תַּעֲנוּג

taanug · delight, luxury

Hebrew word · Strong’s number H8588 · appears 5 times in the Bible

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What it means

taanug (תַּעֲנוּג) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “delight, luxury”.

Living among comforts.

How to say it

ta·a·nug

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

  1. Pampered living, pleasures, comforts.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

  • delights ×3
  • Luxury ×1
  • delight ×1

Where it appears

  • Proverbs 19:10

    Luxury is not fitting for the senseless, how much less for a slave to rule over princes.

  • Ecclesiastes 2:8

    I gathered also for myself silver and gold, and the special treasure of kings and of the provinces; I made for myself male singers and female singers, and the delights of human beings, a lady and ladies.

  • Song of Songs 7:6

    How beautiful you are, and how pleasant, love, among delights!

  • Micah 1:16

    Shave yourself bald and shear yourself for the children of your delight; make wide your baldness like the eagle, for they have gone into exile from you.

  • Micah 2:9

    The women of my people you drive out from the house of her delights; from her little children you take away my splendor forever.