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Hebrew verb · H7442

רָנַן

rananraw-nan'

to overcome; to sing

54 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key

Concordance spelling: rânan

Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H7442is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.

  • 11 of 39
    Old Testament books
  • 44
    spellings
  • 2
    meanings

The definition in full

Strong's key (1890) · H7442

properly, to creak (or emit a stridulous sound), i.e. to shout (usually for joy)

The King James renders it: aloud for joy, cry out, be joyful (greatly, make to) rejoice, (cause to) shout (for joy), (cause to) sing (aloud, for joy, out), triumph.

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

ranan is rendered "to overcome; to sing". It stands 54 times in the Hebrew text, across eleven books.

  • Twenty-six of the uses stand in Psalms, more than in any other book.
  • The lexicon lists two meanings for it, beginning with "to overcome".
  • Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Leviticus 9:24Fire came out from the presence of the LORD and consumed the burnt offering and the fat portions on the altar. And when all the people saw it, they shouted for joy and fell facedown.
  • The Greek text spells it forty-four different ways.

The first use

Fire came out from the presence of the LORD and consumed the burnt offering and the fat portions on the altar. And when all the people saw it, they shouted for joy and fell facedown.

Leviticus 9:24וַיָּרֹ֔נּוּ

The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.

Where the word stands

Twenty-six of the word's fifty-four uses are in Psalms.

The other 28 Old Testament books never use the word.

What the word means

The word carries two meanings: to overcome, and to sing.

Each meaning, and the words it is translated by

The English STEP Bible gives each use, word by word, and how many times.
to overcomeStrong's entry ATagged aslisted under the tableWhereLeviticus 9:24Fire came out from the presence of the LORD and consumed the burnt offering and the fat…
to singStrong's entry BTagged aslisted under the tableWherein the ledger below

How the Greek text is glossed, word by word

  • shout for joy8
  • they will shout for joy8
  • let them shout for joy3
  • and shout for joy2
  • and they will cry out for joy2
  • cry out2
  • let them sing for joy2
  • they shout for joy2
  • and cry out1
  • and shouting for joy1
  • and sing for joy1
  • and they may sing for joy1

and 21 more, 54 uses in all

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.

All 54, in canonical order

Every use, in order

Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.

44 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

  • יְרַנֵּֽנוּ׃5
  • יְ֝רַנְּנ֗וּ3
  • אֲרַנֵּֽן׃2
  • יָרֹ֣נּוּ2
  • רָנּ֤וּ2
  • רָנִּ֥י2
  • אַרְנִֽן׃1
  • בְּרָן־1
  • הַ֭רְנִינוּ1
  • הַרְנִ֤ינוּ1
  • וַאֲרַנֵּ֥ן1
  • וְ֝הַרְנִ֗ינוּ1

and 32 more spellings in the ledger below.

The grammar of each form

  • verb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine plural11HVpi3mp
  • verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine plural5HVqi3mp
  • verb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person feminine singular4HVqv2fs
  • verb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine plural3HVqv2mp
  • Hc/Vpq3cp2Hc/Vpq3cp
  • conjunction (“and”) + verb · intensive (piel), command · 2nd person masculine plural2HC/Vpv2mp
  • verb · causative (hiphil), command · 2nd person masculine plural2HVhv2mp
  • verb · intensive (piel), infinitive (“to…”) · 1st person common plural2HVpc1cp
  • verb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common singular2HVpi1cs
  • verb · intensive (piel), command · 2nd person masculine plural2HVpv2mp
  • verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person feminine singular2HVqi3fs
  • conjunction (“and”) + verb · causative (hiphil), command · 2nd person masculine plural1HC/Vhv2mp

Leviticus

one use
  • Fire came out from the presence of the LORD and consumed the burnt offering and the fat portions on the altar. And when all the people saw it, they shouted for joy and fell facedown.

    Leviticus 9:24

    • וַיָּרֹ֔נּוּvaiyaronuHc/Vqw3mptagged: and they shouted

Deuteronomy

one use
  • Rejoice, O heavens, with Him, and let all God’s angels worship Him. Rejoice, O nations, with His people; for He will avenge the blood of His children. He will take vengeance on His adversaries and repay those who hate Him; He will cleanse His land and His people.

