King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER H1598
Transliteration: ganan
Phonetic Spelling: (gaw-nan')
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to cover, surround, defend
Meaning: to cover, surround, defend
Word Summary
ganan: to cover, surround, defend
Original Word: גָּנַןTransliteration: ganan
Phonetic Spelling: (gaw-nan')
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to cover, surround, defend
Meaning: to cover, surround, defend
Strong's Concordance
defend A primitive root; to hedge about, i.e. (generally) protect -- defend.
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H1598. ganan
[גָּנַן] verb cover, surround, defend (Arabic , Aramaic אַגֵּן (Aph`el), Palmyrene אגן VogPalm.132 ff.) —
Qal Perfect וְגַנּוֺתִי Isaiah 37:35 3t.; Infinitive absolute גָּנוֺן 31:5 (c. Hiph`il q. v.) — defend, subject always ׳י; object the city Jerusalem with על 37:35; 38:6 = 2 Kings 20:6; 19:34 with אֶלֿ ("" הוֺשִׁיעַ).
Hiph`il Imperfect — or
Qal according to BaZMG 1889, 178, who compare Arabic — יָגֵן Isaiah 31:5 2t. — defend (= Qal), Jerusalem 31:5 גָּ֗֗֗נוֺן יגן with על ("" הִצִּיל); object Yahweh's people Zechariah 9:15 with על, 12:8 with בְּעַד.