תַּעֲנוּגtaʻănûwg
daintiness, luxury, exquisite delight
Pronunciation: tah-an-oog' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H8588
Meanings
1. luxury (Proverbs 19:10; Ecclesiastes 2:8)
2. dainty (Micah 1:16; Micah 2:9)
3. delight, of love (Song of Solomon 7:7)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 5 times in the Bible.
- Proverbs 19:10 It isn’t right for a fool to live in luxury or for a slave to rule over princes!
- Ecclesiastes 2:8 I collected great sums of silver and gold, the treasure of many kings and provinces. I hired wonderful singers, both men and women, and had many beautiful concubines. I had everything a man could desire!
- Song of Solomon 7:6 Oh, how beautiful you are! How pleasing, my love, how full of delights!
- Micah 1:16 Oh, people of Judah, shave your heads in sorrow, for the children you love will be snatched away. Make yourselves as bald as a vulture, for your little ones will be exiled to distant lands.
- Micah 2:9 You have evicted women from their pleasant homes and forever stripped their children of all that God would give them.
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).