שַׁאֲנָןshaʼănân

at ease, secure

Pronunciation: shah-an-awn' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H7600

Meanings

1. at ease, secure (Isaiah 33:20; Isaiah 32:18)

2. as substantive, one at ease (Job 12:5)

3. at ease (Amos 6:1; Isaiah 32:9; Isaiah 32:11)

4. as substantive abstract = arrogance (2 Kings 19:28; Isaiah 37:29)

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 10 times in the Bible.

  • 2 Kings 19:28 And because of your raging against me and your arrogance, which I have heard for myself, I will put my hook in your nose and my bit in your mouth. I will make you return by the same road on which you came.”
  • Job 12:5 People who are at ease mock those in trouble. They give a push to people who are stumbling.
  • Psalms 123:4 We have had more than our fill of the scoffing of the proud and the contempt of the arrogant.
  • Isaiah 32:9 Listen, you women who lie around in ease. Listen to me, you who are so smug.
  • Isaiah 32:11 Tremble, you women of ease; throw off your complacency. Strip off your pretty clothes, and put on burlap to show your grief.
  • Isaiah 32:18 My people will live in safety, quietly at home. They will be at rest.
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Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).