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Lexicon :: Strong's H2586 - ḥānûn

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חָנוּן
Transliteration
ḥānûn
Pronunciation
khaw-noon'
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Part of Speech
proper masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Strong’s Definitions

חָנוּן Chânûwn, khaw-noon'; from H2603; favored; Chanun, the name of an Ammonite and of two Israelites:—Hanun.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 11x

The KJV translates Strong's H2586 in the following manner: Hanun (11x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 11x
The KJV translates Strong's H2586 in the following manner: Hanun (11x).

  1. Hanun = "gracious"

    1. son of Nahash and king of Ammon who dishonoured David's ambassadors and lost the subsequent war with David

    2. a man who, with the people of Zanoah, repaired the ravine gate in the wall of Jerusalem

    3. the 6th son of Zalaph, who also assisted in the repair of the wall of Jerusalem, apparently on the east side

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
חָנוּן Chânûwn, khaw-noon'; from H2603; favored; Chanun, the name of an Ammonite and of two Israelites:—Hanun.
STRONGS H2586: Abbreviations
† חָנוּן (favoured; compare Assyrian Ḫanunu, king of Gaza COT on 2 Kings 15:29); —
1. an Ammonite king 2 Samuel 10:1, 2, 3, 4; 1 Chronicles 19:2 (twice in verse); 1 Chronicles 19:3, 4, 6.
2. Jewish chiefs, contemporaries of Nehemiah:
a. Nehemiah 3:18.
b. Nehemiah 3:30.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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All rights reserved. Used by permission. BibleSoft.com

BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

2 Samuel

10:1; 10:2; 10:3; 10:4

2 Kings

15:29

1 Chronicles

19:2; 19:3; 19:4; 19:6

Nehemiah

3:18; 3:30

H2586

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H2586 matches the Hebrew חָנוּן (ḥānûn),
which occurs 11 times in 10 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 10:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 10:1 -

Now it happened later that [Nahash] the king of the Ammonites died, and his son Hanun became king in his place.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 10:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 10:2 - Then David said, “I will show kindness to Hanun the son of Nahash, just as his father did to me.” So David sent [a letter along with] some of his servants to console him in regard to his father’s death; and David’s servants came into the land of the Ammonites.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 10:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 10:3 - But the princes of the Ammonites [were suspicious and] said to Hanun their lord, “Do you think that David is honoring your father because he has sent comforters to you? Has David not sent his servants to you in order to search the city, to spy it out and overthrow it?”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 10:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 10:4 - So Hanun took David’s servants and shaved off half their beards, and cut off their robes in the middle as far as their hips, and sent them away.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 19:2 - David said, “I will be kind (gracious) to Hanun son of Nahash, because his father was kind to me.” So David sent messengers to comfort him concerning [the death of] his father. And the servants of David came to the land of the Ammonites to comfort Hanun.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 19:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 19:3 - But the leaders of the Ammonites said to Hanun, “[fn]Do you think that David has sent people to console and comfort you because he honors your father? Have his servants not come to you to search and to overthrow and to spy out the land?”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 19:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 19:4 - Therefore Hanun took David’s servants, shaved them [cutting off half their beards], and cut off their garments in the middle as far as their buttocks, and sent them away [in humiliation].

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 19:6 -

When the Ammonites saw that they had made themselves hateful to David, Hanun and his people sent 1,000 talents of silver to hire for themselves chariots and horsemen from Mesopotamia, Aram-maacah, and Zobah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 3:13 -

Hanun and the inhabitants of Zanoah repaired the Valley Gate. They built it and set up its doors with its bolts and its bars, and repaired a thousand cubits (1,500 ft.) of the wall as far as the Refuse Gate.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 3:30

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 3:30 - After him Hananiah the son of Shelemiah, and Hanun the sixth son of Zalaph, repaired another section. After him Meshullam the son of Berechiah carried out repairs in front of his own quarters.
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