חָנַן

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)

Every occurrence

1. Esther 4:8 לְהִֽתְחַנֶּן־ le.hit.cha.nen- · The “to do” form of an action: doing it to oneself

   Also he gave him the copy of the writing of the decree that was given out in Shushan to destroy them, to show it unto Esther, and to declare it unto her, and to charge her that she should go in unto the king, to make supplication unto him, and to make request before him, for her people.

2. Esther 8:3 וַתִּתְחַנֶּן־ va.tit.cha.nen- · An action: doing it to oneself, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

   And Esther spake yet again before the king, and fell down at his feet, and besought him with tears to put away the mischief of Haman the Agagite, and his device that he had devised against the Jews.

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