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. Isaiah 26:10 יֻחַ֤ן yu.Chan · An action: being caused, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

    Let favor be showed to the wicked, yet will he not learn righteousness; in the land of uprightness will he deal wrongfully, and will not behold the majesty of Jehovah.

  2. Isaiah 27:11 יְחֻנֶּֽנּוּ׃ ס ye.chun.Ne.nu · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

    When the boughs thereof are withered, they shall be broken off; the women shall come, and set them on fire; for it is a people of no understanding: therefore he that made them will not have compassion upon them, and he that formed them will show them no favor.

  3. Isaiah 30:18 לַֽחֲנַנְכֶ֔ם la.cha.nan.Khem · The “to do” form of an action: simple action

    And therefore will Jehovah wait, that he may be gracious unto you; and therefore will he be exalted, that he may have mercy upon you: for Jehovah is a God of justice; blessed are all they that wait for him.

  4. Isaiah 30:19 חָנ֤וֹן cha.Non · The “to do” form of an action: simple action

    For the people shall dwell in Zion at Jerusalem; thou shalt weep no more; he will surely be gracious unto thee at the voice of thy cry; when he shall hear, he will answer thee.

  5. Isaiah 30:19 יָחְנְךָ֙ ya.che.ne.Kha · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

    For the people shall dwell in Zion at Jerusalem; thou shalt weep no more; he will surely be gracious unto thee at the voice of thy cry; when he shall hear, he will answer thee.

  6. Isaiah 33:2 חָנֵּ֖נוּ cha.Ne.nu · A command to you: simple action

    O Jehovah, be gracious unto us; we have waited for thee: be thou our arm every morning, our salvation also in the time of trouble.

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