חָנַן

cha.nan · be gracious

Hebrew · Strong's H2603 · Verb · Sounds like: khaw-nan' · 78 occurrences

Word meanings

Senses and individuals

  • be gracious H2603A 77
  • be loathsome H2603B 1

Strong's dictionary

a primitive root (compare חָנָה); properly, to bend or stoop in kindness to an inferior; to favor, bestow; causatively to implore (i.e. move to favor by petition); beseech, [idiom] 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, [idiom] very.

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (public domain)

Full lexicon entry (Brown-Driver-Briggs)
חָנַן vb. shew favour, be gracious
Qal favour, shew favour
Niph. be pitied
Po‛el direct favour to
Hoph. be shewn favour, consideration
Hithp. seek or implore favour
Full lexicon entry (Brown-Driver-Briggs)
[חָנַן] be loathsome—only Jb 19:17

Every occurrence

  1. Exodus 33:19 וְחַנֹּתִי֙ ve.cha.no.Ti · An action: simple action, and then it will happen, done by me

    And he said, I will make all my goodness pass before thee, and will proclaim the name of Jehovah before thee; and I will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and will show mercy on whom I will show mercy.

  2. Exodus 33:19 אָחֹ֔ן 'a.Chon · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by me

    And he said, I will make all my goodness pass before thee, and will proclaim the name of Jehovah before thee; and I will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and will show mercy on whom I will show mercy.

American Standard Version (1901). Public domain.

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