H6057 - עָנָף (ʻânâph)

H6057 עָנָף (ʻânâph) aw-nawf'

Hebrew

Noun (Masculine, Hebrew)

Quick Definition

branch

Strong's Definition

a twig (as covering the limbs)

Derivation: from an unused root meaning to cover;

KJV Usage: bough, branch.

TWOT Reference: 1657a

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) bough, branch

Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents

This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:

G2798 G2814 G4383

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

bough, branch Aramaic equivalent: a.naph (עֲנַף "bough" H6056)

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

עָנָף ‛ânâph BDB Definition: 1) bough, branch Part of Speech: noun masculine A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: from an unused root meaning to cover Same Word by TWOT Number: 1657a Total KJV Occurrences: 7

Bible Occurrences (7)

23:40

80:10

17:8 17:23 31:3 36:8

4:1

Leviticus 23:40

On the first day you are to gather the fruit of majestic trees, the branches of palm trees, and the boughs of leafy trees and of willows of the brook. And you are to rejoice before the LORD your God for seven days.

Ezekiel 17:8

It had been planted in good soil by abundant waters in order to yield branches and bear fruit and become a splendid vine.

Ezekiel 17:23

I will plant it on the mountain heights of Israel so that it will bear branches; it will yield fruit and become a majestic cedar. Birds of every kind will nest under it, taking shelter in the shade of its branches.

Ezekiel 31:3

Look at Assyria, a cedar in Lebanon, with beautiful branches that shaded the forest. It towered on high; its top was among the clouds.

Ezekiel 36:8

But you, O mountains of Israel, will produce branches and bear fruit for My people Israel, for they will soon come home.

Malachi 4:1

For behold, the day is coming, burning like a furnace, [when] all the arrogant and every evildoer... will be stubble; the day is coming when I will set them ablaze -, says the LORD of Hosts. Not a root or branch will be left to them.