    Deuteronomy 32:43

    • הַרְנִ֤ינוּharninuverb · causative (hiphil), command · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: shout for joy

1 Chronicles

one use
  • Then the trees of the forest will sing for joy before the LORD, for He is coming to judge the earth.

    1 Chronicles 16:33

    • יְרַנְּנ֖וּyeranenuverb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they will shout for joy

Job

two uses
  • The dying man blessed me, and I made the widow’s heart sing for joy.

    Job 29:13

    • אַרְנִֽן׃ʾarninverb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I made sing for joy
  • while the morning stars sang together and all the sons of God shouted for joy?

    Job 38:7

    • בְּרָן־beron-preposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: when sang

Psalms

twenty-six uses
  • But let all who take refuge in You rejoice; let them ever shout for joy. May You shelter them, that those who love Your name may rejoice in You.

    Psalms 5:11

    • יְ֭רַנֵּנוּyeranenuverb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: let them shout for joy
  • May we shout for joy at your victory and raise a banner in the name of our God. May the LORD grant all your petitions.

    Psalms 20:5

    • נְרַנְּנָ֤ה׀neranenahverb · intensive (piel), infinitive (“to…”) · 1st person common pluraltagged: we will shout for joy
  • Be glad in the LORD and rejoice, O righteous ones; shout for joy, all you upright in heart.

    Psalms 32:11

    • וְ֝הַרְנִ֗ינוּveharninuconjunction (“and”) + verb · causative (hiphil), command · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: and shout for joy
  • Rejoice in the LORD, O righteous ones; it is fitting for the upright to praise Him.

    Psalms 33:1

    • רַנְּנ֣וּranenuverb · intensive (piel), command · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: shout for joy
  • May those who favor my vindication shout for joy and gladness; may they always say, “Exalted be the LORD who delights in His servant’s well-being.”

    Psalms 35:27

    • יָרֹ֣נּוּyaronuverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: may they shout for joy
  • Deliver me from bloodguilt, O God, the God of my salvation, and my tongue will sing of Your righteousness.

    Psalms 51:14

    • תְּרַנֵּ֥ןteranenverb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: it will shout for joy
  • But I will sing of Your strength and proclaim Your loving devotion in the morning. For You are my fortress, my refuge in times of trouble.

    Psalms 59:16

    • וַאֲרַנֵּ֥ןvaaranenHC/Vpu1cstagged: so I may sing for joy
  • For You are my help; I will sing for joy in the shadow of Your wings.

    Psalms 63:7

    • אֲרַנֵּֽן׃ʾaranenverb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I shout for joy
  • Those who live far away fear Your wonders; You make the dawn and sunset shout for joy.

    Psalms 65:8

    • תַּרְנִֽין׃tarninverb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you make shout for joy
  • Let the nations be glad and sing for joy, for You judge the peoples justly and lead the nations of the earth. Selah

    Psalms 67:4

    • וִֽירַנְּנ֗וּviranenuHC/Vpu3mptagged: and they may sing for joy
  • When I sing praise to You my lips will shout for joy, along with my soul, which You have redeemed.

    Psalms 71:23

    • תְּרַנֵּ֣נָּ֣הterannenahverb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person feminine pluraltagged: they will sing for joy
  • Then the Lord awoke as from sleep, like a mighty warrior overcome by wine.

    Psalms 78:65

    • מִתְרוֹנֵ֥ןmitronenverb · reflexive (hithpael), participle · masculine singulartagged: overcome
  • Sing for joy to God our strength; make a joyful noise to the God of Jacob.

    Psalms 81:1

    • הַ֭רְנִינוּharninuverb · causative (hiphil), command · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: sing for joy
  • My soul longs, even faints, for the courts of the LORD; my heart and my flesh cry out for the living God.

    Psalms 84:2

    • יְ֝רַנְּנ֗וּyeranenuverb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they shout for joy
  • North and south You created; Tabor and Hermon shout for joy at Your name.

    Psalms 89:12

    • יְרַנֵּֽנוּ׃yeranenuverb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they shout for joy
  • Satisfy us in the morning with Your loving devotion, that we may sing for joy and be glad all our days.

