us sing unto the LORD: let us make a joyful noise to the rock of our salvation.
Psalms 96:12 Old Testament, KJV
Let the field be joyful, and all that is therein: then shall all the trees of the wood rejoice
Psalms 98:4 Old Testament, KJV
Make a joyful noise unto the LORD, all the earth: make a loud noise, and rejoice, and sing praise.
Psalms 98:8 Old Testament, KJV
Let the floods clap their hands: let the hills be joyful together
Psalms 132:9 Old Testament, KJV
Let thy priests be clothed with righteousness; and let thy saints shout for joy.
Psalms 132:16 Old Testament, KJV
I will also clothe her priests with salvation: and her saints shall shout aloud for joy.
Psalms 145:7 Old Testament, KJV
They shall abundantly utter the memory of thy great goodness, and shall sing of thy righteousness.
Psalms 149:5 Old Testament, KJV
Let the saints be joyful in glory: let them sing aloud upon their beds.
Proverbs 1:20 Old Testament, KJV
Wisdom crieth without; she uttereth her voice in the streets:
Proverbs 8:3 Old Testament, KJV
She crieth at the gates, at the entry of the city, at the coming in at the doors.
Proverbs 29:6 Old Testament, KJV
In the transgression of an evil man there is a snare: but the righteous doth sing and rejoice.
Isaiah 12:6 Old Testament, KJV
Cry out and shout, thou inhabitant of Zion: for great is the Holy One of Israel in the midst of thee.
Isaiah 16:10 Old Testament, KJV
And gladness is taken away, and joy out of the plentiful field; and in the vineyards there shall be no singing, neither shall there be shouting: the treaders shall tread out no wine in their presses; I have made their vintage shouting to cease.
Isaiah 24:14 Old Testament, KJV
They shall lift up their voice, they shall sing for the majesty of the LORD, they shall cry aloud from the sea.
Isaiah 26:19 Old Testament, KJV
Thy dead men shall live, together with my dead body shall they arise. Awake and sing, ye that dwell in dust: for thy dew is as the dew of herbs, and the earth shall cast out the dead.
Isaiah 35:2 Old Testament, KJV
It shall blossom abundantly, and rejoice even with joy and singing: the glory of Lebanon shall be given unto it, the excellency of Carmel and Sharon, they shall see the glory of the LORD, and the excellency of our God.
Isaiah 35:6 Old Testament, KJV
Then shall the lame man leap as an hart, and the tongue of the dumb sing: for in the wilderness shall waters break out, and streams in the desert.
Isaiah 42:11 Old Testament, KJV
Let the wilderness and the cities thereof lift up their voice, the villages that Kedar doth inhabit: let the inhabitants of the rock sing, let them shout from the top of the mountains.
Isaiah 44:23 Old Testament, KJV
Sing, O ye heavens; for the LORD hath done it: shout, ye lower parts of the earth: break forth into singing, ye mountains, O forest, and every tree therein: for the LORD hath redeemed Jacob, and glorified himself in Israel.
Isaiah 49:13 Old Testament, KJV
Sing, O heavens; and be joyful, O earth; and break forth into singing, O mountains: for the LORD hath comforted his people, and will have mercy upon his afflicted.
Isaiah 52:8 Old Testament, KJV
Thy watchmen shall lift up the voice; with the voice together shall they sing: for they shall see eye to eye, when the LORD shall bring again Zion.
Isaiah 52:9 Old Testament, KJV
Break forth into joy, sing together, ye waste places of Jerusalem: for the LORD hath comforted his people, he hath redeemed Jerusalem.
Isaiah 54:1 Old Testament, KJV
Sing, O barren, thou that didst not bear; break forth into singing, and cry aloud, thou that didst not travail with child: for more are the children of the desolate than the children of the married wife, saith the LORD.
Isaiah 61:7 Old Testament, KJV
For your shame ye shall have double; and for confusion they shall rejoice in their portion: therefore in their land they shall possess the double: everlasting joy shall be unto them.
Isaiah 65:14 Old Testament, KJV
Behold, my servants shall sing for joy of heart, but ye shall cry for sorrow of heart, and shall howl for vexation of spirit.
Jeremiah 31:7 Old Testament, KJV
For thus saith the LORD; Sing with gladness for Jacob, and shout among the chief of the nations: publish ye, praise ye, and say, O LORD, save thy people, the remnant of Israel.
Jeremiah 31:12 Old Testament, KJV
Therefore they shall come and sing in the height of Zion, and shall flow together to the goodness of the LORD, for wheat, and for wine, and for oil, and for the young of the flock and of the herd: and their soul shall be as a watered garden; and they shall not sorrow any more at all.
Jeremiah 51:48 Old Testament, KJV
Then the heaven and the earth, and all that is therein, shall sing for Babylon: for the spoilers shall come unto her from the north, saith the LORD.
Lamentations 2:19 Old Testament, KJV
Arise, cry out in the night: in the beginning of the watches pour out thine heart like water before the face of the LORD: lift up thy hands toward him for the life of thy young children, that faint for hunger in the top of every street.
Zephaniah 3:14 Old Testament, KJV
Sing, O daughter of Zion; shout, O Israel; be glad and rejoice with all the heart, O daughter of Jerusalem.
Zechariah 2:10 Old Testament, KJV
Sing and rejoice, O daughter of Zion: for, lo, I come, and I will dwell in the midst of thee, saith the LORD.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's H7442, grouped by book.

Leviticus 1 usage, Old Testament
Deuteronomy 1 usage, Old Testament
1 Chronicles 1 usage, Old Testament
Job 2 usages, Old Testament
Psalms 25 usages, Old Testament
Proverbs 3 usages, Old Testament
Isaiah 14 usages, Old Testament
Jeremiah 3 usages, Old Testament
Lamentations 1 usage, Old Testament
Zephaniah 1 usage, Old Testament
Zechariah 1 usage, Old Testament

Strong's H7442 FAQ

What does ranan (רָנַן) mean?

Ranan (Strong's H7442) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "for joy". ranan (raw-nan') v. 1. (properly) to creak (or emit a stridulous sound), i.e. to shout (usually for joy) [a primitive root]

How many times is ranan (רָנַן) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 53 linked usages for Strong's H7442 across 11 books.

Where can I study ranan (רָנַן) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H7442 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.

What English words translate ranan (רָנַן)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as shout, joy, aloud, joyful, out, and shouted. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.