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. Lamentations 4:16 חָנָֽנוּ׃ ס cha.Na.nu · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by them

    The anger of Jehovah hath scattered them; He will no more regard them: They respected not the persons of the priests, they favored not the elders.

American Standard Version (1901). Public domain.

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