STRONGS NUMBER H6051

H6051. anan

I. עָנָן‎₈₇ noun masculine^{Exodus 19:16} cloud-mass, cloud; — ׳(הֶ)ע‎ absolute 19:9 +; construct עֲנַזִ‎ Hosea 6:4 +; suffix עֲנָֽנְךָ‎ Numbers 14:14, עֲנָנוֺ‎ Job 26:9; 37:15; plural עֲנִים‎ Jeremiah 4:13; —

1 cloud-mass:

a. especially of theophanic cloud (58 t.), chiefly at Exodus in J E (less often P), usually הֶע ׳עַמּוּד‎ Exodus 13:21-22, + (see עַמּוּד‎), but also ׳ע‎ alone 34:5; compare 14:20 (J), Numbers 10:34; 11:35; 14:14 (all J E); ׳עַבהֶֿע‎ Exodus 19:9, ׳ע כָּבֵד‎ 19:16 (E); ׳ע‎ in P 16:10; 24:15 23t.; also Deuteronomy 1:33; 4:11; 5:19; Psalm 78:14; 105:39; in temple 1 Kings 8:10-11, 2 Chronicles 5:13-14, compare Ezekiel 1:4; 10:3-4, hence in General Psalm 97:2, as symbol of protection Isaiah 4:5; as a barrier Lamentations 3:44; compare ׳וע רַגְלָיו אֲבַק‎ Nahum 1:3.

b. of rain-bow cloud Genesis 9:13-14, (twice in verse); 9:16 (P), Ezekiel 1:28 (simile).

c. עֲנַןבֹּֿקֶר‎ Hosea 6:4; 13:3 (simile of transitoriness; on phenomenon in Palestine see Chaplin^{PEQ, 1883, 19}), compare Isaiah 44:22; Job 7:9 (both id.); simile of invasion Ezekiel 38:9, 16, plural Jeremiah 4:13.

d. poetic in various connection Job 26:8-9, 38:9; with אוֺר‎ as thunder-cloud 37:11, 15.

e. symbolic of gloom Ezekiel 30:18; 32:7; ע ׳יוֺם וַעֲרָפֶל‎ Zephaniah 1:15; Ezekiel 34:12; Joel 2:2, compare Ezekiel 30:3 (all of day of ׳ע‎).

2 ׳ע קְטֹרֶת‎ Leviticus 16:13 (P) cloud of incense, so Ezekiel 8:11 (strike out ᵐ5 ׳ע‎ Co Berthol, not Toy).