    Psalms 90:14

    • וּֽנְרַנְּנָ֥הuneranenahconjunction (“and”) + verb · intensive (piel), infinitive (“to…”) · 1st person common pluraltagged: so let us shout for joy
  • For You, O LORD, have made me glad by Your deeds; I sing for joy at the works of Your hands.

    Psalms 92:4

    • אֲרַנֵּֽן׃ʾaranenverb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I sing for joy
  • Come, let us sing for joy to the LORD; let us shout to the Rock of our salvation!

    Psalms 95:1

    • נְרַנְּנָ֣הneranenahverb · intensive (piel), infinitive (“to…”) · 1st person common pluraltagged: let us sing for joy
  • Let the fields exult, and all that is in them. Then all the trees of the forest will sing for joy

    Psalms 96:12

    • יְ֝רַנְּנ֗וּyeranenuverb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they will shout for joy
  • Make a joyful noise to the LORD, all the earth; break forth—let your cry ring out, and sing praises!

    Psalms 98:4

    • וְרַנְּנ֣וּveranenuconjunction (“and”) + verb · intensive (piel), command · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: and sing for joy
  • Let the rivers clap their hands, let the mountains sing together for joy

    Psalms 98:8

    • יְרַנֵּֽנוּ׃yeranenuverb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: let them sing for joy
  • May Your priests be clothed with righteousness, and Your saints shout for joy.

    Psalms 132:9

    • יְרַנֵּֽנוּ׃yeranenuverb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: let them shout for joy
  • I will clothe her priests with salvation, and her saints will sing out in joy.

    Psalms 132:16

    • רַנֵּ֥ןranenverb · intensive (piel), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: certainly shout
    • יְרַנֵּֽנוּ׃yeranenuverb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they will shout for joy
  • They will extol the fame of Your abundant goodness and sing joyfully of Your righteousness.

    Psalms 145:7

    • יְרַנֵּֽנוּ׃yeranenuverb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they will shout for joy
  • Let the saints exult in glory; let them shout for joy upon their beds.

    Psalms 149:5

    • יְ֝רַנְּנ֗וּyeranenuverb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: let them sing for joy

Proverbs

three uses
  • Wisdom calls out in the street, she lifts her voice in the square;

    Proverbs 1:20

    • תָּרֹ֑נָּהtaronahverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: it cries aloud
  • Beside the gates to the city, at the entrances she cries out:

    Proverbs 8:3

    • תָּרֹֽנָּה׃taronahverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: they cry aloud
  • An evil man is caught by his own sin, but a righteous one sings and rejoices.

    Proverbs 29:6

    • יָר֥וּןyarunverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he cries aloud

Isaiah

fourteen uses
  • Cry out and sing, O citizen of Zion, for great among you is the Holy One of Israel.”

    Isaiah 12:6

    • וָרֹ֖נִּיvaroniconjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person feminine singulartagged: and cry out
  • Joy and gladness are removed from the orchard; no one sings or shouts in the vineyards. No one tramples the grapes in the winepresses; I have put an end to the cheering.

    Isaiah 16:10

    • יְרֻנָּ֖ןyerunanverb · intensive passive (pual), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: anything will be sung
  • They raise their voices, they shout for joy; from the west they proclaim the majesty of the LORD.

    Isaiah 24:14

    • יָרֹ֑נּוּyaronuverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they will shout for joy
  • Your dead will live; their bodies will rise. Awake and sing, you who dwell in the dust! For your dew is like the dew of the morning, and the earth will bring forth her dead.

    Isaiah 26:19

    • וְרַנְּנ֜וּveranenuconjunction (“and”) + verb · intensive (piel), command · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: and shout for joy
  • It will bloom profusely and rejoice with joy and singing. The glory of Lebanon will be given to it, the splendor of Carmel and Sharon. They will see the glory of the LORD, the splendor of our God.

    Isaiah 35:2

    • וְרַנֵּ֔ןveranenconjunction (“and”) + verb · intensive (piel), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: and shouting for joy
  • Then the lame will leap like a deer and the mute tongue will shout for joy. For waters will gush forth in the wilderness, and streams in the desert.

