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Lexicon :: Strong's H2603 - ḥānan

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חָנַן
Transliteration
ḥānan
Pronunciation
khaw-nan'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root [compare חָנָה (H2583)]
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 694,695

Strong’s Definitions

חָנַן chânan, khaw-nan'; a primitive root (compare H2583); properly, to bend or stoop in kindness to an inferior; to favor, bestow; causatively to implore (i.e. move to favor by petition):—beseech, × fair, (be, find, shew) favour(-able), be (deal, give, grant (gracious(-ly), intreat, (be) merciful, have (shew) mercy (on, upon), have pity upon, pray, make supplication, × very.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 78x

The KJV translates Strong's H2603 in the following manner: mercy (16x), gracious (13x), merciful (12x), supplication (10x), favour (7x), besought (4x), pity (4x), fair (1x), favourable (1x), favoured (1x), miscellaneous (9x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 78x
The KJV translates Strong's H2603 in the following manner: mercy (16x), gracious (13x), merciful (12x), supplication (10x), favour (7x), besought (4x), pity (4x), fair (1x), favourable (1x), favoured (1x), miscellaneous (9x).

  1. to be gracious, show favour, pity

    1. (Qal) to show favour, be gracious

    2. (Niphal) to be pitied

    3. (Piel) to make gracious, make favourable, be gracious

    4. (Poel) to direct favour to, have mercy on

    5. (Hophal) to be shown favour, be shown consideration

    6. (Hithpael) to seek favour, implore favour

  2. to be loathsome

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
חָנַן chânan, khaw-nan'; a primitive root (compare H2583); properly, to bend or stoop in kindness to an inferior; to favor, bestow; causatively to implore (i.e. move to favor by petition):—beseech, × fair, (be, find, shew) favour(-able), be (deal, give, grant (gracious(-ly), intreat, (be) merciful, have (shew) mercy (on, upon), have pity upon, pray, make supplication, × very.
STRONGS H2603: Abbreviations
† I. חָנַן verb shew favour, be gracious (Late Hebrew id., Aramaic חֲנַן Nfo; Arabic حَنَّ yearn towards, long for, be merciful, compassionate, favourable, inclined towards; Sabean חן in proper name חן מסבררהם DHMEpigr. Denkm. 40; Phoenician חנן in חן favour, and proper name as אלחנן, חננבעל; Assyrian in derivatives annu, grace, favour, unninu, têninu nannu, id., LotzTP ZimBP 23, 66) —
Qal Perfect חָנַן Genesis 33:5; suffix חַנַּ֫נִי Genesis 33:11; יְ֯חַנַּנִי 2 Samuel 12:22; חַנֹּתִי Exodus 33:19; חָנָ֑נוּ Lamentations 4:16; Imperfect יֶחֱנַן Amos 5:15; יָחֹן Deuteronomy 28:50; וַיָּ֫חָן 2 Kings 13:23; suffix יָחְנְךָ Genesis 43:29; Isaiah 30:19; וִיחֻנֶּךָָ Numbers 6:25; יְחֻנֶּנּוּ Isaiah 27:11; Job 33:24; יְחָנֵּנוּ Psalm 67:2; Psalm 123:2; Malachi 1:9; תָּחֹן Psalm 59:6; suffix תְּחָנֵּם Deuteronomy 7:2; אָחֹן Exodus 33:19; Imperative suffix חָנֵּנִי Psalm 4:2 + 17 times Psalms; חָנְנֵנִי Psalm 9:14 (Baer pts. חַנְנֵנִי); חָנֵּנוּ Isaiah 33:2; Psalm 123:3 (twice in verse); חָנּוּנוּ Judges 21:22; חָנּנִֻי Job 19:21 (twice in verse); Infinitive absolute חָנוֺן Isaiah 30:19; construct חַנּוֺת [H2589 Psalm 77:10 [Psalm 77:9]]; חֶנְנָהּ Psalm 102:14; חֲנַנְכֶם Isaiah 30:18; Participle חֹנֵן Proverbs 14:31; חוֺנֵן Psalm 37:21 + 5 times Psalms, Proverbs — favour, shew favour;
