אׇרְנָן
𐤀𐤓𐤍𐤍
Renan
H771 noun
SILEX Entry
Definition
Ornan, a personal name referring to a Jebusite individual from Jerusalem who becomes significant during the reign of King David. Ornan is noted as the owner of the threshing floor that David purchases to dedicate as a site of sacrifice. The name itself appears only in the books of Chronicles, representing an individual rather than a common noun. It does not express an attribute but identifies a person, and is likely to preserve, through an Israelite adaptation, a non-Israelite (Jebusite) name. The semantic range in biblical texts is limited to this specific individual.
Semantic Range
personal name, Jebusite individual, owner of threshing floor in Jerusalem; refers specifically and exclusively to Ornan, not to a type or class
Root / Etymology
Derived from a non-Hebrew Jebusite name, possibly from אֹרֶן (oren, 'tree') or a related root, but the etymology is uncertain and likely influenced by transmission into Hebrew. The suggestion that it comes from 'strong' is speculative and not linguistically certain. Cognate with or equivalent to אַרַוְנָה (Araunah) in 2 Samuel, probably a variant rendering of the same name in the Hebrew tradition.
Historical & Contextual Notes
Ornan appears exclusively in 1 Chronicles 21–22 as the Jebusite from whom David acquires a threshing floor on Mount Moriah for the building of an altar in response to a national calamity. In 2 Samuel 24, the same individual is called Araunah (אַרַוְנָה), and the difference is likely due to dialectal, scribal, or transliteration variations rather than reference to different persons. Both Ornan and Araunah refer to a Jebusite, i.e., an inhabitant of Jerusalem before its conquest by the Israelites, indicating the persistence of Jebusite elements in Israelite Jerusalem into the monarchic period. English translations often use 'Ornan' in Chronicles and 'Araunah' in Samuel, but these are likely two forms of the same Jebusite name. The identification with strength (as suggested by Strong's) or connection to the word for 'pine' (oren) is speculative and not confirmed by linguistic evidence. The term does not appear as an ethnic or religious label but as a personal name preserved in Israelite historical tradition.
Original Strong's Gloss (1890)
probably from אֹרֶן; strong; Ornan, a Jebusite; Ornan. See אֲרַוְנָה.
Bantu Hebrew
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uncertain (uncertain) — uncertain; personal name of non-Israelite origin
| Strong's | Lemma | SIBI-P1 |
|---|---|---|
| H1085 | בִּלְדַּד | Bildad |
| H1095 | בֵּלְטְשַׁאצַּר | Belteshatsar |
| H1114 | בִּלְשָׁן | Bilshan |
| H1150 | בִּנְעָא | Bin'a |
| H116 | אֱדַיִן | and then |
Word Forms
3 distinct forms
| SIDANCE | Surface | Transliteration | Morphology | Common | SIBI-P1 | Occurrences |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
H771-01 |
אָרְנָ֥ן | arenan | HNp |
Ornan | Ornan | 9 |
H771-02 |
לְ/אָרְנָ֔ן | learenan | HR/Np |
to Ornan | to Ornan | 2 |
H771-03 |
וְ/אָרְנָ֖ן | vearenan | HC/Np |
and Ornan | and Ornan | 1 |
Occurrences in Scripture
12 total occurrences
| SIDANCE | Reference | Word | Transliteration | Morphology | Common | SIBI-P1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
H771-01 |
1 Chronicles 21:15 | אָרְנָ֥ן | arenan | HNp |
of Ornan | Ornan |
H771-01 |
1 Chronicles 21:18 | אָרְנָ֥ן | arenan | HNp |
Ornan | Ornan |
H771-01 |
1 Chronicles 21:20 | אָרְנָ֗ן | arenan | HNp |
Ornan | Ornan |
H771-03 |
1 Chronicles 21:20 | וְ/אָרְנָ֖ן | vearenan | HC/Np |
and Ornan | and Ornan |
H771-01 |
1 Chronicles 21:21 | אָרְנָ֑ן | arenan | HNp |
Ornan | Ornan |
H771-01 |
1 Chronicles 21:21 | אָרְנָן֙ | arenan-2 | HNp |
Ornan | Ornan |
H771-01 |
1 Chronicles 21:22 | אָרְנָ֗ן | arenan | HNp |
Ornan | Ornan |
H771-01 |
1 Chronicles 21:23 | אָרְנָ֤ן | arenan | HNp |
Ornan | Ornan |
H771-02 |
1 Chronicles 21:24 | לְ/אָרְנָ֔ן | learenan | HR/Np |
to Ornan | to Ornan |
H771-02 |
1 Chronicles 21:25 | לְ/אָרְנָ֖ן | learenan | HR/Np |
to Ornan | to Ornan |