    Isaiah 35:6

    • וְתָרֹ֖ןvetaronHC/Vqu3fstagged: so it may shout for joy
  • Let the desert and its cities raise their voices; let the villages of Kedar cry aloud. Let the people of Sela sing for joy; let them cry out from the mountaintops.

    Isaiah 42:11

    • יָרֹ֙נּוּ֙yaronuverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: let them shout for joy
  • Sing for joy, O heavens, for the LORD has done this; shout aloud, O depths of the earth. Break forth in song, O mountains, you forests and all your trees. For the LORD has redeemed Jacob, and revealed His glory in Israel.

    Isaiah 44:23

    • רָנּ֨וּranuverb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: shout for joy
  • Shout for joy, O heavens; rejoice, O earth; break forth in song, O mountains! For the LORD has comforted His people, and He will have compassion on His afflicted ones.

    Isaiah 49:13

    • רָנּ֤וּranuverb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: shout for joy
  • Listen! Your watchmen lift up their voices, together they shout for joy. For every eye will see when the LORD returns to Zion.

    Isaiah 52:8

    • יְרַנֵּ֑נוּyeranenuverb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they will shout for joy
  • Break forth in joy, sing together, O ruins of Jerusalem, for the LORD has comforted His people; He has redeemed Jerusalem.

    Isaiah 52:9

    • רַנְּנוּ֙ranenuverb · intensive (piel), command · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: shout for joy
  • “Shout for joy, O barren woman, who bears no children; break forth in song and cry aloud, you who have never travailed; because more are the children of the desolate woman than of her who has a husband,” says the LORD.

    Isaiah 54:1

    • רָנִּ֥יraniverb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person feminine singulartagged: shout for joy
  • Instead of shame, My people will have a double portion, and instead of humiliation, they will rejoice in their share; and so they will inherit a double portion in their land, and everlasting joy will be theirs.

    Isaiah 61:7

    • יָרֹ֣נּוּyaronuverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they will shout for joy
  • My servants will shout for joy with a glad heart, but you will cry out with a heavy heart and wail with a broken spirit.

    Isaiah 65:14

    • יָרֹ֖נּוּyaronuverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they will shout for joy

Jeremiah

three uses
  • For this is what the LORD says: “Sing with joy for Jacob; shout for the foremost of the nations! Make your praises heard, and say, ‘O LORD, save Your people, the remnant of Israel!’

    Jeremiah 31:7

    • רָנּ֤וּranuverb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: cry out
  • They will come and shout for joy on the heights of Zion; they will be radiant over the bounty of the LORD—the grain, new wine, and oil, and the young of the flocks and herds. Their life will be like a well-watered garden, and never again will they languish.

    Jeremiah 31:12

    • וְרִנְּנ֣וּverinenuHc/Vpq3cptagged: and they will cry out for joy
  • Then heaven and earth and all that is in them will shout for joy over Babylon because the destroyers from the north will come against her,” declares the LORD.

    Jeremiah 51:48

    • וְרִנְּנ֤וּverinenuHc/Vpq3cptagged: and they will cry out for joy

Lamentations

one use
  • Arise, cry out in the night from the first watch of the night. Pour out your heart like water in the presence of the Lord. Lift up your hands to Him for the lives of your children who are fainting from hunger on the corner of every street.

    Lamentations 2:19

    • רֹ֣נִּיroniverb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person feminine singulartagged: cry out

Zephaniah

one use
  • Sing for joy, O Daughter of Zion; shout aloud, O Israel! Be glad and rejoice with all your heart, O Daughter of Jerusalem!

    Zephaniah 3:14

    • רָנִּי֙raniverb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person feminine singulartagged: shout for joy

Zechariah

one use
  • “Shout for joy and be glad, O Daughter of Zion, for I am coming to dwell among you,” declares the LORD.

    Zechariah 2:10

    • רָנִּ֥יraniverb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person feminine singulartagged: shout for joy

The letters

Gematria 300· 950 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 words it stands beside are the nouns, verbs and adjectives immediately before or after it, counted in every verse where the word stands. The article, the conjunctions and the prepositions are left out, because they stand beside every word.

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Dictionary key: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890, public domain). English verse text: Berean Standard Bible (public domain, 2023).

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