1. of man:
a. Judges 21:22 favour us with them (2 accusative; i.e. by giving them to us).
b. in dealing with the poor, needy, and orphans, absolute Psalm 37:21; Psalm 37:26 = Psalm 112:5; with accusative Proverbs 14:31; Proverbs 19:17; Proverbs 28:8; with לְ Psalm 109:12.
c. by considering and sparing, with accusative Deuteronomy 7:2; Deuteronomy 28:50; Lamentations 4:16; Job 19:21 (twice in verse).
2. of God,
a. in the bestowal of favours, with accusative Genesis 33:11 (E), Genesis 43:29 (J), Numbers 6:25 (P), 2 Samuel 12:22; double accusative Genesis 33:5 (E), תּוֺרָֽתְךָ חָנֵּנִי be gracious unto me (in giving) thy law Psalm 119:29.
b. usually in the bestowal of redemption from enemies, evils, and sins; absolute [H2589 Psalm 77:10 [Psalm 77:9]], elsewhere with accusative Exodus 33:19 (twice in verse) (JE), Amos 5:15; 2 Kings 13:23; Isaiah 27:11; Isaiah 30:18, 19 (twice in verse); Isaiah 33:2; Malachi 1:9; Psalm 4:2; Psalm 6:3; Psalm 9:14; Psalm 25:16; Psalm 26:11; Psalm 27:7; Psalm 30:11; Psalm 31:10; Psalm 41:5; Psalm 41:11; Psalm 51:3; Psalm 56:2; Psalm 57:2 (twice in verse); Psalm 59:6; Psalm 67:2; Psalm 86:3; Psalm 86:16; Psalm 102:14; Psalm 119:58; Psalm 119:132; Psalm 123:2; Psalm 123:3 (twice in verse); Job 33:24. — [H2589 Job 19:17 see II. חנן]
Niph. Perfect 2nd person feminine singular נֵחַנְתְּ Jeremiah 22:23 be pitied (compare נֵאַר √ארר) but Greek Version of the LXX Syriac Version Vulgate express groan (i.e. נֶאֱנַחְתְּ), which is favoured by context, and adopted by Hi Ew Gf Gie and others.
Pi. Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular make gracious, favourable כִּייְֿחַנֵּן קוֺלוֺ Proverbs 26:25.
Po`el Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular direct favour to (Ges§ 55, 1) וְאֶתעֲֿפָרָהּ יְחֹנֵנוּ Psalm 102:15; Participle מְחוֺנֵן עֲנָיִ֯ים Proverbs 14:21.
Hoph. Imperfect יֻחַן be shewn favour, consideration Isaiah 26:10; Proverbs 21:10.
Hithp. Perfect 2nd person masculine singular הִתְחַנַּנְתָּה 1 Kings 9:3 + 5 times Perfect; Imperfect וַיִּתְחַנֵּן 2 Kings 1:13; וַתִּתְחַנֶּןֿ Esther 8:3; אֶתְחַנָּ֑ן Psalm 30:9 + 6 times. Imperfect; Infinitive לְהִתְחֶנֶּןֿ Esther 4:8; בְּהִתְחַנְנוֺ Genesis 42:21 — seek or implore favour:
1. of man, with אֶל Genesis 42:21 (E) 2 Kings 1:13; with לְ Job 19:16; Esther 4:8; Esther 8:3.
2. of God, with אֶלֿ Deuteronomy 3:23; 1 Kings 8:33, 47 2 Chronicles 6:37; Job 8:5; Psalm 30:9; Psalm 142:2; with לְ Hosea 12:5; Job 9:15; with לפני 1 Kings 8:59; 1 Kings 9:3; 2 Chronicles 6:24.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

33:5; 33:5; 33:11; 33:11; 42:21; 42:21; 43:29; 43:29

Exodus

33:19; 33:19; 33:19

Numbers

6:25; 6:25

Deuteronomy

3:23; 7:2; 7:2; 28:50; 28:50

Judges

21:22; 21:22

2 Samuel

12:22; 12:22

1 Kings

8:33; 8:47; 8:59; 9:3; 9:3

2 Kings

1:13; 1:13; 13:23; 13:23

2 Chronicles

6:24; 6:37

Esther

4:8; 4:8; 8:3; 8:3

Job

8:5; 9:15; 19:16; 19:21; 19:21; 33:24; 33:24

Psalms

4:2; 4:2; 6:3; 9:14; 9:14; 25:16; 26:11; 27:7; 30:9; 30:9; 30:11; 31:10; 37:21; 37:21; 37:26; 41:5; 41:11; 51:3; 56:2; 57:2; 59:6; 59:6; 67:2; 67:2; 86:3; 86:16; 102:14; 102:14; 102:15; 109:12; 112:5; 119:29; 119:58; 119:132; 123:2; 123:2; 123:3; 123:3; 142:2

