גָּנַן
ganan · protect, defend
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H1598 · appears 8 times in the Bible
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ganan (גָּנַן) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “protect, defend”.
By surrounding on every side, like one who covers with a shield. In the Bible the subject is always YHWH, who protects Jerusalem (2 Kings 19:34; 20:6; Isaiah 31:5; Zechariah 12:8).
How to say it
ga·nan
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- To cover and defend someone, like a shield set in front.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
How it is translated
The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.
- I will protect ×4
- will shield ×2
- protecting ×1
- will protect ×1
Related words
Words that come from it
Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- 2 Kings 19:34
I will protect this city to save it, for my own sake and for the sake of David my servant.’”
- 2 Kings 20:6
And I will add to your days fifteen years, and from the hand of the king of Assyria I will deliver you and this city; and I will protect this city for my own sake and for the sake of David my servant.’”
- Isaiah 31:5
Like birds that fly, so YHWH Tsevaot will protect Jerusalem, protecting and delivering, passing over and rescuing.”
- Isaiah 37:35
I will protect this city to save it, for my own sake and for the sake of David my servant.’”
- Isaiah 38:6
And from the hand of the king of Assyria I will deliver you and this city; and I will protect this city.
- Zechariah 9:15
YHWH Tsevaot will shield them, and they will devour and tread down the stones of the sling; and they will drink, roar as with wine, and be filled like the bowl, like the corners of the altar.
- Zechariah 12:8
On that day YHWH will shield the inhabitant of Jerusalem; and the one who stumbles among them will be on that day like David, and the house of David like Elohim, like the angel of YHWH before them.
And 1 more times.