שַׁאֲנָן
shaanan · at ease, secure, arrogant
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H7600 · appears 10 times in the Bible
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shaanan (שַׁאֲנָן) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “at ease, secure, arrogant”.
Quiet, secure, without alarm (Isaiah 32:18; 33:20). In a bad sense, one who feels so secure that he becomes arrogant (2 Kings 19:28; Amos 6:1).
How to say it
sha·a·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
- Calm, at peace.
- Overconfident, with no thought for God or others.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
How it is translated
The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.
- are at ease ×4
- arrogance ×2
- quiet ×2
- those at ease ×1
- untroubled ×1
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Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- 2 Kings 19:28
Because your raging against me and your arrogance have come up into my ears, I will put my hook in your nose and my bridle in your lips, and I will turn you back by the way by which you came.”
- Job 12:5
A torch of contempt in the thought of the untroubled, ready for those who slip with the foot.
- Psalms 123:4
Our soul is greatly sated with the mockery of those who are at ease, with the contempt of the proud.
- Isaiah 32:9
Women who are at ease, rise up, hear my voice; confident daughters, give ear to my saying.
- Isaiah 32:11
Tremble, you who are at ease; shudder, you confident ones; strip and make yourselves bare, and gird yourselves on your hips.
- Isaiah 32:18
And my people will dwell in an abode of peace, and in secure dwellings, and in quiet resting places.
- Isaiah 33:20
Gaze on Zion, the town of our appointed feasts! Your eyes will see Jerusalem, a quiet abode, a tent that will not be moved; its stakes will never be pulled up, and none of its cords will be broken.
- Isaiah 37:29
Because your raging against me and your arrogance have come up into my ears, I will put my hook in your nose and my bridle in your lips, and I will turn you back by the way by which you came.”
- Amos 6:1
Woe to those at ease in Zion, and those who trust in the mountain of Samaria, the notable men of the first of the nations, to whom the house of Israel comes!
- Zechariah 1:15
And with great anger I am angry with the nations that are at ease; for I was angry only a little, but they helped toward evil.