Hebrew verb · H1598
גָּנַן
ganangaw-nan'
to defend
8 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: gânan
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H1598is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 3 of 39Old Testament books
- 7spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H1598
to hedge about, i.e. (generally) protect
The King James renders it: defend.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
ganan is rendered "to defend". It stands 8 times in the Hebrew text, across three books.
- Four of the uses stand in Isaiah, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.2 Kings 19:34‘I will defend this city and save it for My own sake and for the sake of My servant David.’”
- The Greek text spells it seven different ways.
The first use
‘I will defend this city and save it for My own sake and for the sake of My servant David.’”
2 Kings 19:34וְגַנּוֹתִ֛י
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Four of the word's eight uses are in Isaiah.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- and I will defend4
- he will defend4
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| גָּנַב | ganab | to steal | Uses40 |
All 8, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
7 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- וְגַנּוֹתִ֛י2
- גָּנ֥וֹן1
- וְגַנּוֹתִי֙1
- וְגַנּוֹתִ֖י1
- יָגֵ֛ן1
- יָגֵ֣ן1
- יָגֵ֤ן1
The grammar of each form
- Hc/Vqq1cs4Hc/Vqq1cs
- verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singular3HVqi3ms
- verb · simple (qal), infinitive absolute1HVqaa
2 Kings
two uses
‘I will defend this city and save it for My own sake and for the sake of My servant David.’”
- וְגַנּוֹתִ֛יveganotiHc/Vqq1cstagged: and I will defend
I will add fifteen years to your life. And I will deliver you and this city from the hand of the king of Assyria. I will defend this city for My sake and for the sake of My servant David.’”
- וְגַנּוֹתִי֙veganotiHc/Vqq1cstagged: and I will defend
Isaiah
four uses
Like birds hovering overhead, so the LORD of Hosts will protect Jerusalem. He will shield it and deliver it; He will pass over it and preserve it.”
- יָגֵ֛ןyagenverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he will defend
- גָּנ֥וֹןganonverb · simple (qal), infinitive absolutetagged: he will defend
‘I will defend this city and save it for My own sake and for the sake of My servant David.’”
- וְגַנּוֹתִ֛יveganotiHc/Vqq1cstagged: and I will defend
And I will deliver you and this city from the hand of the king of Assyria. I will defend this city.
- וְגַנּוֹתִ֖יveganotiHc/Vqq1cstagged: and I will defend
Zechariah
two uses
The LORD of Hosts will shield them. They will destroy and conquer with slingstones; they will drink and roar as with wine. And they will be filled like sprinkling bowls, drenched like the corners of the altar.
- יָגֵ֣ןyagenverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he will defend
On that day the LORD will defend the people of Jerusalem, so that the weakest among them will be like David, and the house of David will be like God, like the angel of the LORD going before them.
- יָגֵ֤ןyagenverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he will defend
The letters
Gematria 103· 753 mispar gadol
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.