Proverbs

14:21; 14:31; 14:31; 19:17; 21:10; 26:25; 28:8

Isaiah

26:10; 27:11; 27:11; 30:18; 30:18; 30:19; 30:19; 30:19; 33:2; 33:2

Jeremiah

22:23

Lamentations

4:16; 4:16

Hosea

12:5

Amos

5:15; 5:15

Malachi

1:9; 1:9

H2603

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Strong's Number H2603 matches the Hebrew חָנַן (ḥānan),
which occurs 78 times in 73 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 2 (Gen 33:5–Psa 109:12)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 33:5 - And Esau looked up and saw the women and the children, and said, What are these to thee? And he said, The children with which God has mercifully blessed thy servant.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 33:11 - Receive my blessings, which I have brought thee, because God has had mercy on me, and I have all things; and he constrained him, and he took them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:21 - And each said to his brother, Yes, indeed, for we are in fault concerning our brother, when we disregarded the anguish of his soul, when he besought us, and we hearkened not to him; and therefore has this affliction come upon us.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:29 - And Joseph [fn]lifted up his eyes, and saw his brother Benjamin, born of the same mother; and he said, Is this your younger brother, whom ye spoke of bringing to me? and he said, God have mercy on thee, my son.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 33:19 - And God said, I will pass by before thee with my glory, and I will call by my name, the Lord, before thee; and [fn] I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy, and will have pity on whom I will have pity.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 6:25 - the Lord make his face to shine upon thee, and have mercy upon thee;

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 3:23 - And I besought the Lord at that time, saying,

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 7:2 - and the Lord thy God shall deliver them into thy hands, then thou shalt smite them: thou shalt utterly destroy them: thou shalt not make a covenant with them, neither shall ye pity them:

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:50 - a nation bold in countenance, which shall not [fn]respect the person of the aged and shall not pity the young.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 21:22 - And it shall come to pass, when their fathers or their brethren come to dispute with us, that we will say to them, Grant them freely to us, for we have not taken every man his wife in the battle: because ye did not give to them [fn]according to the occasion, ye transgressed.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:22 - And David said, While the child yet lived, I fasted and wept; for I said, Who knows if the Lord will pity me, and the child live?

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:33 - When thy people Israel falls before enemies, because they shall sin against thee, and they shall return and confess to thy name, and they shall pray and supplicate in this house,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:47 - and they shall turn their hearts in the land whither they have been carried captives, and turn in the land of their sojourning, and supplicate thee, saying, We have sinned, we have done unjustly, we have transgressed,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:59 - And let these words, [fn]which I have prayed before the Lord our God, be [fn]near to the Lord our God day and night, to maintain the cause of thy servant, and the cause of thy people Israel [fn]for ever.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 9:3 - And the Lord said to him, I have heard the voice of thy prayer, and thy supplication which thou madest before me: I have done for thee according to all thy prayer: I have hallowed this house which thou hast built to put my name there for ever, and mine eyes and my heart shall be there always.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 1:13 - And the king [fn]sent yet again a captain and his fifty. And the third captain of fifty came, and knelt on his knees before Eliu, and entreated him, and spoke to him and said, O man of God, let my life, and the life of these fifty thy servants, be precious in thine eyes.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 13:23 - And the Lord had mercy and compassion upon them, and had respect to them because of his covenant with Abraam, and Isaac, and Jacob; and the Lord would not destroy them, and did not cast them out from his presence.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 6:24 - And if thy people Israel should be put to the worse before the enemy, if they should sin against thee, and then turn and confess to thy name, and pray and make supplication before thee in this house;

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 6:37 - and if they shall repent in their land whither they were carried captive, and shall also turn and make supplication to thee in their captivity, saying, We have sinned, we have transgressed, we have wrought unrighteously;

