Quick Definition
to delight
Strong's Definition
to be soft or pliable, i.e. (figuratively) effeminate or luxurious
Derivation: a primitive root;
KJV Usage: delicate(-ness), (have) delight (self), sport self.
TWOT Reference: 1648
Outline of Biblical Usage
Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents
This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
עָנֹג (a.nag) — to delight. 1) to be soft, be delicate, be dainty 1a) (Pual) to be delicate 1b) (Hithpael) 1b1) to be of dainty habit, be pampered 1b2) to be happy about, take exquisite delight 1b3) to make merry over, make sport of
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
verb · עָנֹג
Good | verb pu'al | ≈ נָוֶה
to be delicate = state in which humans have fine and delicate features
Patient | verb hit | ≈ רֹךְ
to be gentle literally: to be delicate; hence: = state in which humans are refined in the way they approach their fellow humans and sensitive to their needs
verb · עֹנֶג · תַּעֲנוּג
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
[עָנֹג] vb. be soft, delicate, dainty Pu. daintily bred
Hithp. be of dainty habit
take exquisite delight
in bad sense, make merry over, make sport of
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