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 4:8 - And he gave him the copy of the writing that was published in Susa concerning their destruction, to shew to Esther; and told him to charge her to go in and intreat the king, and to beg him for the people, remembering, said he, the days of thy low estate, how thou wert nursed by my hand: because Aman who holds the next place to the king has spoken against us for death. Do thou call upon the Lord, and speak to the king concerning us, to deliver us from death.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 8:3 - And she spoke yet again to the king, and fell at his feet, and besought him to do away the mischief of Aman, and all that he had done against the Jews.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 8:5 - But be thou early in prayer to the Lord Almighty.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 9:15 - For though I be righteous, he will not hearken to me: I will intreat his judgment.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 19:16 - I called my servant, and he hearkened not; and my mouth intreated him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 19:17 - And I besought my wife, and earnestly intreated the sons of my concubines.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 19:21 - Pity me, pity me, O friends; for it is the hand of the Lord that has touched me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 33:24 - he will support him, that he should not perish, and will restore his body as fresh plaster upon a wall; and he will fill his bones with marrow.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 4:1 - For the end, a Song of David among the Psalms. (LXX 4:2) When I called upon him, the God of my righteousness heard me: thou hast made room for me in tribulation; pity me, and hearken to my prayer.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 6:2 - (LXX 6:3) Pity me, O Lord; for I am weak: heal me, O Lord; for my bones are vexed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 9:13 - (LXX 9:14) Have mercy upon me, O Lord; look upon my affliction which I suffer of mine enemies, thou that liftest me up from the gates of death:

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 25:16 - (LXX 24:16) Look upon me, and have mercy upon me; for I am an only child and poor.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 26:11 - (LXX 25:11) But I have walked in my innocence: redeem me, and have mercy upon me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 27:7 - (LXX 26:7) Hear, O Lord, my voice which I have uttered aloud: pity me, and hearken to me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 30:8 - (LXX 29:9) To thee, O Lord, will I cry; and to my God will I make supplication.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 30:10 - (LXX 29:11) The Lord heard, and had compassion upon me; the Lord is become my helper.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 31:9 - (LXX 30:10) Pity me, O Lord, for I am afflicted: my eye is troubled with indignation, my soul and my belly.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 37:21 - (LXX 36:21) The sinner borrows, and will not pay again: but the righteous has compassion, and gives.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 37:26 - (LXX 36:26) He is merciful, and lends continually; and his seed shall be [fn]blessed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 41:4 - (LXX 40:5) I said, O Lord, have mercy upon me; heal my soul; for I have sinned against thee.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 41:10 - (LXX 40:11) But thou, O Lord, have compassion upon me, and raise me up, and I shall requite them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 51:1 - (LXX 50:1) For the end, a Psalm of David, (50:2) when Nathan the prophet came to him, when he had gone in to Bersabee. (50:3) Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy great mercy; and according to the multitude of thy compassions blot out my transgression.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 56:1 - (LXX 55:1) For the end, concerning the people that were removed from the [fn]sanctuary, by David for a memorial, when the Philistines caught him in Geth. (55:2) Have mercy upon me, O God; for man has trodden me down; all the day long he warring has afflicted me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 57:1 - (LXX 56:1) For the end. Destroy not: by David, for a memorial, when he fled from the presence of Saul to the cave. (56:2) Have mercy, upon me, O God, have mercy upon me: for my soul has trusted in thee: and in the shadow of thy wings will I hope, until the iniquity have passed away.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 59:5 - (LXX 58:6) And thou, Lord God of hosts, the God of Israel, draw nigh to visit all the heathen; pity not any that work iniquity. Pause.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 67:1 - (LXX 66:1) For the end, a Psalm of David among the Hymns. (66:2) God be merciful to us, and bless us; and cause his face to shine upon us. Pause.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 86:3 - (LXX 85:3) Pity me, O Lord: for to thee will I cry all the day.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 86:16 - (LXX 85:16) Look thou upon me, and have mercy upon me: give thy strength to thy servant, and save the son of thine handmaid.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 102:13 - (LXX 101:14) Thou shalt arise, and have mercy upon Sion: for it is time to have mercy upon her, for the set time is come.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 102:14 - (LXX 101:15) For thy servants have taken pleasure in her stones, and they shall pity her dust.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 109:12 - (LXX 108:12) Let him have no helper; neither let there be any one to have compassion on his fatherless children.

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